The
kobzari of the Slobozhan bandura tradition were kobzari who lived in
Sloboda Ukraine
Sloboda Ukraine, also known locally as ''Slobozhanshchyna'' or ''Slobozhanshchina'', is a historical region in northeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia. It developed from Belgorod Razriad and flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries on the ...
around the city of
Kharkiv
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine. ,
Ukraine
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.
They include
Petro Drevchenko,
Pavlo Hashchenko,
Hnat Honcharenko, Horobetz, F. Hrytsenko-Kholodny, Hryhory Kozhushko,
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 Uk ...
, Ivan Netesa, Odnorih,
Stepan Pasiuha, Mykola Ryhorenko and P. Trotchenko.
The traditions and playing technique used by the Slobozhan
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 speci ...
became the basis for the academic
Kharkiv
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine. school of bandura playing developed by
Hnat Khotkevych
Hnat Martynovych Khotkevych (, also ''Gnat Khotkevich'' or ''Hnat Khotkevych'', born December 31, 1877 – died October 8, 1938) was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian theater and public figure, engineer, inventor, writer, historian, translator, ethnographe ...
.
References
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