Memento Odesa 2026 - Sebastian Studnitzky & Band / Odesa Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Volodymyr Dykyi

Description

In July 2023, Sebastian Studnitzky traveled to Odesa* (Ukraine) to record 3 music pieces with the local orchestra at the Odesa Philharmonic. The goal of the recording was to raise awareness and donations for the situation in Ukraine through the release of the songs and a music video (which shows a documentation of the trip, the recording, and the situation in Odesa). Just a few days after the recording session, the Orthodox cathedral in Odesa was heavily damaged during a Russian missile attack. The cathedral is only a few blocks away from the Philharmonic where the recording took place. Since then, there have been almost daily missile and drone attacks on Odesa. This drama led to a development of the original idea: instead of just raising awareness with the release of the recording and the video, efforts were made to bring parts of the orchestra to Germany for several concerts. In March 2024, it was possible to bring the 22-member chamber orchestra of the Odesa Philharmonic on a tour to Germany. The tour was opened in the sold-out Philharmonic in Odesa, at a time when Russian drone attacks on Odesa almost every night caused fear, destruction, and suffering. The subsequent tour in Germany culminated in a concert at the fully sold-out Gedächtniskirche in Berlin. This concert was recorded and will be released as an audio carrier parallel to the tour. SEBASTIAN STUDNITZKY The Berlin-based multi-instrumentalist Sebastian Studnitzky works across genres. Besides various jazz projects, electronic club music and crossover between jazz, electro, and classical music play a major role. He is probably the only musician in this country to have been awarded both the ECHO JAZZ and the OPUS Klassik, and that on two different instruments (trumpet & piano). He is also the founder and musical director of the Berlin XJAZZ! Festival, taught as a professor at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden (formerly also as a professor at the music colleges in Berlin & Zurich), and artistic director of the “BlackForestJazz - the jazz festival in the North Black Forest”. *Ukrainian spelling with only one “s” is used here.

Highlights

• Sebastian Studnitzky & Band with the Odesa Chamber Orchestra
• Tour to Germany in March 2024
• Concert in the sold-out Gedächtniskirche Berlin

General Information

The concert combines music with an important social cause and was originally recorded in Odesa. The Odesa Chamber Orchestra's tour in Germany aims to draw attention to the current situation in Ukraine.

Location

Oosstr. 1, 75179 Pforzheim, Germany

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