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No home – no palaces
I have no “passive” ones.
Notes in my head,
And feet in the clouds –
I fly between cities,
Like between bowls
Of half-cooked dumplings,
Not even really
Looking for Christmas anymore,
As a symbol of something
Homely…
(from the poetry of Anastasiya Lozova)
On July 1, 2023, in Lviv, at the Mirror Hall of the Lviv National Opera, as part of the seventh Open International Music Marathon in memory of Wassyl Slipak W LIVE, a solo concert of Anastasiya Lozova’s music took place.
The Wassyl Slipak Memorial Marathon has been organized annually since 2016 by the Myroslav Skoryk Lviv National Philharmonic.
At the concert, renowned Lviv musicians Myroslav Dragan (piano), Yevhen Kruk (violin), Mykhailo Solonchenko (violin), and Markiyan Maksymiv (oboe) performed solo and chamber-instrumental works by Anastasiya Lozova. Naturally, Anastasiya also performed her own compositions and piano improvisations.
The three-part dramaturgy of the concert added even greater conceptual coherence and vibrancy to the presentation of Anastasiya Lozova’s creative persona. In the first part, titled “Kinship”, Anastasiya performed her own piano improvisations. The second part, “Light and Shadow”, consisted of three compositions by Anastasiya Lozova: “Pastoral” for solo violin, “Two Fates” for two violins and piano, and Twilight for oboe and piano (in memory of Ihor Martyniuk). In the third part of the concert, “The Purity of Eternal and White Snows”, Anastasiya performed two compositions from her solo CD “Reflections”: “Chant de Tristesse” and “Principium” on piano.
Anastasiya Lozova’s poetry, recited between the musical pieces by the famous Lviv opera singer Oleh Lykhach, was a meaningful and profound addition to the structured dramaturgy of the concert.
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Concert within the Slipak Marathon “Anastasiya Lozova. Chant de Tristesse”
(Lviv National Philharmonic)
On July 23, 2023, the presentation of Anastasiya Lozova’s new music video took place, which was recorded and prepared for release especially in anticipation of the Swiss National Day, celebrated annually on August 1st.
The audio recording was made at the “Jenny Records” studio in Lviv in September 2022.
Audio recording, mixing, and mastering engineer – Maryan Kryskuw.
Video editing and post-production director – Myroslav Stetskyy.
Resilience, strength, talent, and the will to Victory – this is what distinguishes us and gives us inspiration. Our muses are not silent: in the rear, we strive to bring peace closer with our activities, illuminating the way with the healing power of art.
Glory to Ukraine!
An original composition by Anastasiya Lozova, created especially for the 32nd anniversary of the Declaration of Ukraine’s Independence. The audio recording was made at the Myroslav Skoryk Lviv National Philharmonic on August 6, 2023.
Ukraine is unique in its diversity. This composition by Anastasiya Lozova allows listeners to hear the author’s personal response to the beauty of Ukrainian music. From poignant familiar melodies to the spiritual anthem of the state, from bright joy to invincible strength – listen to the delicate intertwining of lyricism and heroism of our time.
Happy holiday, Ukraine!
(Information taken from the website of the Lviv National Philharmonic)
Audio recording engineer – Marian Lesiuk
Video selection and editing – Myroslav Stetskyy
Producer – Bohdan Sehin
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Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!
(Lviv National Philharmonic)
As part of the 29th International Festival of Contemporary Music “Contrasts”, on October 7, 2023, at the Myroslav Skoryk Lviv National Philharmonic, Anastasiya Lozova’s work “Pastoral” for solo violin was performed. The concert program featured works by composers from Ukraine, China, Spain, and Italy. The concert, titled “Intermedia”, was part of a special event of the Festival – “Pulse Marathon”. This musical marathon consisted of four concerts, all performed consecutively on the same concert stage of the Lviv National Philharmonic.
Anastasiya’s piece was performed by the renowned Lviv violinist Yevhen Kruk. This was the second time Yevhen performed this work in Lviv. The first performance took place on July 1st of the same year at Anastasiya Lozova’s solo concert in the Mirror Hall of the Lviv National Opera.
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Contrasts 29. PULSE-MARATHON / Intermedia
(Lviv National Philharmonic)
Contrasts 29
(Vysokyi Zamok)
In time, between times, out of time
(The Claquers)
The 29th International Festival of Contemporary Art “Two Days and Two Nights of New Music” took place in Odesa on August 24 and 25, 2024. On the first day of the festival, as part of the program CONCERT – GRAND – STAGE 2, prepared by the Odesa Contemporary Music Ensemble “Explosion of Emotions”, Anastasiya Lozova’s “Trio” for flute, violin, and cello was performed. The performers were ensemble musicians Nazar Kravchenko (flute), Kateryna Korshomna (violin), and Mykhailo Bezchastnov (cello).
