Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra no.1 by Ukrainian composer Alexey Shor is cast in a neo-Classical vein. It offers personal impressions of places he has visited, with music that is harmonically traditional and melodic. Violin Concerto no.4, composed during the Covid pandemic, is a restless, passionate and romantic work, displaying Shor’s trademark lyricism. Both works are heard in the composer’s versions with string orchestra.

Ukrainian-born composer Alexey Shor’s works have been performed at prestigious venues across the world such as the Wiener Musikverein, Philharmonie Berlin, Carnegie Hall, Moscow Conservatory, Kyiv Conservatory, Concertgebouw and Wigmore Hall. The overture to his ballet Crystal Palace was performed at the 40th Gramophone Classical Music Awards ceremony.

Shor’s works have been performed by internationally acclaimed artists such as Salvatore Accardo, David Aaron Carpenter, Ray Chen, Freddy Kempf, Paul Meyer, Vadim Repin, Nikolaj Znaider and Maxim Vengerov.

Violinist Marc Bouchkov won а gold medal at the Montreal International Competition and a silver medal at the Tchaikovsky International Competition, while pianist Anna Ulaieva is a leading young Ukrainian-Austrian pianist.