ODE TO JOY

Beethoven's Symphony 9 was recorded on mobile phones.

Beethoven's Symphony 9 was recorded on mobile phones.

The musicians sent their video recordings to the headquarters of the project for further processing of sound and video.
The project "Ode to Joy" became an example of the solidarity of musicians from different countries of the world. Conductor and arranger Taras Kutsenko wrote the musical score for the symphony orchestra and soloists. Beethoven's famous work began to sound in a new form.
(c) 2020
Symphony No. 9 of the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven has always inspired victory. In difficult times, this music sounded like a symbol of a person's steadfastness in the face of difficulties. Sound design and mixing was carried out in the studio of Sasha Gusev, a renowned sound engineer, a follower of the Berkeley American School of Sound Engineering.

Musicians of the Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra, together with world stage star Francis Goya, performed this arrangement on Europe Day.

Premiere May 20, 2020
  • Arrangement by
    Taras Kutsenko
  • Genre
    Classical crosover
  • Country
    Ukraine, Monaco, Marocco, Spain, China
  • Release date
    May, 2020.
  • Additional reporting by
    Francis Goya, Bernard Wricq, Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sound Design by
    Sasha Gusev
"I was pleased and honored to take part in the project « Ode to Joy » with great people and very talented artists from different countries. Music brings people together. Music is a link between people beyond color, language or culture. Music has no frontiers. As we can see on the video that was shot in different countries, music enhances the beauty of our world but the fantastic nature also enhances the beauty of music. I hope that this wonderful project will help the world realize that we need to take care of our world and that people must keep on working on a better future all together. Let’s be positive and let’s keep the faith."




Bernard Wrincq
Musician
"Time is the moving image of an immobile eternity. Peace, happiness, human life - that's what we need in this world! The main thing in our life is creativity, and neither quarantine nor other restrictions can prevent self-realization. The coronavirus pandemic has forced everyone to rethink their lifestyle and come to calm and contemplation. And this can become a new stage for those creative teams that are ready to take a non-standard look at the world around them. I am grateful to the participants of the project for believing and filling the great theme, the great Beethoven, with their creativity."

Taras Kutsenko
Arranger
"I am really grateful to my wonderful colleagues, professionals for the great collaboration on video creation. I am proud to be a part of this project and to have the honor to collaborate with such professionals as Taras, Francis, Bernard, Sasha Ivan and all musician of Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra. Regardless of distance, epidemics, music, friendship and beauty unite us."





Ruslan Zinevych
Musician
SOLOISTS

Team

Orchestra

Zangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Anastasiia Drobyshevska
    First Violin
  • Olena Conon
    Second Violin
  • Ihor Solodovnik
    Viola
  • Oksana Tolmachova
    Cello
  • Aleksandr Kapralov
    Violin
  • Olena Savchuk
    Violin
  • Tatiana Nesteruk
    Violin
  • Anastasiia Romanyk
    Violin
  • Katerina Kochergina
    Violin
  • Anatolii Kolitenko
    Violin
  • Alina Chizhova
    Violin
  • Anna Chrnenko
    Violin
  • Lidia Sinshina
    Violin
  • Olga Yurchenko
    Viola
  • Viktoria Urazova
    Cello
  • Oleg Verezei
    Double basses
  • Artem Kolinchuk
    Double basses
  • Olena Sanzhara
    Double basses
  • Kostuantin Slobodenyk
    Flute
  • Liudmyla Polishchuk
    First Oboe
  • Vasyl Yurchenko
    Second Oboe
  • Andrii Oxenberg
    First Clarinet
  • Olexii Tymkiv
    Second Clarinet
  • Vasyl Lotut
    Bassoon
  • Oleh Golub
    First Horn
  • Yurii Yurchenko
    Second Horn
  • Yurii Kokidko
    First Trumpet
  • Yaroslav Kupriian
    Second Trumpet
  • Volodymir Korzhenok
    First Trombone
  • Aleksandr Chernysh
    Second Trombone
  • Ivan Bilyk
    Tuba
AWARDS
  • WINNER
    🏆
    Palm Beach Music Awards
    USA
    🇺🇸
    Category: Classical Music Interpretation
  • WINNER
    🏆
    Best Music Video Awards
    Unitad Kingdom
    🇦🇺
    Category: Sound Design
  • FINALIST
    🥇
    International Music Video Awards
    United Kingdom
    🇦🇺
    Category: Music Video / Experimantal Music Video
  • FINALIST
    🥇
    Best Music Video Awards
    Unitad Kingdom
    🇦🇺
    Category: Music Video / Production
  • FINALIST
    🥇
    Prague International Film Festival
    Czech
     🇨🇿
    Category: Music Video
  • FINALIST
    🥇
    Rome Music Video Awards
    Italy

    Category: Music Video / Sound Design
  • FINALIST
    🥇
    Kosice International Film Festival
    Slavakia

    Category: Director Music Video / Trailer
  • SEMI-FINALIST
    🥈
    Munich Music Video Awards
    Germany
    🇩🇪
    Category: Music video / Sound Design
  • QUARTER-FINALIST
    🥉
    Los Angeles Film Awards
    USA
    🇺🇸
    Category: Sound Design
  • OFFICIAL SELECTION
    New Media Film Festival
    USA
    🇺🇸
    Category: Music Only - NO VIDEOS
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