Music at the Institute

MUSIC AT THE INSTITUTE 

European Voices: Bach, Berezovskyi and Bortnianskyi
Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 7:00 PM 

Music at the Institute (MATI) presents an evening bringing together the music of Ukrainian composers  Maksym Berezovskyi (1745-1777) and Dmytro Bortnianskyi (1751–1825)  with the sonatas of J. S. Bach. Born in Hlukhiv, Berezovskyi and Bortnianskyi built remarkable careers in Europe’s major musical centers, becoming leading figures of Ukraine’s 18th-century musical “Golden Age.” Heard alongside Bach, their works reveal a shared mastery of counterpoint and highlight Ukraine’s deep and enduring place within the European classical tradition. 

Violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv and harpsichordist Andrew Rosenblum unite to perform a program pairing masterpieces by J.S. Bach, Maksym Berezovski and Dmytro Bortnianski. 

Honoring the memory of author and poet Yuriy Tarnawsky, a long standing and active member of the UIA. The evening is generously supported by the Tarnawsky family. 

The MATI program is a ticketed event and advance registration is requested. A light reception will follow the concert.

General Admission: $30
UIA Friends, Seniors, and Students: $25
UIA Members: $20

PROGRAM
J. S. Bach
Sonata No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1014, for violin and harpsichord

Maksym Berezovskyi
Sonata in C major, for violin and piano

Dmytro Bortnianskyi
Sonata in F major, for harpsichord

J. S. Bach
Sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017, for violin and harpsichord

J. S. Bach
Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019c, for violin and harpsichord

PERFORMED BY

Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin
Andrew Rosenblum, harpsichord

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

Solomiya Ivakhiv, Professor of Violin and Viola and Head of Strings at the University of Connecticut, and Professor of Violin at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, was named a Merited Artist of Ukraine (2021). She is Artistic Director of Music at the Institute (MATI) in New York and the Caspian Music Festival in Vermont. Her recordings for NAXOS, Brilliant Classics, and Centaur feature both Ukrainian composers and major classical repertoire, and she is a dedicated champion of new music with numerous world premieres to her credit.

Andrew Rosenblum enjoys a multifaceted career as a pianist and harpsichordist, having performed at major venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and The Kennedy Center. A prize winner at the 2018 International Bach Competition Leipzig and the 2017 Prague Spring International Music Competition, he has appeared as harpsichord soloist with the Leipziger Barockorchester, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Collegium 1704, and Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Passionate about new music and lesser-known works, he has served on the Piano Faculty of the Heifetz International Music Institute since 2015.

IN MEMORIAM 

Yuriy Tarnawsky (1934–2025), a Ukrainian-American poet, writer, linguist, translator, and scholar whose extraordinary life and work connected Ukrainian cultural heritage with the experimental artistic world of postwar New York. A cofounder of the New York Group, he published some forty volumes of poetry, fiction, drama, essays, and translations in Ukrainian and English. His work was deeply shaped by Ukrainian language and heritage, as well as by his lifelong engagement with experimentation, linguistics, and music. A trained engineer and linguist, he worked in artificial intelligence at IBM and later taught Ukrainian literature and culture at Columbia University. His literary work drew inspiration from music, including the structures of J. S. Bach, and he wrote the libretto for Ukrainian-American composer Virko Baley’s opera Not Medea. Tarnawsky was awarded Ukraine’s Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise in 2008 and was inducted into the NCE 100 Hall of Fame in 2019. His literary archive is preserved at Columbia University.