In a gesture of solidarity with the victims of the war in Ukraine, the Metropolitan Opera and the Polish National Opera gather leading Ukrainian musicians into the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra for a European tour. The tour will be lead by conductor Canadian-Ukrainian Keri-Lynn Wilson. The program includes Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture of La forza del destino; Ukrainian composer Yevhen Stankovych’s Concert No 2 for violin and orchestra, Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryks’ Melody and Beethoven’s Third Symphony “Eroica”. The orchestra premieres their tour with the opening concert in Warsaw on August 20 with further stops in: Gdansk (August 22), Berlin (August 24) Lucerne (August 27), Amsterdam (August 28), Hamburg (August 30), Snape Maltings (September 2) and Barbican (September 3).

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