Within the walls of Lviv’s ZAG Gallery, a charity evening of piano music took place featuring renowned Ukrainian pianist, soloist of the Lviv National Philharmonic, and artistic director of the Sounds of Ukraine festival in Cologne — Violina Petrychenko.The event brought together art lovers and music enthusiasts, highlighting the continuity of Ukrainian culture within a broader European context. Living and working for many years between Cologne and Lviv, Petrychenko presented a program that became a refined dialogue between world classics and Ukrainian modernism.
Program of the Evening
The concert journey began with the melancholic nocturnes and mazurkas of Frédéric Chopin, flowing seamlessly into the atmospheric compositions of Edvard Grieg. A special emphasis was placed on the Ukrainian repertoire: the Nocturne by Stanislav Liudkevych and the cycle Lirica Nova by Serhii Bortkevych were performed. Promoting Bortkevych’s work is one of the pianist’s key missions, and her albums featuring premiere recordings of Ukrainian composers have received recognition from leading European critics.
“My goal is to show that Ukrainian music is an integral and self-sufficient part of the global classical heritage,” notes Violina Petrychenko.
The musical evening at ZAG once again affirmed the gallery’s status as a multidisciplinary platform where visual art meets live intellectual music.
About the Performer
Violina Petrychenko is a laureate of international competitions and a graduate of leading music academies in Kyiv, Weimar, Cologne, and Essen. Her portfolio includes six solo albums dedicated to 20th-century piano music, many of which have introduced European audiences to previously overlooked composers.