Quatuor Bleu et Or

A naturalist masterpiece, The Meeting, painted by Ukrainian artist Marie Bashkirtseff, may have a message that goes beyond the image itself. Marie Bashkirtseff exhibited this painting in Paris at the Salon in 1884, in an era when the Fine Arts school was reserved for men. Despite resounding praise from the public and the press, Marie Bashkirtseff did not receive a single award. From that moment on, the image of the little girl in the painting walking away from the group of young boys - if we also take into account the fact that the artist, suffering from tuberculosis, knew her condition was terminal - takes on an entirely new meaning, and the painting goes far beyond merely depicting a scene. Marie Bashkirtseff spent part of her life in Paris. She died there, in the very same year that she exhibited this painting at the Salon. To evoke this artwork, the concert features Ukrainian composers whose work is rarely performed: Victoria Vita Poleva, contemporary Ukrainian composer, then Mykola Lysenko, late 19^th-century Ukrainian composer, with Darius Milhaud closing the program. The concert is part of the 1991 Project, launched in order to preserve and promote Ukrainian music.

The Quatuor Bleu et Or was founded in 2022 by a group of Ukrainian musicians, three of whom had been forced to leave Ukraine due to the war. They then became temporary residents with the Orchestre de Paris and the Orchestre National de France as part of the Philharmonie de Paris mission project. The Quatuor Bleu et Or makes Ukrainian repertoire accessible to all.

Artists

• Quatuor Bleu et Or
  • Yanzhyma Morozova, violin;
  • Antonina Krysa, violin;
  • Andrii Malakhov, viola;
  • Nataliia Ivanoska, cello.

Program

• Victoria Vita Poleva
  • Walking on waters;
• Mykola Lysenko
  • String Quartet in D minor;
• Darius Milhaud
  • String Quartet, op. 16, n° 2.