Music in the Alps 2025
August 5-13
“Music and Time”
Starting from 16:00 on August 1st, there will be preparatory sessions with young artists to prepare them for the presentation on August 11 and for the concerts on August 12th. Faculty: Sergiy Kazakov, cello, Irena Portenko, piano.
Wed August 6th Opening “Music in Time” 20:00 Wiener Saal or Merangarten (weather permitting)
Jazz, standards and popular tunes for you
Mateo Ðikić, vocals, Irena Portenko, piano, Nargiza Yusupova, cello, Sergiy Kazakov, cello and Taras Volos, double bass
Thu August 7th through August 9th from 10:30-12:30, there will be masterclasses for cello or string quartet classes — two sessions of 90 minutes. Faculty: Sergiy Kazakov, cello.
August 7th 20:00 Wiener Saal Anastasia Larchikova and Mykhailo Diordiev
From Skoryk to Lieberman Four hand one piano music by American and Ukrainian composers
Fri August 8th
16:00 young performers at the Europäische Hof
Concert 20:00 Wiener Saal Exit Music (for the end of time)
Sergei Kvitko, piano and media
From Bach to Radiohead: transcriptions of the most beautiful music not written for piano
Sat August 9th
Kateryna Movchan, flute and Danica Śkreblin 20:00 Wiener Saal Flute and guitar duo expresses emotions and passions of Piazzolla’s music through the intimate sound of music and guitar.
Sun August 10th
16:00 young performers at the Europäische Hof
Guest-performers 20:00 Wiener Saal
Svetlana Gorokhovich and Irena Portenko, piano duet
Four hand one piano music from Austro-Hungarian Empire’s . Works by Mozart, Brahms, Liszt.
Mon August 11th
Silent Movie presentation 11:00 Wiener Saal (projector is needed)
20:00 Yuliya Fesay, soprano and Yana Kalenchuk, piano
Music by G. Puccini
Tue August 12th Gala 20:00 Wiener Saal, all faculty and young performers.
(joint rehearsals beginning on August 9th in preparation for the final performance).
August 13th Departure
Schubert’s “Winterreise” with Reinhard Mayr (Austria) at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Pianist and teacher Dr Irena Portenko curates this concert of student musicians on January 25th at St. John’s in the Village, NY, NY.
Scarsdale High School Choir: “From Darkness into the Light” at the Scarsdale Women’s Club.
Music of Schubert and Chopin at the Ardsley Country Club at 4:30pm.
Classical Sundays: Piano Duo Svetlana Gorokhovich & Irena Portenko at the South Huntington Library, Long Island, New York on Sunday, January 12 at 2:30pm.
Celebrate the 11th Summer Festival with a Gala, “My Favorite Things”.
Josani Pimenta (mezzo-soprano) presents Brazilian Sacred Music.
Marcel Leczky (cello) and Mykhailo Diordiev (piano) present two Sonatas for Cello and Piano by J. Brahms.
Multimedia Presentation.
Classical Music in the Movies in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Tammy Hensrud (mezzo-soprano) and friends presents “Songs of Love”.
Young Performers Showcase Volume 2
Jeffrey Palmer (countertenor) and Irena Portenko (piano) present “Baroque to Baltic”.
Annabel Hauk (cello) and Irena Portenko (piano) present Sonatas by Beethoven, Chopin and Franck
Young Performers Showcase Volume 1.
Taras and the young performers present “All that Jazz”.
Afternoon of music with Jeffrey Palmer (countertenor) and Irena Portenko (piano).
Schubert’s “Winterreise” with Reinhard Mayr (baritone) and Irena Portenko (piano).
Mariya Klymenko (piano) plays Beethoven and Brahms.
Music in the Alps presents a program for kids (and adults), Disney for Al!
Arne Kircher (cello) and Vlad Kaznodii (piano) present Sonatas for Cello and Piano by Beethoven, Schumann, and “Fern Blossom” by Sofia Lozina.
Music in the Alps: “Dolce far Niente” Italienische Lieder der Leidenschaft
Italian Songs with Yuliya Fesay (soprano) and Irena Portenko (piano).
Concert titled: “It’s a Broadway World”
“Auf den Spuren von Schubert” with Lika Megreshvili (flute), Mariya Klymenko (piano), Andrii Murza (violin), Ariane Becker-Bender (viola), Boris Stansky (cello), Dima Gagulidze (double bass) and Irena Portenko (piano).
Program: Introduction and Variations for flute and Piano, Fantasy in f minor and “Trout” Quintet
Presented by “Music in the Alps”. Irena Portenko, piano in a Solo Concert-Benefit for Ukraine. Performing Ludwig van Beethoven last three sonatas, Opuses 109, 110, and 111. With a special appearance of Ukrainian Chorus “Dumka” of New York.
A Show of Caring
A Concert to benefit Ukraine
March 27th, 2022 at 8:00pm
You are invited to an evening of song and solidarity to benefit the citizens of Ukraine, who are fighting for their families, the future of their country—and their lives. Here is your opportunity to show you care by coming to this special all-volunteer event. All proceeds after ticket sales will be donated to charities supporting Ukrainian rescue efforts, including http://razomforukraine.org and http://unitedhelpukraine.org
Tarrytown Music Hall
Tarrytown, NY
Tickets $75 (first four rows), $30
Performers:
Irena Portenko, piano
Jeffrey Palmer, countertenor
Svetlana Gorokhovich, piano
Stefan Szkafarowsky, bass
Ukrainian Chorus “Dumka” of NY
L. van Beethoven Final Piano Sonatas at the Cathedral in Odessa, Ukraine. POSTPONED
Chamber Music Concert at Ukrainian National Academy of Music in Kyiv, Ukraine. POSTPONED
L. van Beethoven Triple Concerto in C Major wit Conductor Volodymyr Kozhuhar and the Kyiv National Philharmonia, Ukraine. POSTPONED
