A concert to raise funds for Ukraine

Two Ukrainian opera singers will perform popular arias and Ukrainian songs, accompanied by Birgitta Kenyon on piano, at The Apex, next month.

Natalia Stepanova is a soprano in the Odessa National Academic Opera & Ballet Theatre, while mezzo-soprano Tatiana Belousova is a teacher of music in Odessa.

The two women fled with their children to East Anglia and are hoping their concert will raise funds for the Odessa Military Hospital, where the injured and disabled soldiers are being looked after.

The two will perform arias from Ukrainian and Western European operas as well as traditional and modern Ukrainian songs. They will be accompanied by Birgitta Kenyon on the piano, who will also perform a number of piano solos.

Birgitta trained as a pianist and vocal coach at the Royal Academy of Music in the mid-eighties before moving to East Anglia, where she worked extensively as a solo pianist, singer and teacher and founded the intrepid youth choir, The Voice Squad.

“From Ukraine With Love” is at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds, on Thursday, May 25, at 7.30pm. Visit the websitewww.theapex.co.uk or ring 01284 758000 for more information or to book tickets.