Anna Pidgorna

I am a Ukrainian-born, Canadian-raised composer, vocalist and visual artist currently based in New Westminster, BC, Canada.

[MONTECRISTO Magazine @MONTECRISTO_Mag]

Yesterday, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a list of Canadians banned from the country, including high-profile politicians and CEOs. Also, B.C. novelist @_mariareva. What could make a writer so controversial? We profiled her in our summer issue.

https://t.co/I5yl262bLQ

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

@Roughly @TwitterSpaces @radiogrego @_mariareva @michaelidov Listening to this right now and noting that so much of the focus is on exploring the Russian soul right now. Not much questions to the Ukrainian author about Ukrainian thoughts. Come on!

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

My sister writer Maria Reva @_mariareva about to participate in an NPR panel about language issues in Ukraine
https://t.co/fd62Re3k9e

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

@IAPonomarenko I've never been more proud of our people. 🔥🔥🔥

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

Don't tread on our beets

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Holy shit, this is cool 🔥🔥🔥
You russkies sure you want to have a war with this nation?

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

No point checking in online or submitting documents through VeriFly. Agents still checked everything. Stood in line for 1.5 hours when all I needed was to drop off luggage. Your system doesn't seem to be working.

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

@British_Airways needs to have more staff at Edinburgh airport. So many people fully checked in but waiting endlessly to drop off luggage!

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

Rereading @MargaretAtwood's #MaddAddam trilogy. There's so much she got right, except for this detail of human behavior.

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

@Watershed_MT @musique3femmes @musinou @_mariareva Maria and I are looking forward to it too!

[Watershed Festival @Watershed_MT]

We can't wait for #Wednesday!

@musique3femmes presents the premiere performance of 3 new operas by #Canadian women creators, featuring the work of composers @anna_pidgorna, Parisa Sabet, @musinou & librettists @_mariareva, Nike Khanjani and Marie-Ève Bouchard

#MyWatershedMoment

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

I've heard this track by @lydiaainsworth so many times and just now consciously noticed the layering of sung and whispered text. What an amazing way to add a sense of intimacy to a fully voiced line!! https://t.co/pMJIrFXb5I

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

This performance with Delirium Musicum in LA was the last thing I did before the world began to shut down. What a beautifully intense journey! Full video: https://t.co/VkiMPFKpza

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

The Saga of Little Jerry, The Taxidermy Rooster, by my sister @_mariareva

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

Seven months ago I wrote a piece for @Soundstreams exploring the end of the world prophesy in the Book of Revelations. I offer this final choral from the piece. It's been on my mind a lot lately. https://t.co/JMScZ3xrtR

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

So excited to be included on @MarinaThibeault's album "Elles" which was just nominated for a Juno!

[The JUNO Awards @TheJUNOAwards]

And the #JUNOS nominees are…

Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber

🔹#AngelaSchwarzkopf
🔹@paramirabo
🔹@jamesehnes
🔹@MarinaThibeault and Marie-Ève Scarfone
🔹@QuatuorMolinari

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

Margaret Atwood talking about my sister @_mariareva's upcoming book "Good Citizens Need Not Fear"!!!

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

A bright, funny, satirical + relevant book about a crumbling apartment tower in the Former USSR, during its waning days + just after, & the beset & obsessed clinging to survival in it. A new talent to watch! @_mariareva https://t.co/dQ4c06RtBw @penguinrandom @KnopfCA

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

Tire Swans, spotted in Kherson, Ukraine, just like in @_mariareva's story "Unsound" available in @mcsweeneys's (along with illustrated guide on how they make themselves)!!

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

@TroyD26962921 @joey_knees @tdpubs @DocRhodiola @JuliusGoat They don't seem to care because they've grown up in a culture that makes this environment seem so normal and natural that they don't even think the world can be different.

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

@JuliusGoat Imagine women getting upset with you and thinking you are paranoid if you take common steps to protect yourself from getting kicked in the nuts (because you are bruising their delicate egos) and then blaming you if you failed to protect yourself and then got kicked in the nuts.

[Anna Pidgorna @anna_pidgorna]

Look what came in the mail today! The newest issue of @McSweeneys with @_mariareva's story "Unsound"! One of my faves! Woohoo!