

Kennedy, attracting millions of visitors each year to more than 2,000 performances, events, and exhibits. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, currently celebrating its 50th Anniversary, is America's living memorial to President John F. Douglas Chang is the executive in charge for PBS. Kristin Fosdick directs with her team in the Kennedy Center's multimedia department. Rutter, Peter Gelb, Matthew Winer and Steve Holtzman. The broadcast is executive produced by Deborah F. concert agency Askonas Holt, one of the world's leading management agencies, is organizing the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra tour. The Afghanistan National Institute of Music, long a target of the Taliban, had sent ensembles out into the world before the recent Taliban takeover of the country. Said, brings together musicians from Israel and Arab nations. The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, founded in 1999 by the conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Palestinian scholar Edward W. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has its roots in an ensemble founded in Palestine by Bronisław Huberman in the 1930s to help rescue Jewish musicians in Europe from the Holocaust. The assembling of orchestras in the face of violence and in the name of peace has a long tradition. Leading Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska will also perform Leonore's great aria "Abscheulicher!" from Beethoven's Fidelio, a paean to humanity and peace in the face of violence and cruelty. 2, with Ukrainian virtuoso Anna Fedorova and Dvořák's Ninth Symphony. Under the leadership of Canadian-Ukrainian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, the orchestra will perform a program that includes Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov's Seventh Symphony Chopin's Piano Concerto No. The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine is supporting the project by addressing the organizational issues of allowing male musicians to put down their weapons and take up their instruments in a remarkable demonstration of the power of art over adversity. The orchestra includes recent refugees Ukrainian members of European orchestras, including the Tonkunstler Orchestra of Vienna, the Belgian National Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and musicians from the Kyiv National Opera, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra and Kharkiv Opera, among other Ukrainian ensembles. "The arts are unmatched in their ability to bring people together and highlight our shared humanity, and I hope that by spotlighting the vibrancy and talent of these Ukrainian artists, we can enable a deeper understanding of the situation in Ukraine."

"We're extremely proud to share this powerful program with audiences across the country on broadcast and streaming platforms," said Paula Kerger, CEO of PBS. We are honored, as America's national cultural center, to join with our friends at PBS and the Metropolitan Opera to bring this concert and the stories of these brave artists to the world," said Deborah F. "This remarkable ensemble is a testament to the power of artists and the arts to affect change and uplift the voices of those fighting for freedom. The broadcast version of the performance (final title TBD) premieres in September on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.

The orchestra will embark on a European and American tour on July 28 that culminates with a performance at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Saturday, August 20, at 8:00 p.m. The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, gathered by the Met and the Polish National Opera, is comprised of recent Ukrainian refugees and other artists in a gesture of solidarity with the victims of the war in Ukraine.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Opera and PBS announce that the final performance of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will be filmed for broadcast on PBS. The broadcast version of the performance (final title TBD) premieres in September on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.ĪRLINGTON, VA J- The John F. Final Performance of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra to Be Filmed at the Kennedy Center for Broadcast on PBS
