Bandurist
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A bandurist (Ukrainian: бандури́ст) is a person who plays the Ukrainian 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 specific repertoire they play and manner in which they approach their vocation.
- Kobzari, who play authentic ethnographic instruments or copies. This group can also be further categorized into authentic, reproduction, and stage performers.
- Academic players, playing more sophisticated contemporary concert banduras. These performers have a Kyiv academic style.[1] There are also a number of Kharkiv styleacademic bandurists.
- So-called "Fakeloric" performers, who play stylized songs and repertoire on contemporary instruments. Often these performers refer to themselves as contemporary kobzars. Many contemporary blind bandurists can be placed into this category.
- Ensemble performers - performers who sing in a choir and accompany their choral performance with their own playing on the bandura.
Ensembles
Evidence of ensemble playing prior to the 20th century is scarce, although there do exist accounts of two or sometimes three kobzars playing together at bazaars, especially in the area around Kharkiv.
The first documented performance by a bandura ensemble however took place in Kharkiv in 1902, at the
In 1905 there is evidence of the first performance of a bandura quartet of non-blind bandurists performing in
What is considered to be the first professional (in the sense that this was their main livelihood) bandurist ensemble was established by
Active persecution of bandurists in the 1930s resulted in many players being murdered or persecuted in the 1930s. Many of those that continued playing took the opportunity of seeking freedom emigrating to the West. The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus which was originally established in 1941 during the Nazi occupation emigrated as a group. It settled in Detroit in the USA where it continued to actively propagated the art form in the West.
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Bandurist choruses, ensembles and capellas were also established in Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Paraguay, Poland, The United States, and Venezuela.
Renown exponents
Polish court bandurists | Albert Dovhohrai
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Russian court bandurists | Alexey Razumovsky
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Prominent kobzari
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Prominent reconstructive kobzari | Tkachenko Heorhy ,
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Prominent blind bandurists | Yevhen Adamtsevych, |
Prominent early 20th century bandurists in Ukraine | Omelchenko Andriy, Serhiy Bashtan, Volodymyr Kabachok ,
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Prominent 20th century bandurists outside of Ukraine | Hryhory Bazhul, Yevhen Ciura, Leonid Haydamaka, Petro Honcharenko, Hryhory Kytasty, Petro Kytasty, Volodymyr Luciv, Hryhory Nazarenko, Zinoviy Shtokalko, Mykhailo Teliha, Vasyl Yemetz, Volodymyr Yurkevych, |
Prominent contemporary active bandurists in Ukraine | Oksana Herasymenko, Roman Hrynkiv, Taras Lazurkevych, Kost Novytsky, Stepan Scherbak, Oleh Sozansky, Volodymyr Voit, Ostap Stakhiv |
Prominent contemporary active bandurists outside of Ukraine | Peter Deriashnyj, Mykola Deychakiwsky, Marko Farion, Ola Herasymenko-Oliynyk, Andrij Kytasty, Julian Kytasty, Victor Mishalow. |