Valentyn Silvestrov - Sonata for Violin and Piano "Post scriptum"

Francis Poulenc - Three novelettes for solo piano

Cesar Franck - Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major  

A laureate of national and international competitions, participant of various masterclasses and projects, Ukrainian pianist ARTUR SHUTOV actively performs in Lithuania and throughout Europe. He graduated from the Odessa National Academy of Music in 2022 and this year from the Academy of Music of VMU. He works as a concertmaster and répétiteur at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre and regularly collaborates with the most prominent Lithuanian and foreign artists.

He has performed in various concert halls as a soloist, chamber musician, concert pianist and concertmaster, and he has appeared in Germany at the Einbeck Town Hall and the Gudrun Petzold Concert Hall, in Austria, at the Vienna Philharmonic Hall, the Mozarthaus, and the Borromeo Hall. The pianist's concert programmes make a strong contribution to the dissemination of Ukrainian and Lithuanian music.

Ukrainian violinist MYROSLAVA KOTOROVYCH was born into a distinguished family of musicians (her father is the renowned violinist Bohorodar Kotorovych and her mother is the violinist Natalia Kmet) and graduated from the National Academy of Music of Ukraine. For ten years she performed with the world-famous Kremerata Baltica Orchestra (artistic director Gidon Kremer) and gained a wealth of experience. Ms Kotorovych also played for twelve years in the National Chamber Ensemble of Ukraine "Kyiv Soloists" and served as the ensemble's Deputy Director for Creative Affairs. 2013 m., The violinist brought together young talented musicians to share her performance experience and founded the ensemble Artehatta.The ensemble actively performs in various venues in major European cities, and has recently performed in Bremen, Germany, and London, Great Britain.

M. Kotorovych is a distinguished Ukrainian artist, Associate Professor of Violin at the Violin Department of the National Academy of Music of Ukraine, and a regular jury member at national and international competitions.

In 2023, the violinist, together with her daughter, left Ukraine due to the war and currently lives in Vilnius, where she works with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra. Despite the difficulties, she continues to perform actively and to share her knowledge and creative passion with the younger generation of violinists.

The programme of two Ukrainian artists represents Ukrainian and French music. The work of contemporary Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, which is closely and intricately linked to musical traditions, especially German Romanticism and the sonorous poetic word, is one of the most striking examples of modern, post-avant-garde melodic language. Critics have said of the French composer Francis Poulenc: "For him, melody was the most important element, and he found his way into a vast treasure trove of undiscovered melodies where everything seemed to have been explored, worked out and exploited. His melodies are simple, pleasant, easy to remember and emotionally expressive." And it is not for nothing that the famous French romantic Cesar Franck is considered one of the most important composers of the 19th century - his work influenced almost the entire later generation of French composers, including Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and many others.