Refugees and musicians unite as the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, led by conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, wraps up its inaugural tour at the Kennedy Center.
This spirit seems to live within Wilson as well. Her third week of that European tour was supposed to feature a run with the Odessa Philharmonic, many of whose members were forced to flee.The subsequent week off found Wilson flying to London, meeting up with Gelb, and wondering what she could do — fly to Warsaw and volunteer? Hand out food and blankets? She felt helpless watching footage of millions of refugees flowing into Warsaw, and wondered how many of them were musicians.
“I also wanted to fight. I would have no qualms taking up a weapon, but I took up a baton,” Wilson said. “It was hard to hold back tears in certain places,” Wilson recalls of rehearsing the Silvestrov. “Of course, I did. I had to. As a conductor, you can’t let your emotions show too much.”In addition to the Silvestrov, Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova will join the orchestra to perform Chopin’s second piano concerto, which was first performed by the composer in Warsaw in 1830.
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