The orchestra was awarded the Prince Pierre de Monaco Award.
The Ukrainian music group Kyiv Symphony Orchestra was awarded the Prince Pierre de Monaco, one of the most prestigious awards in Europe. According to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, the winners were awarded at a ceremony held at the Opera Garnier in Monte Carlo.
The prize has been awarded for more than 50 years. A multicultural jury from around the world chooses the best in music, literature, philosophy, and visual arts. This year, the jury unanimously voted for the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra in the “Music Springboard” category.
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The awarding ceremony was attended by the conductor of the orchestra Luigi Gajero, the award was presented to him by the princess Carolina of Hanover and Monaco.
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“I am very grateful that our work is recognized. My cooperation with the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra has always been mutually reinforcing and enriching. I did a lot of research into modern classical music and moved from it to the very origins, that is, in the reverse direction. The orchestra had a traditional background, but also a very special attitude to music, a desire to play. So together, we bring both deep analytics and a lot of passion, emotional contact with ourselves and the material to the performance. We can concentrate on a program for weeks to give our author's interpretations time to really mature. For me, this is especially telling when we prepare the works of modern classics — Stankovich, Adams, Skoryk, Ligeti, Kolomiyets. I am grateful that the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and I can share our love of music with each other and with the world. That our largely fresh, atypical approach is so distinguished and welcomed. That all this energy we put in, all these rehearsals is not in vain. That people can really hear the difference,” said the conductor.
