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The Traditional Classics on Fridays series will feature Japanese pianist Chisato Kusunaki with works of Lyadov, Rachmaninoff and Medtner.
The Times remarked on her talent: ‘wonderfully fleet and supple fingers, quick to locate the music’s inner voices, able to dapple and perfume…she’ll be heard from; she’s got it.’

Jan 20, 8 p.m., Master Klass, 16 Lavrska St., 594-1063, ticket: Hr 40.

The music of Amadeus Mozart by the Ensemble of Classical music of Boris Lyatoshynsky in memory of Victor Ikonnyk, the founder of the Ukrainian chamber choir performance.

Jan 21, 7:30 p.m., the House of Organ Music, 77 Velyka Vasylkivska St., metro Palats Ukraina, 528-3186, www.organhall.kiev.ua, tickets: Hr 20-50.

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Folk songs and original compositions performed in acoustic arrangement performed by singer Mlada and the band. She will be accompanied by acoustic guitar, base, percussion and back-vocals.

Jan 21, 3 p.m., National museum of Ukrainian decorative art, Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra, 9 Mazepa st., bldg 29., free admission.

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The House of Organ Music continues a series of Christmas evenings in Baroque style.

Compositions of Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Hendel, Bach, Ramo performed by a variety of artists, including the Coryphaeus of German Organ School, Kyrylo Sharapov, Iryna Kalynovska and others.

Mon, Jan 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 7:30 p.m., the House of Organ Music, 77 Velyka Vasylkivska St., metro Palats Ukraina, 528-3186, www.organhall.kiev.ua, tickets: Hr 20-50.

Young vocalist Yuliya Roma presents Ukrainian folk carols in modern arrangements. She is launching her album named “Rejoice.”

Jan 26, 7 p.m., Budynok Aktora, 1 Yaroslaviv Val St., 235-20-81, yuliyaroma.com, tickets: Hr 30-70.