A Very Kyiv Christmas with Special Guests Nadia Tarnawsky and Alexander Fedoriouk
Join Kyiv and Friends for an afternoon of music and dance from traditional Ukrainian carols to a Kozak-ette Kickline and maybe even a sing-a-long or two! New choreography for the season! Enjoy holiday hors d'oeuvres and a wonderful show
Presale tickets: Adult $20, Youth 12 and under $15
At the Door: Adult $25, Youth 12 and under $18
Nadia Tarnawsky - Nadia is a long-time collaborator and friend of Kyiv. She has been studying Eastern European singing techniques for nearly three decades. In 2002 she received a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship which allowed her to travel to Ukraine to collect folk songs and folklore. She has taught Ukrainian village style singing in workshops for the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in New York city, Village Harmony in Vermont and Oregon, the Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble in California, and the Black Forest Fancies in Louisiana. In 2011 she received a Traditional Arts Fellowship from Artist Trust in Washington state. In December 2011, she sang under the tutelage of Yevgeny Yefremov with Ensemble Hilka of New York in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster in Ukraine. Upon moving to Seattle, she and Brandon Vance formed the band Alchymeia. In 2013, Nadia co-created a dance-theatre piece with Jenna Bean Veatch entitled 50 HEARTBREAKS AND I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOUkraine which premiered at Annex Theatre in Seattle and was also performed at the New Orleans Fringe Festival.
Alexander Fedoriuk - Alex is another friend of Kyiv performing with us and creating music specifically for our performances. Alexander Fedoriouk began playing the cimbalom at the age of 7 in his home-town of Kolomyia, Ukraine. Growing up in the Carpathian mountains, he played at weddings in mountain villages in Ukraine and Moldavia. He studied music at the Kolomyia Music School, Chernivsty Musical College and received his Bachelor's degree in music from The Kiev State Conservatory. He studied ethnomusicology for his Masters Degree at Cleveland State University. He has performed as a soloist with New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Orchestra Nashville, Johnstown Symphony, Youngstown Youth Orchestra, New York Chamber Ensemble, The Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra, Troisty Muzyky Folk Ensemble, The Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, The Duquesne University Tamburitzans, Cheres and Harmonia. He appeared in the Ukrainian musical movies Pisne Kalynova and Namysto Dlia Berehyni. He recorded for movie soundtracks such as: Thruth About Chalie, Over my Dead Body, Obcina The Call of the Mountain and The Skull Key. He received awards at the national competition on folk instruments in 1987 and 1991 in Ukraine, and in Nebraska in 1997.
Since he has been in the United States he has been featured as a soloist on a number of recordings including: The Art of the Cimbalom, Harmonia, Crossing Paths, Papa Duke, Herbie MAn and Sona Terra, Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors, Forest Song, Stempenyu's Dream, Kruno Gypsy Jazz Guitar, Skin, and Hazmat Modine. He has recorded with Nigel Pulsford of Bush, legendary jazz flautist Herbie Mann and performed in Carnegie hall with John Cale of the Velvet Undeground.
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