The bandura isn't just a Ukrainian folk instrument to Nick Deychakiwsky of Brighton. It's a symbol of Ukrainian culture that keeps him connected to his heritage. Centuries ago, traveling musicians, ...

In a dimly lit jazz hall, a young Ukrainian musician is strumming and plucking the strings of an instrument half her size alongside a jazz band. Her name is Anna Solovei, and the instrument she’s ...

This story is also available in Ukrainian and Slovak. Last summer several days before her concert in Palma de Mallorca, the capital city of the Spanish island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean, Olga ...

On Sunday, Feb. 23, nearly three years to the day that Ukraine was invaded by Russia, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra will present the Chicago Bandura Ensemble in a concert honoring the resilience and ...

Tasha Huebner was 8 years old when she received and began learning to play a 55-string instrument known as a bandura. A second-generation American, the lessons were important to staying connected with ...

A West Yorkshire-based Ukrainian student says she's using her country's national instrument to feel connected with her sheltering family back at home. Viktoriia Slyvka, 21, left Zbarazh in western ...

PARMA, Ohio -- A world away from its birthplace in Kyiv, the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America rehearsed at St. Andrews Church in Parma on Saturday. Three dozen male singers bellowed in ...

It’s easy to burn a book about Ukraine’s history and culture but not a song. That is the foundation of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus (UBC), which will be performing a concert at 7 p.,m. April 2 at ...

Russia's war on Ukraine is not only targeting physical territory, it also aims to eliminate the country's culture as well. Ukrainians in the U.S. recently gathered in Connecticut to participate in ...

Ballads about the moon, the river, the valleys and love — Iryna Kalinovich gracefully serenaded audiences at the second installment of Instrumental Stories held on Nov. 24, 2022 at the Memorial Park ...