Culture

MFA of Ukraine, Ukrainian Institute and Wikimedia Ukraine Launch Information Campaign “Ukraine’s Cultural Diplomacy Month” for the Second Time
11
Feb
Culture, Society

MFA of Ukraine, Ukrainian Institute and Wikimedia Ukraine Launch Information Campaign “Ukraine’s Cultural Diplomacy Month” for the Second Time

"Ukraine Everywhere" is the motto of the international information campaign entitled "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month" that will last from 17 February to 17 March 2022. The campaign is designed to create more articles about Ukraine and its culture in other languages on Wikipedia. "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month" will be held for the second time; the first campaign took place in 2021. During that campaign, 172 users created and improved articles more than 1,200 times and created more than 817 new articles in Ukrainian and foreign languages. "For two years in a row, we are launching "Ukraine's Cultural Diplomacy Month" on…
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Eurovision 2022 Ukraine: Long list of national final participants published
18
Jan
Culture, Ukraine

Eurovision 2022 Ukraine: Long list of national final participants published

Broadcaster UA:PBC has named the 27 participants on the long list of potential acts hoping for a place in ‘Vidbir’, Ukraine’s national selection show that will determine their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The list will be narrowed down to 8 finalists and revealed next week. Yaroslav Lodygin, member of the Managing Board of UA:PBC, revealed: ‘Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the national selection has not been held since 2020. Over this time, Ukrainian musicians have obviously accumulated energy and materials, so the number of good applications was very big! Still, there have not been many arguments among the organizing committee…
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Go_A’s Shum among three most popular Eurovision songs
05
Jan
Culture, Society, TOP

Go_A’s Shum among three most popular Eurovision songs

Ukraine’s 2021 entry Shum, performed by Go_A ranks third most popular song of the Eurovision Song Contest. Loreen’s Euphoria, the winner of ESC 2012, gained the lead. “It was 10 years ago, when won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, and secured Sweden its fifth win. Since then the song has won the ‘ESC Top 250’ voting year after year, celebrating its tenth ‘anniversary’ in this latest edition of the annual poll of Eurovision fans’ favourite songs,” Eurovision Song Contest Web Radio reports. Italy’s 2021 entry Zitti E Buoni, performed by Måneskin, made it to number two.…
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Plast members present the Bethlehem Peace Cauldron to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
17
Dec
Culture, Society, TOP, Ukraine, Ukrainians in the world

Plast members present the Bethlehem Peace Cauldron to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

Representatives of the National Scout Organization of Ukraine "Plast" brought the Bethlehem Peace Torch to the session hall and spoke from the parliament's rostrum. The Cauldron symbolizes the warmth of hearts and the joy that every year the Plast members bring from the Holy Sepulcher to Ukraine and distribute it among all the Ukrainians. "At the beginning of every year Ukrainian Plastu's representatives traditionally give the Bethlehem Peace Cauldron to the Parliament of Ukraine as a reminder of the importance of peace, goodness, love and solidarity", announced the Head of the Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk and asked the Ukrainian Plastu's representatives…
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Today marks the 144th anniversary of the birth of the legendary author of “Shchedryk” Mykola Leontovych
13
Dec
Culture, TOP, Ukraine

Today marks the 144th anniversary of the birth of the legendary author of “Shchedryk” Mykola Leontovych

The composer of the famous Ukrainian song "Shchedryk," Mykola Leontovych, was born on this day in 1877. In 1922, the song was performed for the first time in New York Carnegie Hall by the Oleksandr Koshyts Choir, and in 1936 the English conductor Peter Vilgovskyy wrote his English text to Leontovych's melody and created "Carol of the Bells," one of the most popular Christmas melodies in America today.   This year, Tina Peresunko, a Fulbright Fellow, researched the musical transformation of the Ukrainian carol into American culture in the U.S. archives in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the American…
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The Christmas concert of the Ukrainian Bandura Band of North America will be shown online
13
Dec
Culture, Ukrainians in the world

The Christmas concert of the Ukrainian Bandura Band of North America will be shown online

The Ukrainian Bandura Band of North America (UBC) will hold a virtual concert "Christmas on the Bandura" on December 19. According to Ukrinform, this is stated on the website of the band's partner - the platform OurConcerts.live, created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Thus, the choir under the direction of artistic director and conductor Oleg Makhlay will present a unique holiday program with the participation of a 60-string Ukrainian bandura instrument and a male choir. The 103rd UBC concert season includes musicians from all over North America. The program "Christmas with a Bandura" will feature works in English, Latin and…
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Ukrainian cinema to be shown in Washington
10
Dec
Culture

Ukrainian cinema to be shown in Washington

On March 11-12, Ukrainian movie weekend will take place at the Ukraine House in Washington, DC. On Saturday, March 11 at 16.30 the film “Amulet of The Kingdom” will be shown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdtXUd10E3M The week of March 12 at 16.30 will feature the movie “Infernal Guidon, Or Cossack Christmas”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTk8sAOVVQ8 Both films have English subtitles. Admission is free, but registration is required. Registration for film “Amulet of The Kingdom” is here. Registration for the film “Infernal Guidon, Or Cossack Christmas” here. We admit that Ukrainian Film Weekend is a splendid occasion to spend a weekend evening with the family and friends…
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