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One Hundred Prominent Ukrainians
Lviv. The Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the National
Academy of Sciences along with Ukrainian lawyer Zynovyj
Hladun, president of the Lviv Center of Human Rights have
organized a bidding "The Ukrainian Hundred". The organization
is petitioning interested individuals or organizations to
propose a nominative list of 100 prominent Ukrainians, who
have significantly contributed to the treasure-house of world
civilization. This list will be published at the 5th
anniversary of Ukrainian Independence.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
The organizers ask that propositions be sent to the following
address: The Institute of Ukrainian Studies, National Academy
of Sciences, Kozelnytska St. 4, Lviv, Ukraine.
Ukrainian Cultural Center in Moscow
Moscow. One of the most well-known modern theater directors of
our time, Roman Viktiuk, a native of Lviv who now resides in
the capital of the former Soviet Union, will manage the
Ukrainian Cultural Center in Moscow. During a recent visit
with Lviv city mayor Vasyl Kuibida, Roman Viktiuk discussed
plans to produce the dramatization of Valerie Shevchuk's work
"Svichenia" [Illumination] in the Lviv Spiritual Theater
"Voskresinya" [Resurrection].
--"Vysokyj Zamok".
National Parliament Library
Kyiv. The National Parliament Library of Ukraine is
celebrating its 130th anniversary in March of this year.
Despite its long history, the library received its official
status only in 1994. Established in 1866, the library was the
first accessible public library in Kyiv. Today the National
Parliament Library remains one of the most important cultural
centers not only for Kyiv, but for all of Ukraine.
--"Kultura i Zhytia".
Ukrainian Jewelry
Spain. The direct descendants of famed jewelers of Kyiv-Rus,
have never ceased to amaze people with their moldings of subtle
filigree and complicated art forms. The recent bestowal of the
international award, "The Torch of Birmingham" in Spain to
representatives of the company "Ukrainian Jewelers", headed by
Hryhoryj Pliushch, is one example of this undeviating popularity
with contemporary Ukrainian jewelry. Their works have also
received many awards at distinguished exhibitions in Japan,
Malaysia, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, and Italy.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Jubilee Coin
Kyiv. The National Bank of Ukraine recently issued a new coin
dedicated to the 125th birthday anniversary of Ukrainian
poetess Lesia Ukrayinka. The coin's face value is 200 thousand
karbovanets. The authors of the design are artist Oleksander
Ivakhenko and sculptor Stefan Novotyn.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Laureates of the Shevchenko Award
Kyiv. March 9th marked the 182nd birthday anniversary of
Ukraine's most famous bard - Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko.
Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma officially signed a decree
for the presentation of nine State Awards of Ukraine named
after Taras Shevchenko - 1996. The laureates of this most
prized national award in Ukraine are chosen according to their
significant contribution and influence in the development of
Ukrainian art and culture. This year's laureates each received
the sum of 500 million karbovanets (approx. $2,500 USD). The
winners are as follows:
- Volodymyr Bazylevskyj, poet (for his collection of poetry
"Vertep"); Victor Minailo, writer (for his novel "Vichnyj
Ivan" [Eternal Ivan]).
- Iryna Zhylenko, poetess (for her collection of poetry
"Verchirka u starij vynarnij" [An Evening in the Old
Winery]); Raisa Ivanchenko, writer (for the tetralogy about
Kyiv-Rus "Zrada, abo yak staty volodarem" [Betrayal, or How
to Become a Leader], "Hniv Peruna" [Perun's Anger], "Zoloti
Stremena" [Golden Stir-ups], "Otruta dlya Knyahyni" [Poison
for the Princess]).
- Vyacheslav Chornovil, publicist (for his collections
"Pravosudya chy retsedyvy teroru" [Justice or Relapses of
Terror]), "Lykho z Rozumu" [Evil with Wisdom], for the book
"Khronika taborovykh budniv" [A Chronicle of Prison Days],
and for his publicist presentations in newspapers and
journals of Ukraine and the world).
- Vitaly Donchyk, Volodymyr Morenets, Hryhorij Shton, Andrij
Kravchenko, Yurij Kovaliv. Volodymyr Melnyk, Mykhailo
Nayenko, Vira Aheyeva, candidates of literature (for the
textbook "History of Ukrainian Literature in the 20th
Century in Two Volumes").
- Danylo Narbut, artist (for the series of portraits "Hetmans
of Ukraine" and the painting "The Elections of Koshovyj",
"The Last Judgement", "The Protection of the Mother of
God"); Valentyn Znoba, sculptor (for the creation of
sculptures on the theme of the Great Patriotic War).
