30-10-2025
The Hague, Netherlands
Lux Aeterna. REVOICE
The Ukrainian vocal ensemble Alter Ratio is causing an international sensation. The twelve singers make their Dutch debut with Lux Aeterna Revoice. György Ligeti’s iconic Lux Aeterna — featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey — is performed alongside four brand-new works dedicated to Ukrainian artists who lost their lives in the war.
This impressive and innovative programme sees each composer intertwine the singers’ voices with electronic soundscapes in a unique and personal way. Ligeti’s sixteen-part masterpiece acquires a new, poignant resonance. The twelve singers of Alter Ratio are joined by four electronic layers — echoes of voices silenced by war.
Including panel discussion about the power of art in times of war with Floris Akkerman, Christian van der Kooy, Olga Korol van NL4UA and Alla Zagaykevych
PROGRAMM
Gyorgy Ligeti “ Lux aeterna”, for 16 voices (version for 12 voices and electronic)
Peter Kerkelov “phos-phorus”, for vocal ensemble and electronic
Maksym Kolomiiets “Disappearing voices”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Viktor Rekalo
Maxim Shalygin “Sub Rosa”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Robert Frost
Alla Zagaykevych “Psalms of Falling”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Iya Kiva
The Ukrainian vocal ensemble Alter Ratio is causing an international sensation. The twelve singers make their Dutch debut with Lux Aeterna Revoice. György Ligeti’s iconic Lux Aeterna — featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey — is performed alongside four brand-new works dedicated to Ukrainian artists who lost their lives in the war.
This impressive and innovative programme sees each composer intertwine the singers’ voices with electronic soundscapes in a unique and personal way. Ligeti’s sixteen-part masterpiece acquires a new, poignant resonance. The twelve singers of Alter Ratio are joined by four electronic layers — echoes of voices silenced by war.
Including panel discussion about the power of art in times of war with Floris Akkerman, Christian van der Kooy, Olga Korol van NL4UA and Alla Zagaykevych
PROGRAMM
Gyorgy Ligeti “ Lux aeterna”, for 16 voices (version for 12 voices and electronic)
Peter Kerkelov “phos-phorus”, for vocal ensemble and electronic
Maksym Kolomiiets “Disappearing voices”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Viktor Rekalo
Maxim Shalygin “Sub Rosa”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Robert Frost
Alla Zagaykevych “Psalms of Falling”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Iya Kiva
Funded by:
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
Ukrainian Institute
V Fonds
Fonds Podiumkunsten,
28-10-2025
Berlin, Germany
Lux Aeterna. REVOICE
The main theme of the Lux Aeterna. REVOICE project is memory: memory and continuity of Ukrainian and European cultures; preserving the memory of fallen Ukrainian artists who defended Ukraine from Russian aggression.
The program includes works specially written for the Alter Ratio ensemble, commissioned by the artisitc director - Olga Prykhodko. Ukrainian and Bulgarian composers - Alla Zagaykevych, Peter Kerkelov, Maksym Kolomiiets, Maxim Shaligin, Oleksia Suk - took part in this project. The lyrics in these works are based on themes of war, interpreted by leading Ukrainian poets Iya Kyva, Kateryna Kalytko, and Viktor Rekalo.
The project “Vocations – Open Space” is an initiative of Haus für Poesie, in cooperation with JUNGE AKADEMIE, the Berlin Academy of Arts, silent green Kulturquartier, the Berlin DAAD Artists-in-Residence Program, and the Schloss Wiepersdorf Cultural Foundation. In 2025, the event is supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
PROGRAMM
Gyorgy Ligeti “ Lux aeterna”, for 16 voices (version for 12 voices and electronic)
Peter Kerkelov “phos-phorus”, for vocal ensemble and electronic
Maksym Kolomiiets “Disappearing voices”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Viktor Rekalo
Maxim Shalygin “Sub Rosa”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Robert Frost
Alla Zagaykevych “Psalms of Falling”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Iya Kiva
Olexia Suk "Leise, noch lease, psst", for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Kateryna Kalytko
The main theme of the Lux Aeterna. REVOICE project is memory: memory and continuity of Ukrainian and European cultures; preserving the memory of fallen Ukrainian artists who defended Ukraine from Russian aggression.
