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“Kyiv residents had the good luck to become acquainted with a concert from the “New Music in Ukraine” series in which Volodymyr Runchak proved once more that he is equally at ease with a sheet of music and a pencil in front of him as he is while conducting in front of an orchestra.”

--Ukrainian Music Newspaper

2018, Machester (UK), CD,

Laurence Perkins (bassoon)

Lamento and Moto perpetuo for bassoon from

“the Bassoonist’s notebook”

12.03.18, 19.00, Kyiv, National Philharmonic of Ukraine

Myroslava Kotorovych (violin), Ihor Sayenko (accordion)

Volodymyr Runchak - Imitation to D.Shostakovich for violin and accordion (edited by Ihor Sayenko)

17.03.18, 18.00, Lviv National Music Academy

Composer’s Portrait by Volodymyr Runchak

The works for wind and percussion instruments

Homo ludens I for flute

Is the flute magic? Yes, it is! - Music homage to

W.A.Mozart for flute and piano

Homo ludens IX, Nine non random stops for a strolling

oboist

Homo ludens I for clarinet

v.runchak.b(es)_clari@net for clarinet

Anti-sonatas №28, 29 and 53 for piano and clarinet

Ave Maria for soprano and clarinet, text by W.Scott

Little Music for the «Beijing-Lviv» Express Mini Bus for

alto-saxophone and tape

Lamento and Moto perpetuo for bassoon from “the Bassoonist’s notebook”

Quartet for four bassoons

Kyrie eleison for horn and piano

Homo ludens V, interview with a stuttered or 10 min.

(into trumpet) for trumpet

Homo ludens VI, a pair of anecdotes on a well known

subject for trombone

Two pieces: Near the portrait of N.Paganini, Imitation

to D.Shostakovich for marimba and piano

24-25.03.18, Kyiv, Sixth All-Ukrainian Music Festival

"A Day of Ukrainian Accordion - 2018",

Roman Sapuntsov, Oleksiy Murza, Adam Maksymienko (Poland), Ivan Shkromyda, Maksym Hafuch (accordion)

Portraits of composers, suite №1 for accordion

15.03.2018, 19.00, Kyiv, Ukraine
X International music festival "Easter Assembly - 2018"
Great Hall of the National Music Academy of Ukraine

Chamber Ensemble “New Music in Ukraine”
Artistic director and conductor - Volodymyr Runchak

Karmella Tsepkolenko - "Alles, Ausser – Was Noch Alles Ist..." chamber symphony for soloists ensemble
Ivan Taranenko - A prima vista for chamber ensemble
Volodymyr Runchak - In Search of Tranquility, a letter to ten musicians
William Albright - Sonata for saxophone and piano

(I, IV)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kreuzspiel for ensemble
Luciano Berio - Folk songs for voice and ensemble

22.04.2018, Odessa, “Two days and two nigh 2018”
Isabella Stabio (IT, 1-2)

Zoya Rudko (UA, 3)

Anna Stepanova (UA, 4)

Hanfeng Du (CN, 4)

Homo ludens I for saxophone

A bit of music in honor of Adolphe Sax for saxophone

Little Music for the «Beijing-Odessa» Express Mini Bus

for saxophone and tape

SAX (tête-à-tête) for two alto saxophones

21.04.2018, Kharkiv, “Кharkiv contemporary - 2018”

Academic Choir of Kharkiv Philharmonic

Andriy Syrotenko - conductor

Academic Symphony Orchestra of Kharkiv Philharmonic

Volodymyr Runchak – conductor

Igor Yermak – flute

Olga Yurina - soprano

Alban Berg - Three pieces for orchestra op. 6

Volodymyr Runchak - “Is the flute magic?”

Music homage to W.A. Mozart for flute

(picc, ord, c-alto) and orchestra, Flute concerto

Francis Poulenc – Gloria for soprano, choir and orchestra

29.05.18, 19.00, Kyiv, National Composer Union of Ukraine, Myroslava Kotorovych (violin), Ihor Sayenko (accordion)

Volodymyr Runchak:

Kyrie Eleison for violin and accordion

“Imitation to D.Shostakovich” for violin and accordion (edited by Ihor Sayenko)

CD
Vio-Dion Duo (Poland)
Malwina Mikołajczak-Lutrzykowska - violin
Krzysztof Lutrzykowski - accordion
Volodymyr Runchak -
Kyrie eleison for violin and accordion

13.07.2018, Zagreb (Croatia), Word Saxophone Congress

New Age Sax Quartet (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Artem Holodniuk, soprano saxophone

Danylo Dovbysh, alto saxophone

Pavlo Barabashchuk, tenor saxophone

Roman Fotuima, baritone saxophone

Volodymyr Runchak - Morse Code for four saxophones - Contra Spem Spero (Against al hope, I hope) four saxophones

18.08.2018, Asa Jager (soprano, Sweden)

Festival Nuovi Affreschi Sonori (Italy)

Volodymyr Runchak - A Prayer for soprano and tape

1 – 7.09.2018, Instituto Superiore di Studi Musicale P.I.Tchaikovsky, Nocera Terinese Cetraro, Calabria (Italy), “Campus AFAM – 2018”, Accordion master curse, lecture about own music.

