Rachel Willis-Sørensen Headlines Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s 2025 Resilience Tour

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra has announced its 2025 Resilience Tour set for this August. The tour will take the ensemble through Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lucerne, Vilnius, Jürmala, Bucharest, Amsterdam, and London. One program will feature the Prelude and “Liebestod” from “Tristan und Isolde” featuring soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen as well as Kolomiiets’ “Suite from ‘The Mothers of Kherson’” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. {…}

Feb 4, 2025

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra to Present Concert at Teatr Wielki

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra has announced a new concert under the baton of founder and music director, Keri-Lynn Wilson. The concert will be held on Feb. 25, 2025, at the Teatr Wielki. It will mark the third anniversary of Russia’s brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine in a continuing demonstration of Ukrainian artistry as the nation fights for its freedom. The program {…}

May 1, 2024

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Announces Beethoven Ninth Freedom Tour

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, under conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson will head back on tour this summer. The ensemble will present Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at concert halls across Europe with amendments to reflect the geopolitical moment. “The decision to sing Schiller’s great text for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Ukrainian was an important artistic and wider cultural statement for us,” Wilson said in {…}

Jun 11, 2023

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Returns For August Tour

The Metropolitan Opera has announced that the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, under the music direction of Keri-Lynn Wilson, will reunite this August for a tour of major European festivals and cities, continuing to demonstrate Ukrainian artistry as the nation fights for its freedom. The 74-piece orchestra includes Ukrainian musicians from across the country, with some male members having received special permission {…}

Jul 28, 2022

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra To Perform in Lincoln Center

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will perform in Lincoln Center in two free concerts on August 18 and 19, 2022. The symbolic international Freedom Tour includes recent refugees of the war, members of orchestras in other parts of Europe, and the leading musicians of Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, and Odesa. The Metropolitan Opera and the Polish National Opera brought these musicians together {…}

Jul 21, 2022

Ukranian Freedom Orchestra Arrives in Poland

The Polish National Opera has announced that the 74 musicians that make up the newly-established Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra have arrived at the Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. The orchestra will take up a 10-day artistic residency that will conclude with the inaugural concert of its concert tour. In a joint statement, Peter Gelb, the General Manager of the {…}

Jul 2, 2022

U.K. Waives Visa Fee for Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra

The Home Office in the U.K. has agreed to waive visa fees for a Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra facing a £18,000 bill to perform at the BBC Proms. The orchestra is set to perform at the prestigious festival in “solidarity” with Kyiv. In a statement, Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed that the department would not ask the “Orchestra to pay the {…}

Apr 25, 2022

Metropolitan Opera & Polish National Opera Join Forces to Help Form Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera is teaming up with the Polish National Opera to bring together major Ukrainian musicians to form the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra. The ensemble will be comprised of refugees, Ukrainian members of European orchestras, and musicians in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharviv, Odesa, and from around Ukraine. The ensemble will take on a European and American tour between July 28 – {…}

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