During this event, Oksana Borovets presented her latest book “417 Minibus or the Tree of Buddhas”, reading out humorous stories from it. Oksana also read sad poems from “The Tree of Buddhas” book. Then Maksym Berezhnyuk told about woodwind instruments and demonstrated how they sound. He improvised and performed wedding and ceremonial melodies on zozul’ka and a sequence of folk songs. Yaroslav Dzhus told the audience about his instrument and performed the hits, original songs on bandura, and played the piano.
FOR INFORMATION:
“FACES” Art Club, established by the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Foundation in partnership with “Chasopys” Creative Space, is periodic open meetings with Ukrainian and foreign writers, musicians, artists, designers, stage and film directors, photographers and other representatives of the culture. Every month hosts literary soirees, artistic meetings, master classes, film screenings, musical nights and art exhibitions.
Yaroslav Dzhus’ – Ukrainian bandura player, composer, arranger, DJ, award winner of all-Ukrainian and international contests, semi-finalist and prizewinner of audience rating of the main show of the country “Ukraine has a talent-2”, founder of “Shpylyasti Kobzari” Band. The initiator of the art innovative production agency for “Ukraine” brand promotion, that directs one of the activities – the bandura anew (“Bandura STYLE”).
Maksym Berezhnyuk – musician, who plays more than fifty traditional wind instruments, among them: karyna, telynka, pan-flute, drymba, kaval, floyara, frilka, horn, koza (a Ukrainian bagpipe). Participant and laureate of national Ukrainian and international contests and festivals. One may listen to his playing performance on Ukrainian wind instruments in songs of such bands as "Oleh Skrypka and Le Grand Orchestra", "Ta Ruta", "MERVA", "Astarta", "SkyTrix", "Lyapis Trubetskoy".
Oksana Borovets – poetess, co-organizer of “The Chestnut’s House” International Festival, editor of same name almanac, organizer of artistic house events - “OrTEAnary verses”. The author of “Tramway horses” (2008), “417 Minibus or the Tree of Buddas” books of poems, (2012), “Nought and Crosses” audiobook of poems (2009).
For detailed information please contact “Cultural horizons” Program Manager Iryna Deschytsya by Email [email protected] or by telephone: +380 44 220-18-40, +380 67 214-34-62.
