Jean AVY peintre-musicien

Music

Some examples of my musical compositions:

For solo
Suite "Land of Ukraine" (for solo-guitar)

The Cultural and Information Centre of Embassy of Ukraine in France.
Paris, April 29, 2014.
Performed by Marko Topchii.
White Moon (for solo-guitar)

The Council hall of Castle of Amboise (France).
December 24, 2012.
Performed by Jean Avy, the author.
Red Tram (for solo-violin)

National Reserve "Sophie of Kyiv".
An excerpt from the concert on September 23, 2018.
Performed by Alina Bazarova.
40 Novembers (milonga for solo-bandura)

The Cultural and Information Centre of Embassy of Ukraine in France.
Paris, January 28, 2012.
Performed by Ludmyla Kramar.
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (Venezuelan waltz for solo-bandura)

The Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv.
An excerpt from the concert on September 21, 2018.
Performed by Vita Zadorozhna.

For a duet
Solitary Village (for guitar and violin)

The Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv.
September 22, 2019.
Performed by Oleksii Mnushka (guitar) and Maria Babiy (violin).
This piece was written in 1985.
In Your Eyes (for two guitars)

This composition is dedicated to the eldest daughter of the composer, Léa.
One day in Venice for her 20th birthday....
Performed by Jean Avy, the author.
Sunbeam (for oboe and guitar)

The Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv.
An excerpt from the concert on September 21, 2018.
Performed by Mikhailo Honcharov (guitar) and Sergey Didenko (oboe).
Smile (milonga for two guitars)

The Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv.
An excerpt from the concert on September 21, 2018.
Performed by Mikhailo Honcharov and Igor Tarnovetski.
Spanish Boy (for two guitars)

This work is inspired by flamenco.
Performed by Jean Avy, the author.

For trio and quartet
The Day Is Starting (for string trio)

The Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv.
An excerpt from the concert on September 21, 2018.
Performed by Oleksandra Vorobey, Alina Bazarova (violins), Dmitro Goncharuk (cello).
Eve, Be Blessed! (for quartet: soprano, tenor, violin and cello)
Lyrics: excerpts from letters of Honoré de Balzac to Ewelina Hańska (in French)

Presented at BALZAC-FEST 2019.
The Ukranian National Academy of Arts. Kyiv. June 8, 2019
Performed by Olga Budzhak (soprano), Sergey Androschuk (tenor),
Julia Kushnerik (violin) and Tatiana Kravchenko (cello)

For mixed choir
Look at Them
Lyrics: Taras Shevchenko (in Ukrainian)

National Reserve "Sophie of Kyiv».
An excerpt from the concert on September 23, 2018.
Performed by the chamber choir "Consonance" under the direction of Arthur Smirnov.
Eve, Be Blessed! (for mixed choir)
Lyrics: excerpts from letters of Honoré de Balzac to Ewelina Hańska (in French)

Presented at BALZAC-FEST 2019.
Verkhovnya (Zhytomyr Region, Ukraine), the estate of Ewelina Hańska,
where Balzac wrote several of his works. September 21, 2019.
Performed by the chamber choir "Consonance" under the direction of Vladymyr Sereduk.

Songs
Through the Centuries
Lyrics: Nathalia GAYSTRUK (in Ukrainian)

Based on Jean Avy’s music of "Christian Kiyv" (the first part of the suite "Land of Ukraine»).
Vinnitsa (Ukraine). April 23, 2015.
Performed by Natalia Savchenko.