7. Philharmonisches Konzert - Friedensmusik

In the organizer's words:

Peace Music

Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Oksana Lyniv Conductor
Illia Ovcharenko piano
Zuzana Ferjenčíková Organ

Eduard Resatsch
"Les visions du prince" for orchestra
Maurice Ravel
Piano concerto for the left hand in D major
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor ("Organ Symphony")

"Peace doesn't come by itself," Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv said in an interview: "It won't happen without active commitment." And she herself is setting a good example with the means at her disposal as a musician. In Duisburg in 2023, for example, she conducted a solidarity concert for Ukraine with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, which she founded. Now she is returning with a piece that she also initiated. "Oksana Lyniv's idea to compose a work based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 'The Little Prince' immediately inspired me," says composer Eduard Resatsch. He sees the abstract figure of the prince as a beacon of hope in a modern world: "For me, this artistic fairy tale embodies the comprehensive idea of universal humanism, it is a metaphor for world peace - especially in this day and age, when we have to say goodbye to many illusions." After the world premiere on February 25, 2026 in Paris, Oksana Lyniv will conduct the German premiere of this hope-giving work in Duisburg. Afterwards, the young Ukrainian pianist Illia Ovcharenko will play the "Piano Concerto for the Left Hand", which Ravel composed for Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in the First World War, at the conductor's special request. The concert then ends with the magnificent "Organ Symphony" by Camille Saint-Saëns.