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Dear Friends, We are living in the age of an all-pervasive reign of electronic media. The increasing fidelity of systems for recording picture and sound prompt many people to question whether a direct reception of art still makes sense if, without leaving home, one can reach for the remote control, a MP3 or a DVD record and delight in the "crystal-clear" quality of sound ? As we search for an answer, we are aided by the always current and deeply humanistic truth that the basic aim of all artistic creativity has always been and continues to be the desire for understanding human nature based on the contact with another human being in the audience. Could a robot, no matter how perfect, mediate in such a delicate mission, be susceptible to human passions, be capable of suffering, belief, or love? True Art is a constant source of strength, beauty and wisdom that great composers bequeathed to us. For these reasons, I wholeheartedly wish that our visitors leave our concerts invariably ennobled, more courageous, stronger, full of harmony and joie de vivre. General Manager
Mykola Diadiura Born in Kiev, studied at the Kiev Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in class of professor Roman Kofman. His international conductor career began in 1987 when he won an award and the special prize of the Japanese Association of Conductors at the International Competition of Conductors in Tokyo. After competition in Japan, he was invited by Seiji Ozava for internships in USA, where he studied in classes of Seiji Ozava, Leonard Bernstein and Andre Previn. In 1988, he won an award at the International Competition of Conductors in Budapest. In the years 1986-1988 Mykola Diadiura was the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Omsk Philharmonic and in the years 1989-1996 the Chief Conductor of the Seoul Symphony Orchestra Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of Kwang Dju (South Korea). Since 1988, he has been working as a conductor of the National Opera of Ukraine and since 1996 as a Chief of the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. In the National Philharmonic of Ukraine Mykola Diadiura started the series of monographic concerts "All Symphonies of Beethoven" and "All Symphonies and Concerts of Brahms" (to the 170th anniversary of the composer's birth). As the first conductor in Ukraine, he conducted works of Berlioz "Romeo and Juliet", "Te Deum", "Requiem" and "Coronation mass" of G. Paisiello. In 2003 he started the concert series "Symphonies of 20th century" (2003-2004) and "Robert Schumann and his contemporaries" (2004-2005). Diadiura is also known as a conductor-producer of many theatrical-concert and opera projects on national stages of Ukraine. As a guest conductor, he worked with philharmonic orchestras of Poland, Russia, Italy, South Korea and Japan. With the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine he had concert tours in Austria, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Japan, Poland and Turkey. He conducted at many international festivals in Ukraine: Kiev Music Fest, the Festival of Musical Premieres of Season, "Vladimir Krajnev invites ", "Virtuosos" (Lviv) and abroad: St. Maximin Festival (France), La Chaise-Dieu (France), the Hector Berlioz' Festival in La Cote-Saint-Andre (France), in Bleckede (Germany), in Wroclaw and at the Ukraine Culture Days in Switzerland. In 1998 got the honorary title "Honoured Personality of the Arts of Ukraine", in 2003 was awarded by State Order "For the Merits" of 3rd degree. In 2005 got a France Government Reward - "Knight of Arts and Literature". Since September 2009 Mykola Diadiura has been the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of Szczecin Philharmonic.
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