Kostantyn Heorhiovych Novytsky, better known as Kost' Novytsky () (December 26, 1950 in

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)) is a

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and one of the more influential

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s in Kyiv today.

Biography

Originally, he studied under Andriy Omelchenko and later at the

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under

Serhiy Bashtan Serhiy Vasylievych Bashtan (12 January 1927 – 10 January 2017) was a professor of bandura at the Kiev Conservatory. Bashtan was born in the village of Novi Birochky, now Velykyj Khutir, Cherkasy Oblast. (Other sources state that he was born ...

. After completing his studies, he was one of the founders of the pop group ''Kobza'' () and was one of its soloists. Later, he formed a duo with fellow bandurist

Volodymyr Kushpet Volodymyr Hryhorovych Kushpet (born April 6, 1948) is an influential Ukrainian baritone singer, and player on torban, kobza, bandura and lira, he is noted for reconstruction of traditional playing techniques on these instruments. He is the autho ...

. In 1985, Kost' Novytsky recorded a solo record of instrumental

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 ...

music on the

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label. In the late 1980s, Novytsky worked as an instrumental soloist with the

Kyiv Bandurist Capella The Kyiv Bandurist Capella () is a male vocal-instrumental ensemble that accompanies its singing with the playing of the multi-stringed Ukrainian folk instrument known as the bandura. The group was initially known as the Kobzar Choir and was ...

. Currently he teaches bandura at the

.''Dnipro'' - Nos 5 & 8 -Leninsʹka komunistychna spilka molodi Ukraïny. T͡Sentralʹnyĭ komitet - 1989 Page 91 "Коли студенти Київської консерваторії Костянтин Новицький і Володимир Кушпет запропонували створити естрадний колектив, оснований на звучанні двох бандур, на них подивилися, мов на диваків."

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Broadcast of Kostantyn Novytsky teaching and discussing the bandura
by the Ukrainian Government television channel "Kultura" in 2010. ''This article is based on a translation of an

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