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Bandurists
A bandurist () is a person who plays the Ruthenians, Ruthenian plucked string instrument known as the bandura. Types of performers There are a number of different types of bandurist who differ in their particular choice of instrument, the specific repertoire they play and manner in which they approach their vocation. *Kobzari, who play authentic ethnographic instruments or copies. This group can also be further categorized into ''authentic'', ''reproduction'', and ''stage'' performers. *Academic players, playing more sophisticated contemporary concert banduras. These performers have a tertiary education majoring in bandura performance and typically perform works by Western classical composers in addition to, or instead of, Ukrainian folk music. This category can be further divided into instrumentalists (who only perform instrumental works) and vocalists (who primarily use the bandura to accompany their voice). The most common academic bandurists play in the Kyiv academic style. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandura
A bandura ( ) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian plucked string instrument, plucked-string folk-instrument. It combines elements of the zither and lute and, up until the 1940s, was also often called a kobza. Early instruments () had 5 to 12 strings and resembled lutes. In the 20th century, the number of strings increased initially to 31 strings (1926), then to 56 strings – 68 strings on modern "concert" instruments (1954).Mizynec, V. ''Folk Instruments of Ukraine''. Bayda Books, Melbourne, Australia, 1987, 48с. Musicians who play the bandura are referred to as bandurists. In the 19th and early 20th centuries traditional bandura players, often blind, were called kobzars. It is suggested that the instrument developed as a hybrid of gusli (Eastern-European psaltery) and kobza (Eastern-European lute). Some also consider the ''kobza'' as a type or an instrument resembling the ''bandura''. The term ''bandura'' occurs in Polish chronicles from 1441. The hybridization, however, occurred in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honcharenko Hnat
Hnat Tykhonovych Honcharenko (Гнат Тихонович Гончаренко, 1835–c. 1917) was one of the most renowned Ukrainian kobzars (blind itinerant minstrels) of the Kharkiv oblast of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Biography Hnat Honcharenko was born into a serf family in the village of Ripky. Tragically, he lost his sight at the tender age of 3 or 4. Despite this adversity, he discovered his passion for music and began studying the bandura at the age of 22 under the guidance of the experienced kobzar Petro Kulibaba. His initial training lasted for four months, and he later continued his musical journey by learning from other kobzars he encountered. After he married, he settled not far from Kharkiv on the Hubayenko homestead. When he was widowed, he resettled to Sevastopol with his son, a railway engineer. Honcharenko would spend his winters there and return to Kharkiv for the summer months. Honcharenko had in his repertoire four '' dumy'', epic poems s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hryhory Bazhul
Hryhory Ivanovych Bazhul (January 22, 1906 — October 17, 1989, sometimes spelled Georg Baschul) Note: Name was transcribed via German on Australian Government documents. was a Ukrainian bandurist and publisher of articles on bandura history from Poltava, Russian Empire.History After World War II he emigrated to Australia settling in Sydney. Early life Bazhul was born in the of the (in present-day |
Petro Drevchenko
Petro Semenovych Drevchenko (, 18631934), was a Ukrainian kobzar. Biography Drevchenko was born in 1863 in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (in present-day Ukraine) to a family of servants. From the age of 12 he lived in Kharkiv, in the area of Zalutin. At the age of 13 he came down with the mumps and lost his sight. At 14 he was apprenticed to kobzar Hnat Honcharenko for 4 years and at 18 completed his apprenticeship and received permission to become an independent kobzar. At the age of 20 he was married. Kryst wrote that Drevchenko reminded one of his teacher - Hnat Honcharenko. He had a fidgety character and was given the name Drygavka (meaning "spinning top"). He travelled around considerably giving numerous performances. Of the kobzars of the early 20th century he made public significant sections of the Ustynski books. He often performed with lirnyk Ivan Zozulia. He participated in the XIIth Archeological Congress in Kharkiv in 1902. According to Heorhy T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlo Hashchenko
Pavlo Ivanovych Hashchenko ( -1933) was a Ukrainian kobzar and bandura player. Hashchenko was originally from Poltava province but lived most of his life in the village of Konstantynivka, Bohodukhiv county, Kharkiv province. Among the kobzars of the Slobozhan region he was thought of as one of the best, and consequently he was invited to perform at the XIIth Archeological Conference held in Kharkiv in 1902. At that concert Hashchenko's solo performance included the satirical song "Popadia" and he performed in the ensemble with other kobzars. In 1905 Opanas Slastion painted a portrait of Hashchenko and noted that Hashchenko knew four '' dumy'' (sung epic poems). After the performance at the XIIth Archeological Conference Hashchenko performed at a numerous other kobzar A ''kobzar'' ( ; ) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed kobza or bandura. Tradition The professional kobzar tradition was established during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Kuchuhura Kucherenko
Ivan Iovych Kuchuhura-Kucherenko (, ; July 7, 1878 – November 24, 1937) was a Ukrainian minstrel (kobzar) and one of the most influential kobzars of the early 20th century. For his artistry he was awarded the title "People's artist of Ukraine" in 1919 and later "People's Artist of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" in 1926. Biography Childhood Ivan Kucherenko (or as he later became known, ''Kuchuhura-Kucherenko'') was born on July 7, 1878, in the village of Murafa of Bogodukhovsky Uyezd in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. At the age of 3, he became fully blind in his left eye and had some damage in his right eye. At the age of 8, he lost his father and became an orphan. The young Kucherenko had exceptional musical talent which directed him to the lifestyle of a kobzar. He was apprenticed to the kobzar Pavlo Hashchenko and began to perform as a kobzar at the turn of the 20th century. Education and performances In 1902, Kucherenko participated in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasyl Yemetz
Vasyl Kostovych Yemetz (; 15 December or 27 December 1891 – 6 January 1982) (2 August 1890 – 4 January 1982) (also went by Wassyl, Vassyl) was a Ukrainian bandurist. He was founder and initial director of the Kobzar Choir in 1918 - the direct protégé of the Kyiv Bandurist Capella and the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus.Горлиця Л. — Василь Ємець — кобзар віртуоз, композитор // Вісті, № 34, 1970.Василь Ємець — творець першої української капели бандуристів, співак, бандурист, письменник http://www.ukrainians-world.org.ua/142/133/145/ Biography Yemetz was born in the village of Sharivka, Ukraine. He was born to a Cossack family. He was the son of Kost' and Yevdokia (Kurakhovych).Мішалов В. і М. — Українські кобзарі-бандуристи — Сідней, Австралія, 1986 His father was interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
