The Harriman Institute & The President’s Office of Columbia University
present
Art in Time of War: Celebrating the Resilience of Ukrainian Culture
The program includes:
Remarks by Wafaa El-Sadr, Executive Vice President of Columbia Global
Address by Dora Chomiak, President of Razom for Ukraine
Readings by award-winning poet Natalka Bilotserkivets,
Never-before-seen footage from a new film about Azovstal, the iron-and-steel-works in Mariupol by documentary filmmaker Zoya Laktionova,
Concert of music for a string quartet curated by musical director and classical music producer, Anna Stavychenko, including works by Ukrainian composers Stanyslav Lyudkevych and Zoltan Almashi (U.S. premiere of Almashi’s String Quartet no. 4 “Poltava”)
Ihor Barynin (Violin)
Nikita Yermak (Violin)
Lavinia Pavlish (Viola)
Valeriya Sholokhova (Cello)
The program also features:
Contemporary Ukrainian art from the trenches, introduced by filmmaker Tetiana Khodakivska
Conversation on the role of the artist in time of war
Ivan Krastev, Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Studies in Sofia
Ostap Slyvynsky, Vice President of PEN Ukraine
Valentina Izmirlieva, Director, Harriman Institute
Reception to follow.
