Chicago Opera Theater
Refugee Orchestra Project

Michael joins Chicago Opera Theater and Refugee Orchestra Project (under the direction of Lidiya Yankovskaya) for Voices of Refuge, an open-air chamber concert at Chicago History Museum’s Uihlein Plaza. 

The hour-long performance will feature refugee composers from today, including 25-year-old Afghan composer Milad Yousufi, alongside historical refugee composers like Rachmaninoff, Korngold, and Irving Berlin. Chicago-area instrumentalists representing Syria, China, Uruguay, Poland, Ukraine, and Russia will be joined by Uyghur soprano Nina Mutalifu, making her debut  as a COT Young Artist, and Polish-American soprano Amanda Majeski.

Featuring

Amanda Majeski, soprano
Nina Mutalifu, soprano

Victoria Moreira, violin
Charlene Kluegel, violin
Vannia Phillips, viola
Ghyas Zeidieh, cello
Christian Dillingham, bass
Michael Pecak, piano
Vadim Karpinos, percussion

Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor

For further details, please follow the link here.