“Many orchestras possess skill, but not many thrill. The Kyiv Soloists do.”

     The State Chamber Ensemble “Kyiv Soloists, conducted by outstanding violinist Bohodar Kotorovych, and led by Ensemble soloist Myroslava Kotorovych, will make their Singapore debut on 14 December at the Esplanade Concert Hall. An unsurpassed exquisite tandem of father and daughter – two top musicians and bright personalities, both leaders in their fields - inspire the orchestra’s individuality with experienced mastery and energetic creativity.
     The Orchestra’s conductor, Bohodar Kotorovych, has devoted almost 50 years of his life to music and the violin. At the peak of his career, he created the State Chamber Ensemble “Kyiv Soloists”. The Ensemble, comprising young dynamic talents with an average age of 27 years, was assembled literally one by one, as Bohodar Kotorovych was meticulous in choosing the finest musicians. All of them are laureates of national and international competitions, and each can stand as a soloist. The musicians of the Ensemble aim to make classical music more popular with youthful energy. “The emphasis on young performers was conscious and intentional. This is because they possess liveliness, bring emotional meaningfulness to the performance and thrill of sound. Plus undoubted technical skillfulness” explains Bohodar Kotorovych.

     The Kyiv Soloists mostly perform romantic and post romantic music: Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schubert, Grieg, Sibelius, Schonberg, Britten, Dvorak, Schnittke, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Enescu, Sollima and Piazzolla. However, the works of Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, and Rossini are not forgotten and they also take serious effort in popularizing modern Ukrainian composers - M. Skoryk, Y. Stankovych, I. Shcherbakov and V.Silvestrov. Incredibly emotional, contrasting, dramatic and at the same time lyrical, their performance is truly a whole range of various feelings.
     “Both my father and I demand a full emotional response from musicians. Being undoubtedly professional they produce such an emotional lift off that the listener is bound to feel it. And this emotional charge is that peculiar trait that distinguishes us from any other ensemble,” Myroslava Kotorovych elaborates.
Soloist and unquestionable leader of the Ensemble, Myroslava Kotorovych is one of the most interesting young musicians and representatives of the classical school in Ukraine. She received her higher music education at the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy of Ukraine, in the class of her prominent father, and has, since 2001, has been the soloist of the State Chamber Ensemble “Kyiv Soloists”.
     Says Gidon Kremer, Conductor of the Kamerata Baltica, “I have known Myroslava for many years and followed her artistic growth. Despite such a young age, Myroslava is a mature musician, her artistry fascinates and bewitches…”
     Since they started 10 years ago, the Kyiv Soloists have given concerts abroad in Germany, France, Poland, Japan and performed in prestigious concert halls in Europe including Belgium and Russia. They have also been honored to receive the Grand Prix of the XXX Vienna International Music Festival in 2000, where the astonished Austrian press hailed their performance as a significant event.
     “I loved playing at the UNESCO hall in Paris, Flagey in Brussels. In Tunisia we played at the ruins of an ancient Roman temple that has preserved its bewildering natural acoustics. I heard that the Esplanade Concert Hall is one of the best in the world,” says Bohodar Kotorovych. “And it is for this very reason that we truly appreciate the opportunity to play in Singapore.”
     The Kyiv Soloists produce an immense energy and enthusiasm, passion and audacious creativity that only youth can emit. And Myroslava’s talent and artistry bring fresh innovation to every single performance of the Ensemble. For their unsurpassed efforts undertaken in promoting Ukrainian culture and art overseas, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry presented the ensemble with the honorable status of “Ambassador of Ukrainian culture.” Singaporeans would now indeed be privileged to hear them in action come December.

Main performances

top