Ukrainian Music Initiative – Past Concerts

Ukrainian Music Initiative (UMI) is a collaboration of four independent artists—contralto Vira Slywotzky, cellist Valeriya Sholokhova, pianists Margarita Rovenskaya and Pavlo Gintov—each of whom have a longstanding history of commitment to Ukrainian music. They are joined in their mission by musicologist Leah Batstone and business entrepreneur Alex Gamota. UMI's goal is to elevate Ukrainian classical music to its rightful place in the Western canon and to fill a significant gap in the American cultural landscape, that of skilled and knowledgeable musicians of Ukrainian heritage performing the breadth of Ukrainian classical music.