In the face of a war aiming to erase Ukrainian national identity, preserving Ukrainian music becomes a pillar of resilience and resistance. In this episode, Anna Stavychenko, a tireless advocate, describes her efforts to safeguard Ukrainian musical legacy and provide refuge for displaced talents.

Anna Stavychenko is a musicologist, music critic, and classical music manager. Last year Anna was a Harriman Resident at Reid Hall, and this year her visionary organization, the 1991 project, is one of the Displaced Artists Initiatives at Reid Hall. 

Previously, Anna served as the Executive Director of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra. Since the beginning of Russia's war against Ukraine, she has also been the curator of special projects of the Sinfonia Varsovia, launched to integrate the Ukrainian repertoire into the programs of this prominent Polish orchestra and create special events for Ukrainian refugees and their children. Stavychenko is also the head of a special mission of the Philharmonie de Paris, designed to provide temporary contracts with French national orchestras to Ukrainian musicians who were forced to leave their homeland because of the war.

Listen to Anna’s curated playlist, an introduction to Ukrainian composers: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMCoSCf1qLrwl-CE4Bv56n4AX7nhTirZf&si=gQRPJpoGC2W-LdTn

Follow the 1991 Project on Instagram @1991_project_official

Learn more about the Reid Hall Displaced Artists Initiative: https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/displaced-artists-initiative 

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Host: Marie Doezema

Production: Marie Doezema and Charlotte Force

Editing: Chris Knapp

Music: Lili Boulanger’s Nocturne performed by Magdalena Baczewska and Sasha He

With thanks to the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in Paris

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