![]() ![]() And by the fourth day, the Dvořák just rocked.” With only 10 days to rehearse together in Warsaw before launching the tour, Wilson recalled, “The first day was quite rough, and we just played Dvořák’s ‘New World Symphony.’ The second day, after seven hours I was astonished. They were maybe relocating, desperately trying to find homes, jobs in other countries. “And a lot of them hadn’t been playing for months. “It was a select group, but really quite raw,” she said. Quickly, Wilson assembled a group of 75 Ukrainian musicians, some of them recent refugees, some members of European orchestras, and others still living in their embattled country. ![]() He contacted the head of the Polish National Opera, and together they arranged funding and tour dates for the new orchestra. ![]() Peter is Peter Gelb, Wilson’s husband and the Met’s general manager. “And I was just constantly crying and saying we have to do something, and that’s when the tour was born.” Three weeks later, “I was supposed to go to Odessa to conduct, and instead I met Peter in London,” she said. Wilson, who traces her own Ukrainian ancestry to great-grandparents on her mother’s side, recalled being in Europe when the assault began in February. Hers were the guiding hands that molded the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, an ensemble founded as a musical statement of defiance against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. NEW YORK (AP) - It’s been quite a year for conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, forming an orchestra from scratch, leading it on a 12-city tour, and then as soon as it disbanded going straight to the Metropolitan Opera to prepare for an opening-week debut. ![]()
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