Ukrainian Spring Festival 2025

This year’s European Festival: Ukrainian Spring begins with a guest performance by a chamber orchestra from the Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, one of Ukraine’s oldest and most prominent orchestras. It was founded in 1902 and has worked with some of the biggest names of music history. The orchestra regularly tours the world and has made important recordings in recent years for music labels such as Naxos, Toccata Classics and Brilliant Classics.

The theme of this year’s Ukrainian Spring is: Oh, you’re Ukrainian? – Ukrainian Stars on the World’s Stages   The festival aims to pay tribute to major cultural personalities who have made significant contributions to European culture, but whose Ukrainian origins are often unknown.

At this concert, we hear music by three of Ukraine’s biggest composers: Yevhen Stankovych, Myroslav Skoryk and Valentin Silvestrov. We also hear music by Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin, both of whom had Ukrainian roots, as well as works by Swedish composers. The concert includes guest performances by three prominent Swedish artists: mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, pianist Bengt Forsberg, guitarist Fabian Fredriksson and actor Stina Ekblad.

Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra presented a celebrated concert at Konserthuset Stockholm in 2023. We now welcome the orchestra for a more intimate chamber music concert. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear some of Ukraine’s best musicians in a programme filled with passion, virtuosity and unyielding strength!