Opera singer speaks of his enchantment with art songs (Kyiv Post)

Opera singer speaks of his enchantment with art songs (Kyiv Post)

“When a Ukrainian art song is performed on stage, people start to respect Ukrainians as a cultural nation,” Hunka says, adding that recently an English musicologist and a Ph.D. student from South Korea chose Ukrainian art songs as a subject for their theses. “There is growing interest in this kind of Ukrainian artistry in the world.”

the UASP presents Shevchenko & Shakespeare, Kyiv & Lviv June 2016

Ukrainian Art Song Project is extremely proud to co-present with the Kyiv and Liviv Philharmonics, inaugural concerts of Ukrainian art songs in Kyiv on Sunday, June 5 and in Lviv on Thursday, June 9.

In the words of artistic director, Pavlo Hunka,  "This is a momentous opportunity to bring Ukrainian Art Song back to Ukraine.  Ukrainian art song is one of the backbones of our classical culture, and now, we have an opportunity to present it to our own people!"