Nobel Prize ceremony in Sweden accompanied by Ukrainian composer – video
The music of Ukrainian composer Valentyn Sylvestrov was performed during the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December 2023.
The video from the award ceremony shows this.
The event was opened with the composition Evening Serenade from the cycle Silent Music. The tune was played after a speech by Astrid Söderbergh Widding, a Swedish film critic and chairman of the Nobel Foundation's board of directors
Sylvestrov's composition was one of eight pieces chosen by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for the occasion.
86-year-old Valentyn Sylvestrov is one of the most famous contemporary Ukrainian composers. He is People's Artist of Ukraine, Shevchenko Prize winner, Honorary Doctor of Kyiv-Mohyla and Ostroh Academies, holding the Order of Merit of the 3rd Class, and the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise.
Background:
- The winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2023 were scientists who contributed to the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
- Chemical scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Yekimov received the Nobel for the discovery and development of quantum dots.
- Also, the 2023 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, Ferenc Krausch, promised to spend his prize on charity and help Ukrainians.
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