Oleg Lysenko
(Ukraine, 1974) studied at the music academies in Poltava, Kiew and Enschede. In 1999 he released his first CD, Awakening featuring works by a.o. Vivaldi, Bach, Pachelbel and Piazolla. He specialized in Argentine tango on bayan and bandoneon at Codarts Rotterdam. As a soloist, he won the 2005 National Accordion Competition in The Netherlands with his rendition of Victor Vlasov's "Five Views of the Land of the Gulag Archipelago", also the title piece of his 2012 CD Gulag. He prefers genre-transcending projects in which visual art, literature and music enhance and flow into one another. He developed such projects with writer and visual artist Armando, sculptor and illustrator Koenraad Tinel, and with writers, journalists and filmmakers, including Stefan Hertmans, Cherry Duyns and Peter d'Hamecourt, among others. For his double-CD De sneeuwstorm (The Snowstorm, 2022), Lysenko arranged and played on bayan Georgi Sviridov's music to Alexander Pushkin's story of the same name, recited by Martinus Nijhoff Prize-winning Pushkin translator Hans Boland. With fundraising events and benefit performances, Oleg raises money to pay for an ambulance for the Ukrainian region of Poltava, where his family comes from.
Past events
Ode to Joy
Schiller's idealistic poem adapted to the here and now! Eight writers and poets present their versions, accompanied by song and music on accordion and cello.
Fraternité! The Forgotten Value of Brotherhood
Conversations, poems and music about the comeback of the 3rd pillar from the French Revolution.
Égalité! The Legacy of the Soviets
The 2nd ideal of the French Revolution reconsidered in conversation and music. Can Marx remain a fount of inspiration?
Liberté! The Revolutionary meaning of Freedom
Opening lecture by Alain Mabanckou followed by a conversation, music and illustrations about the values of the French Revolution and their meaning in our time.
