Sounds of Freedom: Liatoshysnky Lives Again!

A history- making Ukrainian benefit concert featuring the revolutionary world premier of Borys Liatoshynsky’s original Third Symphony, not performed since its composition in 1951

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A Celebration of Ukraine

The "Peace Through Music" concert is a musician-led initiative aimed at raising awareness of Ukraine's significant contributions to the classical music repertoire and the continued struggle to preserve Ukrainian music, history, and art in a time of an unjust war.

Net project proceeds and donations received shall be dispersed to the Ukrainian American Community Center, the Liatoshynsky Foundation, and Ukrainian Classical Music Project to support the ongoing efforts to maintain these essential elements of identity, culture, and heritage that are under threat due to a tyrannical dictator. The Ukrainian American Community Center, Inc. is a registered IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization and is acting as the concert's Fiscal Agent.

Led by conductor Nickolai Podvin, this event will serve as a platform to support the development of emerging musicians from Minnesota and beyond. Tickets for this landmark concert are currently on sale! For details on how to reserve your seat, click “Learn More” below. All ticket proceeds will help fund the concert, with any profits shared among the three partner organizations collaborating on Ukrainian Global Symphony 26.

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A person standing on a stage holding a Ukrainian flag. The background shows an orchestral setting with empty chairs and music stands, and a wall with large, beige acoustic panels.

“A composer whose voice does not read the heart of the nation has less than no value. I always felt myself to be a national composer in the fullest sense of the word, and I will remain a national composer; proving this not through words, but deeds!”

- Liatoshynsky

Yulia Sozanska

Concert Master
Yulia, a 21-year-old violinist from Chernivtsi, Ukraine, relocated to London to pursue her Bachelor's degree at the Royal Academy of Music, studying under Professor György Pauk and later Professor Robin Wilson, all on a full scholarship.
Nickolai Podvin

Conductor/ Organizer
Nickolai is considered to be a conductor for the musicians with a lifelong goal of serving the music and making aware the musical experience to the audience. He has been highly praised by his peers and teachers who have worked with him through his education and start of his career. His dedication and passion to the music is reflected in his performances that is a sight to behold and be a part of from audiences around.
Matt Haimovitz

Guest Soloist
Renowned as a musical pioneer, multi-Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz is praised by The New York Times as a “ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles” and by The New Yorker as “remarkable virtuoso” who “never turns in a predictable performance.” He brings a fresh ear to familiar repertoire, champions new music, and initiates groundbreaking collaborations, as well as creating innovative recording projects. In addition to his touring schedule, Haimovitz mentors an award-winning studio of young cellists at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University in Montreal and is the first-ever John Cage Fellow at The New School's Mannes School of Music in New York City.
Haimovitz made his debut in 1984, at the age of 13, as soloist with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. He has gone on to perform on the world’s most esteemed stages, with such orchestras and conductors as the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta, the English Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim, the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin, and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Kent Nagano. His latest endeavor, THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT, encompasses 81 new commissions from a diverse intersection of North American communities and has been featured in the most recent 59th Venice Biennale Arte.
Making his first recording at 17 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Haimovitz’s recording career encompasses more than 30 years of award-winning work on Deutsche Grammophon (Universal), Oxingale Records, and the PENTATONE Oxingale Series. His honors include the Trailblazer Award from the American Music Center, the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Grand Prix du Disque, and the Premio Internazionale “Accademia Musicale Chigiana.” He studied with Leonard Rose at The Juilliard School and graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard University. Haimovitz plays a Venetian cello, made in 1710 by Matteo Gofriller.