Lviv is a city of music. Just take a walk and you’ll hear great music in the streets. But there’s also the grand Opera House, the Philharmonia, many theatres, festivals, and clubs. Here we present to you what’s playing today.
Compiled by Joe Lindsley
Thursday 18 June
Lower Hall at the Puppet Theatre
Mark Tokar’s improvisational music orchestra MTET
20:00
Ticket price – UAH 200;
On the day of the concert at the entrance – UAH 250
Mark Tokar is a world-class jazz double bass player, a bright representative of the Ukrainian improvisational scene. The School of Improvisational Music, where he teaches, started in December. A month after its beginning, the participants of the School, led by Mark, organized into an orchestra of improvisational music and are ready to present a new musical format of the city.
Mark Tokar
Martha Bodnar
Daria Turina
Christoph Vikov
Alexander Marusyak
Roman Feshchak
Markian Turkanik
Orest Ilchyshyn
Mykola Bakai
Svyatoslav Galas
Vsevolod Sadovy
Find more info on FB event page.
Located on the edge of the old city, the Puppet Theatre’s lower hall is a storied music venue from Ukraine’s post-independence years. Today you can enjoy drinks while standing or sitting and taking in the music.
LV Cafe
Leonid Petkun jazz group / jazz music
20:30
100 uah
Serhiy Piskun – alto saxophone;
Dmitry Zuev – double bass;
Leonid Petkun – drums.
Let’s play unknown compositions and a time-tested tradition.»
Entrance – 150 UAH.
Tickets – 0962482424 or at the door
Quarantine norms and restrictions apply
Details at LV’s Facebook event page.
About venue: LV Café offers jazz most nights of the week--except, usually, Monday. They offer cocktails, wine, spirits, beer, and a full menu of various type of deruny, burgers, steaks, salads, soups, milkshakes, and more. Since August 2020, the LV Café has been hosting Wednesday jam sessions. You can read more about the club here from Lviv Now: “The music of free people in Lviv.”
Location (Google maps).
Lviv National Opera
«Mozart Gala»
18:00-19:20
75-500 uah
Mozart Gala. Аrias and ensembles from the operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
– Overture from the opera «Le nozze di Figaro». Orchestra of Lviv National Opera. Conductor: Yurii Bervetskyi
– Recitativo and Duettino of Susanna and Marcellina from the opera «Le nozze di Figaro». Soloists: Daria Lytovchenko and Iryna Kibartaite
– Aria of Figaro from the opera «Le nozze di Figaro». Soloist: Volodymyr Shynkarenko
– Aria of Cherubino from the opera «Le nozze di Figaro». Soloist: Tetiana Vakhnovska
– Recitativo and duettino of Count Almaviva and Susanna from the opera «Le nozze di Figaro». Soloists: Dmytro Kalmuchyn and Daria Lytovchenko
– Recitativo and aria of Count Almaviva from the opera «Le nozze di Figaro». Soloist: Dmytro Kalmuchyn
– Аria of Countess from the opera «Le nozze di Figaro». Soloist: Liubov Kachala
– Аria of Susanna from the opera «Le nozze di Figaro». Soloist: Daria Lytovchenko
Terzetto from the opera «Cosi fan tutte». Soloists: Tetiana Vakhnovska, Hanna Nosova, Volodymyr Shynkarenko
– Aria of Dorabella from the opera «Cosi fan tutte». Soloist: Iryna Kibartaite
– Aria of Despina from the opera «Cosi fan tutte». Soloist: Daria Lytovchenko
– Aria of Guglielmo from the opera «Cosi fan tutte». Soloist: Dmytro Kalmuchyn
– Recitativo and terzetto of Don Giovanni, Leporello and Donna Elvira from the opera «Don Giovanni». Soloists: Dmytro Kalmuchyn, Volodymyr Shynkarenko, Liubov Kachala
– Aria Lepporello from the opera «Don Giovanni». Soloist: Volodymyr Shynkarenko
– Duet of Don Giovanni and Zerlina from the opera «Don Giovanni». Soloists: Dmytro Kalmuchyn and Hanna Nosova
– Aria of Don Giovanni from the opera «Don Giovanni». Soloist: Dmytro Kalmuchyn
– Aria of Donna Anna from the opera «Don Giovanni». Soloist: Olesia Bubela
– Canzonetta of Don Giovanni from the opera «Don Giovanni». Soloist: Dmytro Kalmuchyn
– Scene of Commendatore from the opera «Don Giovanni». Soloists: Dmytro Kalmuchyn, Volodymyr Shynkarenko, Roland Marchuk
Learn more and buy tickets here.
About venue: The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet, built in the late 19th century upon the submerged Poltva River, is located at the end of Freedom (Svoboda) Avenue.
Location (Google maps).
Lviv National Philharmonia
Sound object: Dvorak & Khachaturian
19:00
120-330 uah
Artists:
• Denys Lytvynenko, cello
• Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine
• Theodore Kuchar, conductor
Program:
• A. Dvorak. Slavic Dance No. 7 in C major, Op. 72
• A. Khachaturian. Rhapsody for cello and orchestra
• A. Dvorak. Symphony № 9 «From the New World» in E minor, Op. 95
Learn more and purchase tickets here.
About venue: Appropriately on Tchaikovsky Street, the Philharmonia offers mainly classical music performances in a refined setting.
Location (Google maps).
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