The Ukrainian vocalist returns to the stage with an orchestral programme that includes a re-orchestrated version of '1944' arranged for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
Eurovision-2016 winner Jamala (Susana Jamaladynova) has announced a memorial concert marking the tenth anniversary of her Stockholm victory. The performance will take place at the Mariinsky Palace with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko. The programme includes a new symphonic edition of '1944' that Jamala personally arranged together with the Kyiv Conservatory orchestration team, plus the premiere of a new composition currently titled 'Karasubazar' — a tribute to the town from which the artist's family was deported in 1944. 'This is not a nostalgia concert. It is a programmatic statement that culture is both a form of resistance and a form of memory,' Jamala said at the press conference. Also invited to perform: the Dumka choir and four Crimean Tatar indigenous soloists. All ticket-sale proceeds will be directed to the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre and cultural heritage recovery programmes. The concert is open to media accreditation from international broadcasters — applications via the artist's official website.
