TO ALL ALIVE CD presentation

Blukanya Records released TO ALL ALIVE, a double CD album with piano works by Dutch-Ukrainian composer Maxim Shalygin, performed by acclaimed Ukrainian pianist Antonii Baryshevskyi. This groundbreaking album spans 20 years of creative collaboration between composer and pianist. The album includes Shalygin’s first major composition, “9 Preludes” (2005), written when he was 18, alongside the more recent “Fetus Études” (2019-2024), a powerful cycle of works composed during the challenging period following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The recording not only represents a musical journey but also testifies to resistance and artistic perseverance in difficult times.