Ukraine at 30! Garden party & fundraiser
Date and time:
Saturday 25 September, 2021
17:30 - 20:30
Location:
Freud Museum
20 Maresfield Gardens
London
NW3 5SX
Limited number of tickets now available due to cancellations! Please email us at info@ukrainianinstitute.org.uk if you would like to attend!
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence and support the Institute!
Discounted & free tickets for Friends & Benefactors!
**Become a Friend of the Institute & receive a voucher code for discounted tickets at £35. Or become a Benefactor and receive 2 free tickets!**
Children under 12 go free.
Join our garden party for world-class entertainment and exquisite refreshments (with a Ukrainian twist!). We will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence and raise funds for the future projects of the Ukrainian Institute London.
- Entertainment for the evening by acclaimed Ukrainian opera singer Anna Starushkevych
- Silent and live auctions. Browse our fabulous auction catalogue here!
- Wear an embroidered shirt or come as you are and as festive as you wish!
- Ticket price includes food (savoury & sweet buffet) and 2 drinks tokens (more drinks available to buy - cash appreciated!
The party will be held mainly outdoors in the Freud Museum garden, with one (optional) part of the entertainment held indoors.
Special Guest
Anna Starushkevych
Anna Starushkevych is a Ukrainian-born mezzo-soprano. Anna studied at the Lviv National Academy of Music and the Lviv State Music College in Ukraine before studying at the International Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
In June 2015, Anna was nominated for the Best Female Supporting Role in an opera at the Helpmann Awards (Sydney, Australia) for her performance of the role of Rosimonda in Handel’s Faramondo at the Brisbane Baroque Festival 2015. She is the first mezzo-soprano to win the Handel Singing Competition in London, taking the first prize (the Adair Prize), the Audience Prize, and the York Early Music Prize. This followed winning the Susan Longfield Award and third prize in the Jackdaws Vocal Award at the Wigmore Hall in 2010.
Anna’s recordings include Rosimonda in Handel’s opera Faramondo for Accent Records live from the Gottingen International Handel Festival 2014, as well as a solo performance on BBC Four’s DVD Maestro or Mephisto – the real Georg Solti.
Still To Come
Additional Guests TBA
