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Recipients of the 2025 National Heritage Fellowship Award
from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The National Heritage Fellowship award is America's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts, recognizing artistic excellence, lifetime achievement, and contributions to the nation's traditional arts heritage.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
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on the Events -Upcoming performances page.
ANN ARBOR, MI
Saturday April 25 7:00 pm
PHOENIX, AZ
Friday, June 12 7:00 pm
SAN DIEGO, CA
Saturday, June 13 5:30 pm
LOS ANGELES, CA
Sunday, June 14 1:00 pm
SACRAMENTO, CA
Tuesday, June 16 7:00 pm
BERKELEY, CA
Wednesday, June 17 7:00 pm
The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America is excited to announce it's release of its newest recording capturing the ensemble's current concert program –
ВСЕ БУДЕ УКРАЇНА! UKRAINE LIVES!
This concert program was presented throughout North America in 2024 and 2025.
“ХОРОБРА СІМНАДЦЯТКА”-MUSIC OF SURVIVAL IS NOW STREAMING
This documentary of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is one of courage and true grit – a vivid chronicle that celebrates the human spirit. This is the triumphant story of the original 17 members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus who survived World War II as a musical ensemble and illustrates how musicians were used abused by political regimes. The film brings out the deepest roots of a fragile tradition of the Ukrainian musical instrument known as the bandura, celebrating the resiliency of a music culture that has survived centuries – and depicts the romantic notion of how a song can be more powerful than an act of war.
The film provides an educational, informative and compelling perspective – the personal stories of the last two ensemble survivors inter cut with the collective history of Ukraine and the bandura throughout the ages. Interwoven with contemporary musical performances, the film illustrates the bandurist as bard, as seer, as spiritual emissary for the soul of the Ukrainian people, then and now, in Ukraine and beyond.
(With English narration/English subtitles)
Directed by UBC alumnus Orest Sushko
