Young Euro Classic 2018 - Oksana Lyniv conducts the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Everything began in 2016 when the German National Youth Orchestra acted as “midwife”, supporting the founding of this Ukrainian ensemble in several ways. In 2018, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is able to stand on its own feet. In focusing on the armed struggles this country is currently suffering, its great musical tradition is often overlooked and ignored. Thus, it is all the better that the young Ukrainian musicians introduce two works by native Ukrainian composers, Vitaliy Hubarenko and Yevhen Stankovych, which have never been performed in Germany before. It is hardly surprising that the orchestra is led by Oksana Lyniv, a self-confident conductor who perfected her craft in Munich assisting Kirill Petrenko, the chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. For the finale of their performance at Young Euro Classic, the Ukrainians have chosen a work that tests the mettle of every ambitious orchestra: Beethoven’s exuberant Symphony No. 7.