The program includes works specially written for the Alter Ratio ensemble, commissioned by the artisitc director - Olga Prykhodko. Ukrainian and Bulgarian composers - Alla Zagaykevych, Peter Kerkelov, Maksym Kolomiiets, Maxim Shaligin, Oleksia Suk - took part in this project. The lyrics in these works are based on themes of war, interpreted by leading Ukrainian poets Iya Kyva, Kateryna Kalytko, and Viktor Rekalo.
The project “Vocations – Open Space” is an initiative of Haus für Poesie, in cooperation with JUNGE AKADEMIE, the Berlin Academy of Arts, silent green Kulturquartier, the Berlin DAAD Artists-in-Residence Program, and the Schloss Wiepersdorf Cultural Foundation. In 2025, the event is supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
PROGRAMM
Gyorgy Ligeti “ Lux aeterna”, for 16 voices (version for 12 voices and electronic)
Peter Kerkelov “phos-phorus”, for vocal ensemble and electronic
Maksym Kolomiiets “Disappearing voices”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Viktor Rekalo
Maxim Shalygin “Sub Rosa”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Robert Frost
Alla Zagaykevych “Psalms of Falling”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Iya Kiva
Olexia Suk "Leise, noch lease, psst", for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Kateryna Kalytko
Funded by:
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
Ukrainian Institute
JUNGE AKADEMIE
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
silent green Kulturquartier
Berliner Künstler*programm des DAAD
Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf
23-02-2025
Berlin, Germany
BACH / BERESOVSKY - Ukrainian Discoveries from the Archive of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin
Since the sensational discovery of a collection of sheet music from the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin in one of the archives in Kyiv, which was thought to have been lost during World War II, more than twenty years have passed. Yet musicians and audiences continue to uncover the musical treasures of this collection.
On February 23, 2025, a concert will take place in Tauf- und Traukirche of the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom) to mark the third anniversary of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The program will feature works by the Ukrainian composer Maxym Beresovsky. This concert is one of the first events celebrating the 280th anniversary of the composer's birth. The choral works, found in the archives of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, have been reconstructed and edited. The premieres will be performed by ensemble Alter Ratio and kammerton. The program will also include works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Baldassare Galuppi, contemporaries of Beresovsky.
The concert is organized in partnership with the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin and with the participation of lautten compagney BERLIN.
PROGRAMM
Baldassare Galuppi: Sinfonia, La Diavolessa
lautten compagney BERLIN
Maxym Beresowski „Slava i nyni: Yedynorodny Syne“, Motette for Choir a cappella (Premiere)
Alter Ratio
Maxym Beresowski „Symphonie C-Dur“
lautten compagney BERLIN
Maxym Beresowski „Cherubimskaya“, Motette for Choir a cappella (Premiere)
Alter Ratio
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Orgelsonate a-moll, Adagio, Wq 70,4
lautten compagney BERLIN
Maxym Beresowski „Mylost’ i sud vospoyu tebi, Hospody“, Konzert for Choir a cappella
Kammerton
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sinfonie für Streicher C-Dur, Wq. 182
lautten compagney BERLIN
Maxym Beresowski „Vnemlite lyudie“, Konzert for double-choir a cappellaa (Premiere)
Alter Ratio
Supported by:
Sing-Akademie zu Berlin
Ukrainian Institute
Berliner Dom
Vitsche Berlin
15-11-2023
Stuttgart, Germany
17-11-2023
Berlin, Germany
05-12-2023
Kyiv, Ukraine
LUX AETERNA. Psalms of Falling.
The project is dedicated to exploring and revealing multiple layers of senses and interconnections between the modern European and Ukrainian music phenomena, in particular by performing the works of György Ligeti and contemporary Ukrainian composers, which combine a capella singing and electronic experiments, by Ukrainian musicians, both those who stay in Ukraine and moved abroad due to the war.
