Voices of Refuge

On August 29 and 30, Chicago Opera Theater (COT) and Refugee Orchestra Project join forces 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, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Uruguay will be joined by Uyghur soprano Nina Mutalifu, making her debut  as a COT Young Artist, and Polish-American soprano Amanda Majeski.
The concert will feature touchless entry, sanitized and physically distanced seating, and  capacity will be capped at 100 attendees; masks will be required while moving to and from seats. The "Pay-What-You-Wish" ticket pricing is: $1, $2, $5, $10, $15, $20.

Location: Chicago History Museum Uihlein Plaza
Dates: Aug. 29 & 30: 1pm & 3pm each day

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

Check out the full event program. 
This program received funding from a Civic Practice Grant from OPERA America's Opera Fund.