Young musical talents from Ukraine and young musicians of the Slovenian Youth Orchestra, united in the Music for the future orchestra, performed at Cankarjev dom on 11 May 2022.

The principal guest of the concert was the violinist Gidon Kremer, one of the most admired musicians in the world. For more than five decades he has enriched the community of music lovers with extraordinary artistic achievements. He has always been connected with Ukrainian culture in many ways: through numerous collaborations, by playing and promoting works by Ukrainian composers and, not least, he has always supported young musicians, and he continues to support our project.

As an introduction to the concert, Gidon Kremer performed two meaningful works: I. Loboda: Requiem for solo violin. Dedicated to the endless suffering of Ukraine, and V. Silvestrov: Serenade for solo violin. The orchestra then performed Religioso by the Slovenian composer Slavko Osterc, with the solo part played by the young Ukrainian violinist Sofiia Kysliak. Together with Gidon Kremer they then played Robert Schumann's exceptionally demanding Violin Concerto (originally for cello) in A minor, Op. 129. In the second half of the concert, the orchestra celebrated life, nature and humanism with Antonín Dvořák's bright and uplifting Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B 163.

Before, during and after the event, in cooperation with UNICEF Slovenia, we collected donations to help the participating musicians and their families from Ukraine and to support UNICEF programmes for children and families in Ukraine.