National Organ and Chamber Music Hall of Ukraine explained

National Organ and Chamber Music Hall of Ukraine
Native Name:Національний будинок органної та камерної музики України
Address:77
Location Town:Kyiv
Location Country:Ukraine
Architect:Б. Городетски
Start Date:1980
Coordinates:50.4269°N 30.5176°W

The National Organ and Chamber Music Hall of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Національний будинок органної та камерної музики України) is a cultural institution in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is located at the St. Nicholas Cathedral which it shares with the Catholic Church of Ukraine. A hall of the church was rebuilt as a concert hall in February 1980.

Building

The St. Nicholas Cathedral was completed to accommodate the growing Polish community in Kyiv. It was closed by the Communists after 1917, used for storage in the 1930s and later as an archive. The building suffered heavy damage during the Second World War.

In the late 1970s, the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR decided to restore the building as the National Organ and Chamber Music Hall for the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture. The work was overseen by architects O. Grauzhis and I. Tukalevskiy, with stained-glass windows from the Baltics, upholstered furniture from Lviv, and parquet flooring from Kivertsi.

Since 1992, the building has been shared with the Catholic Church in Ukraine. The Ministry of Culture plans to construct a new building for the Organ and Chamber Music Hall by 2023.

Organs

The main organ was designed and built for the concert hall by Rieger–Kloss in 1979. The body has 55 registers; divided into three manual and pedal keyboards, with 3,846 wooden and metal pipes sized from in diameter to in length. The organ has a wide timbre palette, allowing performance of works of different styles and directions.

A rehearsal organ, also crafted by Rieger–Kloss in 1979, has 56 keys in two manuals and a 30-key pedal. Its 8 registers have a wide distribution, allowing some imitation in preparation for performance with the large organ.

Creative teams

The creative team of the National Organ and Chamber Music Hall include the Borys Lyatoshynsky ensemble, "Ravisan" trio, Mykola Lysenko quartet, the Kyiv and Kyiv Brass chamber ensembles, organists, soloist-instrumentalists, and singers.

Artistic directors of the institution include:

Notable performers

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History . uk . National organ and chamber music hall of Ukraine . 5 March 2021 . 22 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122004758/http://www.organhall.kiev.ua/content/view/64/40/lang,ua/ . live .