Ukrainian-Born Pianist Shines in Challenging Program

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The musician's own concert transcription of Igor Stravinsky's 20th century orchestral masterpiece The Rite of Spring was a revelation, while showcasing his highly impressive arranging skills. Although it still begs the question why anyone would invest several years not just painstakingly transcribing from several sources, but also memorizing and performing this musical beast, [Salov]'s virtuosic delivery presented a unique opportunity to hear the work's complex harmonies in all their dissonant glory, usually obfuscated by thickly coloured orchestration.

We were also treated to a pair of Ukrainian works seldom heard. Myroslav Skoryk's Kolomyika (Ukrainian Folksong) and Pisnya Boyka (In the Carpathian Mountains) rang with folksy charm while Mykola Lysenko's lively Second Rhapsody, Dumka-Shumka, Op. 18 captured the flavour of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies.

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Ukrainian-Born Pianist Shines in Challenging Program

Dynamo pianist Serhiy Salov made his Manitoba debut Saturday night as an "ambassador of Ukrainian culture to Canada," with his program of solo keyboard work...

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