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Festival “Two days and two nights of new music-2024”: afterword
(Misic)
Afterword to the festival “Two days and two nights of new music”
(Odesa National Academy of Music)
To be heard is one of the basic human needs and the entire meaning for a musical work, as music is born in the triangle: composer – performer – listener.
On May 10, 2024, a concert titled “Composers. In Ukrainian: Contemporary Musical Lyrics” took place at the Myroslav Skoryk Lviv National Philharmonic. Two of Anastasiya Lozova’s works were performed by the composer and pianist herself, the Academic Chamber Orchestra “Virtuosos of Lviv,” and conductor and oboist Yuriy Litun. The soft sound of the piano, set against the airy backdrop of the strings, carried a delicate, barely perceptible beam of light through the years – years that have enriched world music with hundreds of new melodies. At the same time, the ability to unite the present with the past, to connect us with our own emotions, is the profound essence of lyricism in music, which has emerged under the most diverse conditions and events but always at the right time.
Anastasiya Lozova’s “Concertino” for piano and strings and “Presque une Valse…” for piano and chamber orchestra were the final pieces of the concert program. To conclude the event, another of Anastasiya’s works, “Twilight” for oboe and piano, was performed. This piece was written in memory of Ihor Martyniuk back in 2000. The oboe solo was performed by Yuriy Litun.
INFORMATION ON THE EVENT ON THE INTERNET:
Composers. In Ukrainian: Contemporary Musical Lyrics (Lviv National Philharmonic)
Lviv residents are invited to the Philharmonic for contemporary musical lyrics (The Lviv portal)
Lviv National Philharmonic offers in May (Music)
Ukrainian composers on the cultural front (NSKU)
Ten original solo piano compositions by Anastasiya Lozova, created especially for Christmas 2023.
The recording took place in Lviv from August 4 to 6, 2023, at the Myroslav Skoryk Lviv National Philharmonic in the Liudkevych Concert Hall. Anastasiya Lozova performed her works on a Steinway & Sons grand piano.
Recording and mastering sound engineer – Marian Lesiuk
Visual design for the album – Olena Kostyuk
Album production – Bohdan Sehin
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54 Minutes to Christmas
(Lviv National Philharmonic)
Anastasiya Lozova – “54 minutes to Christmas”
(Radio Iceland)
Night broadcast | Bohdan Sehin is the producer of Anastasiya Lozova’s album “54 Minutes to Christmas”
(Polish Radio for Ukraine)
“54 minutes to Christmas” by Anastasiya Lozova
(Music)
From November 10 to 12, 2023, the “19th Days of New Music in Bamberg” Festival took place in Germany. That year, as part of a partnership with the International Festival of Contemporary Music “Contrasts”, a concert by the Ukrainian new music ensemble “Ensemble Nostri Temporis” was held on November 12 to close the festival in Bamberg. The concert was titled “Ukrainian Muses Are Not Silent” and was an international extension of the anti-crisis project by the Lviv National Philharmonic, “Ukraine. The Muses Are Not Silent”, aimed at supporting the professional activities of Ukrainian musicians during the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war.
During the performance by the Ukrainian ensemble, Anastasiya Lozova’s “Trio” for flute, violin, and cello was played. However, this time, the “Trio” was performed in a new version – the cello part was masterfully played on the double bass. The performers were musicians from “Ensemble Nostri Temporis”: Natalia Kozhushko-Maksymiv (flute), Andrii Pavlov (violin), and Nazarii Stets (double bass).
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Tage der Neuen Musik Bamberg
(neuemusikbamberg/festival)
Ukrainian Muses Are Not Silent project in Bamberg, Germany
(Lviv National Philharmonic)
As part of the 30th anniversary International Festival of Contemporary Music “Contrasts”, on September 28, 2024, at the Myroslav Skoryk Lviv National Philharmonic, Anastasiya Lozova’s “Trio” for flute, violin, and cello was performed by the Odesa new music ensemble “Senza Sforzando”. The performers were ensemble musicians Nazar Kravchenko (flute), Serhii Balinskyi (violin), and Mykhailo Bezchastnov (cello).
Regarding the concert program’s concept, Oleksandr Perepelytsia, pianist, conductor, and artistic director of the ensemble, aptly expressed: “The project title comes from the long-term collaboration between two international festivals, both founded in the same year, 1995, in the young independent Ukraine: ‘Two Days and Two Nights of New Music’ and ‘Contrasts’. The aim is to present works by composers of different generations and nations in a universe directed toward the unification of art.”
INFORMATION ON THE EVENT ON THE INTERNET:
Contrasts 30. New music: Odesa-Lviv
(Lviv National Philharmonic)
From SUProM to modern premiers
(zbruc.eu)