4.09.2018, Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria, Italy, Volodymyr Runchak, conductor

Danielle di Maria, Valentina Rondo, Rae Yue Pung (piano),Rosario Dragollo (accordion), Aurora Nudo (bandoneon)

Johann Sebastian Bach – Piano concerto A dur

Johann Sebastian – Piano concerto f moll

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano concerto # 23

Vyacheslaav Semyonov – Don Rhapsody for accordion and orchestra

Astor Piazzolla - "Muerte del Angel" for accordion and chamber orchestra

6.09.2018, Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria, Italy, Volodymyr Runchak, conductor

Egidio Apuzzo, Daniele Carabella (accordion)

Volodymyr Runchak - Self-portrait (12.06.18) for accordion and string orchestra (WP)

Antonio Spaccarotella - Tango revenge for accordion and chamber orchestra (WP)

13-17.09.2018, INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AND AWARD “CITTÀ DI CASTELFIDARDO” FOR ACCORDION SOLOIST AND GROUPS (Italy), jury member

Arkady Shkvorov (accordion)

Volodymyr Runchak - Devoted to I. Stravinsky for accordion

1.10.2018, 71’ Coupe Mondiale-Kaunas, Lithuania

Maksym Gafych (accordion)

Volodymyr Runchak - Imitation to

D. Shostakovich for accordion

Arkady Shkvorov (accordion)

Volodymyr Runchak - Devoted to I. Stravinsky for accordion

5.10.2018, Västerås konserthus, Sweden

Johannes Thorell and Matias Karlsen Bjornstad (saxophones)

Volodymyr Runchak - Sax (tête à tête) for two saxophones

7.10.2018, Wroclaw, Poland
Vio-dion Duo, Malwina Mikolajczak-Lutrykowska (vn)

Krzysztof Lutrzykowski (acc)

Volodymyr Runchak - Kyrie eleison for violin and accordion

11.10.2018, Krakow, Poland

13.10.2018, Nowym Sączu, Poland

11.11.2018, Beiing. the Central Conservatory, China

Duo Accosphere: Alena Budziňáková-Palus and Grzegorz Palus

Volodymyr Runchak - Of Sisyphus and Prometheus two instructive myths a diptych for two accordions (WP)

16.10.2018, Kyiv, Ukraine

National Philharmonic of Ukraine,

National Academic Symphonic Band of Ukraine, Volodymyr Runchak, conductor

Igor Stravinsky: Mass for Mixed Chorus Double Wind Quintet

Symphonies of wind instruments

Ebony Concerto for clarinet and Jazz Band

Suite from the Ballet “Petrushka” (scored for Band by William Schaefer)

Circus polka

Volodymyr Runchak: Portrait of Igor Stravinsky ( WP)

2.11.2018, THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND DANCE OF MAJORCA, Spain

17.11.2018,

The University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanca

PSAIKO SAXOPHONE QUARTET

Martín Castro (saxofón soprano)

Borja Beneyto (saxofón alto)

Juan Alonso (saxofón tenor)

Franco Sánchez (saxofón barítono)

Volodymyr Runchak - Hopeless, I believe (in memory of Lesya Ukrainka) for saxophone quartet

7.11.2018, Poznan, 12. Międzynarodowe Forum Kompozytorów w Poznaniu, Poland

Barbara Borowicz, clarinet

Volodymyr Runchak – Homo ludens I for clarinet

17.11.2018, The University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanca

PSAIKO SAXOPHONE QUARTET, Spain

Martín Castro (saxofón soprano)

Borja Beneyto (saxofón alto)

Juan Alonso (saxofón tenor)

Franco Sánchez (saxofón barítono)

Volodymyr Runchak - Hopeless, I believe (in memory of Lesya Ukrainka) for saxophone quartet

19.11.2018, Łodz, Poland

Łukasz Pieniążek (accordion)

Volodymyr Runchak - “Near the Portrait of Paganini”, "Devoted to I. Stravinsky" from “Portraits of composers”

.12.11.2018, Kyiv, Ukraine

Yulia Zhytnuhina and Danylo Dovbysh (saxophones)

Volodymyr Runchak - SAX (tete a tete) for two saxophones

19.11.2018, Kyiv, Ukraine

Maksym Gafych (accordion)

Volodymyr Runchak - Imitation to D. Shostakovich for accordion

19.11.2018, Kyiv, Ukraine

Mykhaylo Cherednychenko (saxophone)

Volodymyr Runchak - Homo ludens I for saxophone

24.11.2018, 27th International Accordion Festival Frank Marocco, Dunajská Streda, Slovak Republic, Workshop, VOLODYMYR RUNCHAK - Presentation of artistic creation.