Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra

Introduction

Created in 2022 by Keri-Lynn Wilson, in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera and the Polish National Opera, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra is an ensemble composed of leading Ukrainian musicians from inside the embattled country, as well as recent refugees and Ukrainian members of European orchestras. It was formed to defend Ukraine’s cultural legacy as the country fights for its freedom. Its inaugural tour took place in Europe and the United States in the summer of 2022 and included performances in Warsaw, the BBC Proms in London, the Edinburgh Festival, the Les Chorégies d’Orange festival in France, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Dublin, Amsterdam, New York City (Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park) and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Maestro Wilson serves as its music director. Now under the patronage of Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will come together each summer to tour capital cities and festivals of the world.

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Tours

  • Aug 2026
    Europe, USA

    Keri-Lynn Wilson Julia Kleiter (soprano) Lise Davidsen (soprano) Ailyn Perez (soprano) Natalie Lewis (mezzo-soprano) Rene Barbera (tenor) Soloman Howard (bass) Programme 1: Bohdana Frolyak Gloria, Verdi Requiem Programme 2: Bohdana Frolyak Gloria, Mahler Ruckert Lieder, Beethoven Symphony No.7 Programme 3: Bohdana Frolyak Gloria, Strauss Four Last Songs, Beethoven Symphony No.7 Programme 4: Maxim Kolomiiets Suite from 'The Mothers of Kherson', Verdi Requiem St Paul's Cathedral, London | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg | National Concert Hall, Dublin | David Geffen Hall, New York

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Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Concertgebouw August 2022
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra at EIF, August 2022

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