NotaBene Chamber Group

Established in 2015, the chamber ensemble joined the National House of Music in 2022. The chamber ensemble NotaBene Chamber Group was founded in 2015. Its members include Maxym Hrynchenko (violin), Andriy Pavlov (violin), Ihor Zavhorodniy (viola), Artem Poludennyy (cello), Roman Lopatynsky (piano), and Yuriy Nemyrovsky (clarinet) – young Ukrainian musicians, laureates of prestigious national and international competitions, known in Ukraine and beyond. The ensemble's repertoire is extraordinarily broad and distinguished by its diversity in styles and eras. It encompasses classical works (from Viennese classics to early 20th-century composers) as well as contemporary academic compositions by Ukrainian and international composers. Diversity in genres and performer combinations is a characteristic feature of NotaBene Chamber Group's repertoire policy. The musicians perform piano duets with violin, viola, cello, and clarinet, as well as string and piano trios, quartets, quintets, sextets, and chamber-vocal pieces. Throughout its existence, the ensemble has participated in numerous musical events in Ukraine and European countries, including: • International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 2016 • 47th International Music Festival "Sofia Music Weeks" (Sofia, Bulgaria), 2016 • 9th GOGOLFEST (Kyiv, Ukraine), 2016 • "Hvide Sande Masterclass" series (Denmark), 2017 • International Festival "Landesmusik-akademie" (Oxenhausen, Germany), 2017 • International Music Festival "Bouquet Kyiv Stage" (Kyiv, Ukraine), 2018 • International Festival "Jewish Composers with German Background," 2021 The ensemble actively collaborates with leading Ukrainian and international soloists, including Henrik Brandstrup, Ivan Kucher, Denis Severin, Oleksiy Shadrin (cello); Jose Riber (piano); Sakari Tepponen, Andriy Byelov (violin); Andriy Chop (viola); Inna Halatenko (soprano). Regular collaboration has been established with composer Ofer Ben-Amots (Israel, USA) within the festival and summer "Landesmusik-akademie" in Oxenhausen (Germany). NotaBene Chamber Group's creative activity places significant emphasis on the in-depth exploration of contemporary Ukrainian music, carried out through fruitful collaboration with its authors – internationally renowned Ukrainian composers. Today, NotaBene Chamber Group is an integral part of Ukraine's artistic space. The musicians see their mission in the development of academic instrumental performance and in contributing to Ukraine's integration into the global cultural space. One of the ensemble's main tasks is to increase the audience's interest in elite chamber music scenes and strengthen the authority of the Ukrainian classical chamber-instrumental school on the international level.