The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and conductor Oksana Lyniv perform a new work by Evgeni Orkin in Monheim, Germany.
In Wednesday’s (3/19) Violin Channel, an unsigned article states, “The Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv commissioned a new work by Ukrainian composer Evgeni Orkin. Titled ‘Five Interrupted Lullabies,’ the piece commemorates the events of a night in Odessa in March 2024, when a rocket attack claimed the lives of four infants and a baby. Lyniv and the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra performed the work on February 24, 2025, in a concert marking the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.” The concert took place in the Aula am Berliner Ring in Monheim am Rhein, Germany. “The program also featured Orkin’s 2024 piece ‘Requiem for a Poet,’ as well as Yuri Laniuk’s ‘Grieving Thorn,’ and Victoria Poleva’s ‘Bucha. Lacrimosa,’ and Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont. A composer, clarinetist, and educator, Evgeni Orkin has had his works performed by groups including the Heidelberg Theater Orchestra, INSO Lviv, the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra, the Odense Symphony Orchestra, the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra…. ‘Five Interrupted Lullabies’ is due to receive a further performance by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in January 2026,” also conducted by Oksana Lyniv.