- Virko Baley (USA), conductor and composer (for his
significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian
music and its propaganda in the world).
- Taras Petrenenko, composer, artist (for the significant
achievement in the development of modern Ukrainian popular
song, for concert performances within the last years);
Nazarij Yaremchuk (for concert activity between 1973- 1995)
posthumously awarded.
- Oleh Bijma, director and producer, Oleksyj Zotsenko,
operator- producer, Volodymyr Hronskyj, composer, Olha
Sumska, Anatolyj Khostikoyev, Zinayida Dekhyzpova, Oleksyj
Bohdanovych, actors (for the series of artistic television
films "Pastka" [Trap] and "Zlochyn z bahatma nevidomymy" [A
Criminal with Many Unknowns] Studio Ukrtelefilm).
- Bohdan Yanivskyj, composer (for the series of large form
musical works for children: "Tsarivna-zhaba" [The Magical
Frog], the musicals "Lys Mykyta", "Persten Spokusy" [The
Ring of Temptation] "Tom Sawyer" - for the best work of
literature and art for children and youth).
Festival of Modern Music
Lviv. The Lviv Composer's Union of Ukraine is organizing in
the ancient city of Lviv the festival of Ukrainian and
American Contemporary Music, which will take place from April
27th through May 4th of this year. The festival's program
includes works by such brilliant composers of our time, such as
Elliot Carter, John Adams, Ihor Sonnevytskyj, and also Valerij
Sylvestrov, Yevhen Stankovych, Oleksander Kozarenko, as well
as many others.
This festival, along with the international festival of
classical music "Virtuosi", which will also take place in May,
is one of the most significant events in Lviv's spring musical
season. It should be noted, that all composers, whose works
will be performed during this festival, received an invitation
to personally visit the event.
--Antony Potoczniak, UAM.
For more information, please contact the festival's
organizers: Volodymyr Syvokhip, telephone +38 (0322) 725-847.
Mailing address: Lviv Composer's Union, Chaikovsky Street 7,
Lviv 290000, Ukraine.
You may also address your letters to the Ukrainian Arts
Monitor, who are the information sponsors of this festival.
Arkata
Poland. The 8th International Festival of Organ and Chamber
Music "Rodom-Oronsko '95" recently took place in Poland. Along
with artists from Austria, Italy, Canada, Germany, France, and
the United States, the Chamber Orchestra of the Vynnytsa
Philharmonia "Arkata" also participated in this festival.
The Vynnytsa artists gave ten concerts in several Polish
cities. Its program included European classics by such
well-known composers as Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach, as well
as works by contemporary Ukrainian composers Ihor Shcherbakov
and Myroslav Skoryk.
--"Kultura i Zhytia".
Premiere in Yiddish
Lviv. The premiere dramatization of Sholom Aleichem's work
"Zacharovanyj kravets" [The Enchanted Tailor] will take place
in the First Ukrainian Youth Theater (Hnatiuk, 11) on March
17th at 4 p.m. The author and producer or this production is
Moysei Batsian, director of the Jewish dramatic theater studio
"Maska". The play will be performed in Yiddish with
simultaneous translation in Russian.
Lviv has one of the oldest Jewish theater traditions in
Europe. In addition to the theater "Maska", there were at
least three major Jewish musical and dramatic theater
companies functioning in Lviv until the Second World War.
The theater company "Maska" was disbanded in 1949 and
re-established in 1988.
--Antony Potoczniak, UAM.
Contact: Moysei Batsian, Telephone: +38 (0322) 743-090,
Ivan Franko Street 44-3, Ukraine.
An Exhibition of Rare Publications
Kyiv. The National Parliament Library of Ukraine recently
observed the 125th birthday anniversary of Les Martovych
(1871-1916) with the opening of an exhibition featuring the
talented writer's works. The exhibition's materials which date
from the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries
include rare book and periodical editions, original
photographs, and post cards which are linked to the writer's
life and his creative work.
The exhibition under the title "Not for Fame, but for People"
was organized by the well-known scholar of Ukrainian
literature and culture, and winner of the Taras Shevchenko
State Award, Fedir Pohrebhyk.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Natalia Davydovsky Fund
Lviv. A presentation of the charitable fund named after
Natalia Davydovsky (1954-1995) took place in the Lviv Regional
Organization of the Ukrainian Writers Union. At the
distinguished event, the writers Roman Lubkivskyj, R.Ivanchuk,
R.Kudlyk, M.Petrenko, and Maria Ludkevych shared their
memories about Natalia Davydovsky, who was posthumously
awarded the Literary Prize named after Pavlo Tychyna.
