Concert for the Ukrainian People June 10 atBerklee
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Topic: Concert for the Ukrainian People June 10 atBerklee
Posted By: snobb
Subject: Concert for the Ukrainian People June 10 atBerklee
Date Posted: 30 May 2015 at 1:55pm
Gary Burton, Fred Hersch, Vadim Neselovskyi Trio, Pletenitsa
to perform Concert for the Ukrainian People June 10 at Berklee
Boston,
MA. May 27, 2015 Grammy-winning vibraphonist Gary Burton, jazz pianist
and composer Fred Hersch, and others will perform a concert of Ukrainian
folk music as an expression of solidarity with Ukrainian refugees
Wednesday, June 10, at the Berklee Performance Center.
Organized by Burton's former pianist, Odessa, Ukraine native, and
Berklee faculty member Vadim Neselovskyi, Concert for the Ukrainian
People will feature a program of traditional Ukrainian folk songs
alongside Neselovskyi's original compositions. Drummer Ronen Itzik,
bassist Daniel Loomis, and the Berklee student choir Pletenitsa,
directed by faculty vocalist Christiane Karam, are also slated to
perform.
The concert is presented in partnership with the UN Refugee Agency
(UNHCR). Ned McNeal, UNHCR Associate Director of Development, will speak
briefly at the concert about the agency's efforts in Ukraine. People
are encouraged to make a gift in support of Ukrainian refugees at http://unrefugees.org" rel="nofollow - unrefugees.org .
"In my worst nightmares I couldn't imagine anything close to what has
happened. Whole cities are destroyed, thousands of people killed," said
Neselovskyi, shaken by the humanitarian crisis in his home country.
Looking for a positive way to respond, he contacted the UNHCR about
setting up a concert to support the hundreds of thousands of refugees
displaced by the conflict.
Once Berklee agreed to host the concert, he wrote to Burton, his
longtime friend and mentor, and asked him to perform. "I was deeply
moved when Gary said he would make the trip to Boston for this," said
Neselovskyi. Hersch, who produced Neselovskyi's 2013 album, Music for
September, and whose family has Eastern European roots, was sympathetic
to the project and also eager to participate.
He later approached Karam about having her student choir Pletenitsa sing
arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs. "It's very special to hear
Ukrainian folk music sung by students from places as diverse as Chile,
Bulgaria, Norway, and Lebanon," said Neselovskyi. "It sends a very
powerful message about people coming together." Ensemble singing in
three- and four-part harmony is a defining feature of Ukrainian folk
music, Neselovskyi explains. Because the Orthodox Christian church
didn't allow keyboard instruments to be used in religious service,
Ukraine and Russia developed a rich tradition of a cappella singing.
Concert for the Ukrainian People takes place Wednesday, June 10, at 8:00
p.m., at the Berklee Performance Center, located at 136 Massachusetts
Avenue, Boston. Tickets are $12 and $24, and available at http://berklee.edu/bpc" rel="nofollow - berklee.edu/bpc , by calling 617-747-2261, or at the BPC box office. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Steam the concert live at http://concertwindow.com" rel="nofollow - concertwindow.com .
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