The chamber women’s choir Muusad (artistic director Olev Pürg) and Ukrainian conductor Illia Humeniuk present a unique concert exploring the dialogue between Western musical heritage and Hindu mythology.

Central to the program is the image of the Black Madonna, reflected in Pau Casals’ Nigra sum and Francis Poulenc’s Litanies à la Vierge Noire, his first sacred work, accompanied by organ. Special focus is given to the music of Gustav Holst, including his luminous eight-part Ave Maria and selections from Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, enriched by the shimmering sound of the harp. 

The program also features works by North American composers: Cecilia Donkin’s powerful Magnificat for soloist and 12-part a cappella choir, and Clifford Demarest’s lyrical Sunset, where harp and organ weave a rare and refreshing soundscape that bridges East and West.

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The work for woodwind quartet (2 cl, bcl, bsn) - Another Look at Holos 5th. Canon is now in The Ukrainian Chamber Music Encyclopedia.

UCME is a database contains solo and chamber music works for bassoon. Over time, this database will be updated with solo and chamber works for other instruments, starting with other wind instruments. This database is the result of Zachary Senick's doctoral research. This database has been compiled by reading as many sources as possible and contacting as many living composers or family members of deceased composers as possible, resulting in over 200 composers. The sources used for each composer are listed with the surname of the author of the book or organisation.

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Performance in Poland is postponed to next season

Illia's new work for soprano, clarinet, cello, piano - Æternam will be premiered in the collage of Global Composer Progect Emocean on 28th of May in Klub Garnizonowy (ul. Zyblikiewicza) Kraków, Poland.

'Emocean' invites expressions of interest from composers from 25 different countries to collaborate with ensembles (soprano, clarinet, cello, piano) in Italy, Poland, The Netherlands, Australia (and others) to create a collage featuring 25 two-minute pieces exploring themes of love, happiness, grief or fear. The finished collage will be performed live in ensembles’ home countries. 

On the 8th of December, during the Second Advent, the Chamber Choir Patter gave a short performance celebrating St. Nicholas Day, which had recently passed, and the approaching Christmas season.  

The program included:  Troparion for the melody of the Week for Sunday, December 8th (Tone 7), and the Troparion to St. Nicholas; Tsariu Nebesnyi by Mykola Dyletskyi; Kyrylo Stetsenko's Psalm 103; A (styhyra) sticheron for Christmas and Mykola Leontovych's arrangement of Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) performed in both Estonian and Ukrainian.

On 24 September at 12 noon, at the end of the month-long composing residency at the college, at the final event, Illia plans to talk about his style of composition by presenting two new works written for the Christmas mass for a local women's ensemble, Šviesybe šiandien užtvin mus (a cappella) and Džiugauk (accompanied by an organ). Additionally, a collaboration with another resident, Dominykas Matulionis, a Lithuanian director and writer, will result in the presentation of the performance entitled Angel, which was created during the residency. 

The Estonian-Ukrainian Congress and the Embassy of Ukraine to the Republic of Estonia are proud to present a special concert in honor of Ukrainian Independence Day. Conductor Illia Humeniuk will lead the Chamber Choir Avis Animi in a program that beautifully blends Estonian and Ukrainian choral traditions. The concert will feature performances of Oleksandr Koshyts' "Ponad synim morem" (commemorating the 80th anniversary of his passing), Mykola Leontovych's "Dudaryk" and Anatolii Avdiyevskyi's "Verbovaia doshchechka" alongside Veljo Tormis' cycle "13 Lyric Songs"

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The Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, in cooperation with the Hiiumaa Cultural Society, announced a competition for compositions dedicated to Rudolf Tobias in November 2023 to highlight the composer's extraordinary significance in Estonian music. Paraphrases of Rudolf Tobias's well-known work "Eks teie tea" for solo piano were invited to the 6-8 minute long competition. The winning works will be performed at a gala concert dedicated to the 151st anniversary of Rudolf Tobias' birth in the Great Hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre on 29 May. 

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Mixed choir Wannamoisa in going to give two performances of Estonian choir music at the National Fetival in Rustavi and at the concert in Bolnisi.

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On April 4, at 7:00 p.m., a concert of Ukrainian music will be held in the Great Hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater, where the performers will be Ukrainian students of the academy and their friends. Alongside the Ukrainian baroque composer Mykola Dyletsky, composers of the classical period - Maksym Berezovskyi and Dmytro Bortnyanskyi, together with the romanticist Mykola Lysenko and composers of the 20th and 21st centuries - Viktoria Polova, Lesya Dychko and Leonid Grabovskyi will perform. In this way, the audience will be able to hear how Ukrainian professional music developed from the Baroque period to the present day. The concert will feature The choir of the Music Academy, and the male Project Choir Pattern conducted by Illia Humeniuk.

EMTA's Bachelor's program in choral conducting has curated a captivating performance, featuring EMTA's choir and Sinfonietta, offering a delightful journey to the Baroque era. As a prelude to the Christmas festivities, the grand hall of EMTA will resonate with the golden treasures of Baroque music, seamlessly interwoven with the compositions of Rudolf Tobias. Under the baton of Illia Humeniuk, the concert will include the conductor's rendition of Rudolf Tobias' "Otsekui hirv" (As a deer) adding a special touch to the musical celebration.

Illia Humeniuk with mixed choir HUIK! and Mart Siimer bring exciting contemporary music to the audience with the concert "Mountain of Silence". In the Jaani churches of Tallinn and Tartu, the music of minimalists Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass and Valentõn Sõlvestrov will be joined by Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei and the Estonian premiere of Dobrinka Tabakova's Truro Canticles for mixed choir and organ.