PROGRAMM
Gyorgy Ligeti “ Lux aeterna”, for 16 voices (version for 12 voices and electronic)
Peter Kerkelov “phos-phorus”, for vocal ensemble and electronic
Maxim Kolomiiets “Disappearing voices”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Viktor Rekalo
Maxim Shalygin “Sub Rosa”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Robert Frost
Alla Zagaykevych “Psalms of Falling”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Iya Kiva
The project is dedicated to exploring and revealing multiple layers of senses and interconnections between the modern European and Ukrainian music phenomena, in particular by performing the works of György Ligeti and contemporary Ukrainian composers, which combine a capella singing and electronic experiments, by Ukrainian musicians, both those who stay in Ukraine and moved abroad due to the war.
PROGRAMM
Gyorgy Ligeti “ Lux aeterna”, for 16 voices (version for 12 voices and electronic)
Peter Kerkelov “phos-phorus”, for vocal ensemble and electronic
Maxim Kolomiiets “Disappearing voices”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Viktor Rekalo
Maxim Shalygin “Sub Rosa”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Robert Frost
Alla Zagaykevych “Psalms of Falling”, for vocal ensemble and electronics on a text by Iya Kiva
Funded by:
Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
GVL Ukraine Aid – Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten mbH
Ukrainian Institute
Goethe-Institute Ukraine
SWR Experimentalstudio Freiburg
MUSIK AM 13. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt
Klangwerkstatt Berlin Festival für Neue Musik,
Donemus Publishing
26-06-2023
Berlin, Germany
The Choral Beach Project
Two choirs and live electronics on a summer evening at Strandbad Plötzensee Berlin: Ukrainian vocal ensemble Alter Ratio from Kyiv, the legendary Gebrüder Teichmann and the girls' choir of Sing-Akademie zu Berlin will transform the beach into a soundscape. With music by contemporary Ukrainian composers, songs from German Romanticism, improvisations from the Greek island of Chios.
On the shore of Plötzensee, the choirs invite the audience to immerse into the beauty of nature, but also not to forget what is happening on so many other beaches in the world, in Odessa or on the island of Chios, where one of Europe's largest refugee camps is situated.
PROGRAMM
Epicycle-Continuum I — Improvsation nach Jani Christou
The gradual reconstruction of a musical event
— Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Fire — Katerina Gimon
In these delightful pleasant groves — Henry Purcell
Es saß ein klein wild Vögelein — deutsches Volkslied
Panda Chant II — Meredith Monk
Earth Seen from Above — Meredith Monk
Vocerumori — Anna Korsun (Ukraine)
Singing Mountain — Vita Poleva (Ukraine)
Other Worlds Revealed — Meredith Monk
Epicycle-Continuum II — Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Meerfey — Robert Schumann
Der Wassermann — Robert Schumann
Ora Kali — Michael Adamis
Evening Rise — Traditional
Epicycle-Continuum III — Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Musical direction:
Friederike Stahmer & Olga Prykhodko
Director / Dramaturgy:
Christian Filips
Two choirs and live electronics on a summer evening at Strandbad Plötzensee Berlin: Ukrainian vocal ensemble Alter Ratio from Kyiv, the legendary Gebrüder Teichmann and the girls' choir of Sing-Akademie zu Berlin will transform the beach into a soundscape. With music by contemporary Ukrainian composers, songs from German Romanticism, improvisations from the Greek island of Chios.
On the shore of Plötzensee, the choirs invite the audience to immerse into the beauty of nature, but also not to forget what is happening on so many other beaches in the world, in Odessa or on the island of Chios, where one of Europe's largest refugee camps is situated.
PROGRAMM
Epicycle-Continuum I — Improvsation nach Jani Christou
The gradual reconstruction of a musical event
— Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Fire — Katerina Gimon
In these delightful pleasant groves — Henry Purcell
Es saß ein klein wild Vögelein — deutsches Volkslied
Panda Chant II — Meredith Monk
Earth Seen from Above — Meredith Monk
Vocerumori — Anna Korsun (Ukraine)
Singing Mountain — Vita Poleva (Ukraine)
Other Worlds Revealed — Meredith Monk
Epicycle-Continuum II — Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Meerfey — Robert Schumann
Der Wassermann — Robert Schumann
Ora Kali — Michael Adamis
Evening Rise — Traditional
Epicycle-Continuum III — Improvisation nach Jani Christou
Musical direction:
Friederike Stahmer & Olga Prykhodko
Director / Dramaturgy:
Christian Filips
Supported by:
Chorverband Berlin e.V