INVENTIONS presented by Pickle Underground
Anna Sagalova, piano
Anna Pidgorna, MC
Performed by virtuoso pianist Anna Sagalova, this program places J.S. Bach’s two-part inventions alongside contemporary Ukrainian and Canadian reinterpretations of the genre. Together, these works trace the evolution of tonality from Bach’s well-tempered world to its expansion and transformation in contemporary music, revealing connections across three centuries of musical thought. This program is produced by Pickle Underground.
Anna Sagalova, piano
Anna Sagalova is a renowned Ukrainian pianist and Honoured Artist of Ukraine. She completed her Master and Doctor of Arts degrees in Kharkiv I.P. Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts (Ukraine) and also a postgraduate course in the University of Music Franz Liszt in Weimar (Germany). Anna is an internationally recognized artist and a laureate of many musical competitions in Italy, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Canada and Germany. She frequently plays as a soloist with symphony orchestras throughout Ukraine and Canada, with conductors from Ukraine, Canada, USA, Switzerland, Great Britain, Austria, etc. She has participated in a number of festivals, including the Days of Ukrainian Culture festival in Poznan (Poland), Music festivals in Vigo (Spain), Trier (Germany), the International Music Festival in Lubostron (Poland), the International festival of chamber music in Shanghai (China), Kiev-Music-Fest (Ukraine), and Kharkiv Assemblies (Ukraine). Her performances have been broadcast on radio and television. She has recorded two compact discs. Since arriving in Canada in the summer of 2022, she has given numerous fundraising concerts throughout British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Her aim is to support Ukraine and to popularize Ukrainian classical music.
Anna Pidgorna, composer
Anna Pidgorna is a Ukrainian-Canadian composer, vocalist, multidisciplinary artist and producer with a sharp eye for society’s absurdities. Her work perches on the intersection between personal and political, fusing elements of classical technique with Ukrainian folk idioms and natural soundscapes. Anna travelled through Ukraine in 2012, 2013 and 2023 to record folk music and absorb the atmosphere of a country at war, the research resulting in a number of vocal and instrumental works. She has collaborated with writer and librettist Maria Reva on several operas, including Our Trudy, commissioned and premiered by the Ad Astra Festival in Russell, Kansas in 2021, and Plaything, developed by Musique 3 Femmes and premiered at UfaFabrik in Berlin in 2022 through the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes 2020 Award. Anna’s works represented Canada at the ISCM World New Music Days in Vienna in 2013 and in Bucharest in 2026. Her work has been commissioned, performed and recorded by soloists, ensembles, presenters and festivals in Canada, USA, Uruguay, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and South Korea. Anna is the Founder and Executive Producer of Pickle Underground. She holds a PhD from Princeton University, an MMus from the University of Calgary, and a BA from Mount Allison University.
Pickle Underground
Pickle Underground is an artist-run interdisciplinary studio based in New Westminster, BC. Rooted in Ukrainian cultural perspectives, the organization brings together artists across disciplines to create hybrid works and intimate gatherings. Through performances, exhibitions, and salon-style events, artists and audiences meet in close conversation. Its work brings traditional forms into dialogue with contemporary and experimental artistic practices.
Program
Inventions Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Volodymyr Ptushkin (1949-2022)
Bach: Invention in C Major
Ptushkin: Invention in C Major
Bach: Invention in C Minor
Ptushkin: Invention in C Minor
Ptushkin: in D♭Major
Bach: Invention in D Major
Ptushkin: Invention in D Major
Bach: Invention in D Minor
Bach: Invention in E♭ Major
Ptushkin: Invention in E Major
Bach: Invention in E Minor
Ptushkin: Invention in E Minor
Bach: Invention in F Major
Ptushkin: Invention in F Major
Bach: Invention in F Minor
Ptushkin: Invention in F Minor
Ptushkin: Invention in F♯ Minor
Bach: Invention in G Major
Ptushkin: Invention in G Major
Ptushkin: Invention in G Minor
Ptushkin: Invention in A♭ Major
Bach: Invention in A Minor
Ptushkin: Invention in A Minor
Bach: Invention in B♭ Major
Ptushkin: Invention in B♭ Major
Ptushkin: Invention in B Major
Bach: Invention in B Minor
Inventions of Hope Anna Pidgorna (b.1985)
Invention No. 1
Invention No. 2
Invention No. 3
Invention No. 4
Invention No. 5
Ostinato Volodymyr Ptushkin
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