The main goal of the newly created fund is to reveal and honor
new young talents, popularize the works of young poets,
script-reader, and artists-illustrators, and to assist them in
organizing exhibitions, and other similar events.
--Yaroslav Davydovsky, UAM.
Pamphil Yurkevych
Kaniv Region. Recently the 170th birthday anniversary
celebration of Ukrainian philosopher Pamphil Yurkevych was
observed in the village Lipliave. A professor at the Moscow
University, Yurkevych was a student of Solovyov and Berdyaev.
However, because of his criticism of the ideas of Russian
revolutionary democrats during the October Revolution of 1917,
Yurkevych's name and heritage were forgotten for decades. Only
in 1979, under the auspices of S.Yarmus, an edition of the
scolar's complete philosophic writings were published in
Canada. The works of Pamphil Yurkevych have only now been
re-introduced in his own native land.
--"Holos Ukrayiny".
Father Shevtsiva's Gift
Australia. This year, during the first months of spring, Lviv
will receive the personal library collection of
fellow-champion of Ukrainian culture, Father Ivan Shevtsiva,
of Sydney. Donated as a gift to Lviv, the 50 thousand book
library are mostly Ukrainian editions, which were published
outside of Ukraine, or bibliographic rarities published in
Ukraine. The collection will belong to the Spiritual Seminary
in Rudno, Theological Academy, the Scientific Library of the
NTSh, and the Department of Literature of the Diaspora at the
Lviv Regional Library.
--"Moloda Halychyna".
Exhibition of Works by Lypyj
Luhansk. As part of the anniversary celebration of Ukraine's
Independence Day (December 1, 1991), an exhibition of
paintings by well-known Lviv artist, Volodya Lypyj, were shown
in Luhansk's Museum of Regional Studies. It has the symbolic
title "Ukraine in the Heart".
Having toured cities all across Ukraine for the past two year,
this exhibition of 125-compositions has received wide-acclaim.
Its works leave an impression on museum-visitors with its high
degree of professionalism and the urgency of its message. Over
half a million Ukrainian citizens have become acquainted with
Lypyj's artistic series including "The Coat-of-Arms of Ukrainian
Lands", "The Hetmans of Ukraine", "Famous Activists of History
and Culture", "Chornobyl's Requiem", "Landscapes of Lviv and
the Carpathians", and many others.
Volodymyr Lypyj is presently completing a large-scale work:
"Ivan Franko. The Return to Nahuyevychi" as part of the 140th
birthday anniversary celebration of this literary giant. This
painting will be expositioned during the jubilee celebration
in the poet's native village.
--"Vysokyj Zamok".
Austrian Photo Exhibition
Lviv. This year Austria is celebrating it 1000th anniversary.
The Austrian Embassy in Ukraine and the Lviv Branch of the
Austrian Institute of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe have
organized a year-round cultural program, which will acquaint
Ukrainians with contemporary Austria.
As part of this program, an exhibition "Vienna", opened on
March 1st in the Museum of Ethnography (Prospect Svobody),
featuring the works of Austrian photographer, Lena
Dauchardstein. Special guests at the exhibition's opening
included Ms. Elizabeth Hoffer, the director of the Lviv Branch
of the Austrian Institute of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe,
and Ms. Badinger, author and editor of the exhibition's catalogue.
The exhibition will last until the 29th of March.
--"Moloda Halychyna".
Chantal Kreviazuk
Canada. The Winnipeg Free Press on February 26 of this year
published an article about 22-year old singer of Ukrainian
descent, Chantal Kreviazuk, who recently signed a contract
with Sony Records. This contract is one of the largest initial
record contracts awarded a Canadian singer.
Sony Records will not comment on the agreement, however
Kreviazuk's co-manager, Winnipeg musician Danny Schur, says it
is worth well over one million dollars for two albums. Schur
added that Chantal is multi-talented musician who sings
phenomenally, presents a great image, writes, and
professionally conducts herself in her business like she
sings. "Record companies salivate when you have all of those
things in one package. Some can write, some can play, but she
can do it all with panache".
Sony's representative, Michael Roth, considers her singing
extraordinary: "I've never been hit like this by an artist so
fast".
--Orysia Tracz, for UAM.
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