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2 unusual facts about Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus


Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus

In the spring of 1941 it applied to the Kiev City Council for permission touse Taras Shevchenko as its patron.

Hryhoriy Nazarenko (1942) Formally the youngest member the Poltava Bandurist Capella (from 1925), and later concertmaster of the Combined Bandurist Capella formed in Kiev in 1935 - he initiated the formation of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and in particular the use of Taras Shevchenko as its patron.


Victor Mishalow

He has been associated with a variety of artists, and artistic groups such as the Tommy Tycho International Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Toronto, the Sydney Theatre Company, the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and numerous dance companies.


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Kobzarska Sich

The first music camp Kobzarska Sich was led in Emlenton, Pennsylvania in 1979 by Hryhory Kytasty, the long-standing conductor of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus and inspiration to generations of bandura enthusiasts.