Interviews / Features

Gianmarco Del Re, A Closer Listen Ukrainian Field Notes XIX

(interview and article)

(interview and article)

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Hilary Seabrook, Harmonious World Podcast, UK

(audio interview, available for listening on multiple platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, and 16 others)

(audio interview, available for listening on multiple platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, and 16 others)

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Mary Claire Murphy, National Public Radio Classical Conversations

(audio interview)

(audio interview)

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Interview on Ukraine’s largest TV Station 1+1

(live broadcast video interview, English subtitles)

(live broadcast video interview, English subtitles)

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Julie Amacher, Minnesota Public Radio New Classical Tracks

(audio interview, 5 minute and 27 minute versions at this link)

(audio interview, 5 minute and 27 minute versions at this link)

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Kabir Sehgal, 7 Point Sunday Blog

“Listen to Invasion: Music and Art for Ukraine by Nadia Shpachenko. Masterpiece! A pianist who grew up in Soviet Ukraine, the California-based artist partnered with composer (& Pulitzer winner) Lewis Spratlan. She commissioned Ukrainian artists to make paintings inspired by the music. A “very personal album,” Nadia said. My favorite tracks: “Speck Pond Rag” & title track. Nadia’s practice routine (8 hours/day growing up but now…)”

“Listen to Invasion: Music and Art for Ukraine by Nadia Shpachenko. Masterpiece! A pianist who grew up in Soviet Ukraine, the California-based artist partnered with composer (& Pulitzer winner) Lewis Spratlan. She commissioned Ukrainian artists to make paintings inspired by the music. A “very personal album,” Nadia said. My favorite tracks: “Speck Pond Rag” & title track. Nadia’s practice routine (8 hours/day growing up but now…)”

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Stas Nevmerzhytskyi, The Claquers Article, Kyiv, Ukraine

(In English)

(In English)

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Stas Nevmerzhytskyi, The Claquers Article, Kyiv, Ukraine

(In Ukrainian)

(In Ukrainian)

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Interview on Voice of America

(video interview, in Ukrainian)

(video interview, in Ukrainian)

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Rhonda Rizzo, No Dead Guys

“From the title track, “Invasion,” to piano rags, suites, and sonatas, Spratlan’s music and Shpachenko’s sensitive playing lays bare the horror of war, yet never ignores glimmers of optimism. It is music that both highlights and transcends the Russian invasion, always pointing toward a brighter future. As Shpachenko states, “Hope is what we need to never lose, especially in seemingly impossible and unresolvable situations.” I’m deeply honored to feature Nadia Shpachenko, this cause, and this beautiful album on No Dead Guys.”

“From the title track, “Invasion,” to piano rags, suites, and sonatas, Spratlan’s music and Shpachenko’s sensitive playing lays bare the horror of war, yet never ignores glimmers of optimism. It is music that both highlights and transcends the Russian invasion, always pointing toward a brighter future. As Shpachenko states, “Hope is what we need to never lose, especially in seemingly impossible and unresolvable situations.” I’m deeply honored to feature Nadia Shpachenko, this cause, and this beautiful album on No Dead Guys.”

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