ORCHESTRAL MUSIC:
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СИМФОНІЯ НЕЗЛАМНОСТІ
SYMPHONY "UNBROKEN"
The resilience of the Ukrainian people in the face of war and invasion, as well as the human ability to persevere in the face of hardship is the main theme of Symphony Unbroken.
It consists of five movements, each with a symbolic title: "Dream", "Invasion", "Ashes", "Will", "Bird".
The first movement represents the dream of a peaceful and independent Ukraine. “Mriya” (“Dream”) is also the name of a beautiful and the world's most powerful An-225 aircraft, which the author first saw on the eve of Ukraine's independence and which the Russian troops destroyed in the first days of a full-scale invasion in 2022. Another dear to the composer’s heart symbol is Mykola Lysenko's piano piece “Le Rêve” (“Dream”) which is extensively quoted in this movement.
The second movement "Invasion" depicts the enemy who brings havoc and chaos. The inanity of aggression from a nation with a well developed culture — one that the author has now no option but to reject — is demonstrated via the deconstruction of Russian folk songs and classical works.
A sense of destruction and loss is conveyed in the third movement "Ashes". It includes a reference to Borys Lyatoshinsky's Second Prelude from Five Preludes op. 44 composed during World War II.
The fourth movement "Will" is the antithesis of the second. The melody of wide breathing defeats the theme of evil from the second movement. An essential part of musical development is based on the globally celebrated Ukrainian anthem “Oy, u luzi chervona kalyna”.
The last movement, "Bird", is the phoenix's song, it represents triumph and rebirth.
Commissioned by the Lviv Organ Hall and the Symphony Orchestra of the Luhansk Philharmonic; composed in April – August 2024; premiered on the August 25, 2024 in Lviv.
CONCERTOS
FOR SOLOISTS AND ORCHESTRA:
VOCAL MUSIC:
CHAMBER MUSIC:
LIKHTAR (2011)
ЛІХТАР
after the painting by Kоstyantyn Lyashev
за картиною Костянтина Ляшева
This piece was composed after the eponymous painting by Kiev artist Konstantin Lyashev for our joint project – concert/art exposition for which we presented works inspired by each other’s art. When the piece was almost finished, I felt that it goes beyond the given topic, and two days before the event on the basis of the same material, I totally rewrote it making it more simple, ascetic and even naive, but better corresponding to the nostalgic, meditative mood of the painting.
PIANO MUSIC:
MIGNONETTES ET POEMETTES DE NOTRE TEMPS (2009)
МІНЬЙОНЕТИ ТА ПОЕМЕТИ НАШОГО ЧАСУ
for ensemble Nostri Temporis (fl, ob, bcl, bn, hn, vn, vl, vc, cb, pn) 6'
also version for piano four hands
This set of four small pieces was originally commissioned by ensemble "Nostri Temporis" for their project "Short Film".
Its movements — Mignonette (Tempo di Mignonetto), Poèmette (Piacevole, con placidezza), Metamignonette (Tempo dolcissimo), and Poèmette – diesel (Tempo di motore. Bruscamente) — explore the expressive potential of small forms. The titles suggest a play of contrasts: sentimentality and refinement set against irony and mechanistic drive. Together they form a compact reflection on “our time,” where intimacy and nostalgia intersect with the energy of modernity.
Published by Editions Musica Ferrum the work was selected through a call for scores by the “New Muse Piano Duo” for their US universities tour and recording of the CD “Transhuman”.