The program is inspired by the idea of creating a place for Christmas meetings, support and musical freedom. In times of daily tragedy, anxiety and destruction, we want to provide an opportunity to stay in a temporary shelter, a place of strength, a kind of safe center of music.
Through jazz interpretations of traditional Ukrainian and world famous melodies, we share the Christmas atmosphere to be together and support each other.
Program:
December 25 at 19:00 – Silent evening of poetry and jazz by Tamara Lukasheva
The solo acoustic program presented by Tamara Lukasheva is a subtle and elegant combination of sound and words. It is an absorption into another dimension and space, where time flows differently. The sound of acoustic piano and voice are framed by the Word. Tamara uses poems by Yevhen Pluzhnyk, Vasyl Stus, Lina Kostenko, and Tony Cornuta, and sings in German poems by the romantics Clemens Brentano and Novalis. Also on this quiet Christmas evening, carols will be performed in a gentle and cozy arrangement.
Tamara Lukasheva is a Ukrainian jazz singer, pianist, composer, and arranger.
December 26, 19:00 – Jazz caroling by Ivanka Chervinska and the Petro Baloha Quartet
Ivanka Chervinska and the Petro Balogh Jazz Quartet will present exquisite jazz arrangements of carols from different parts of Ukraine. These ancient melodies, which came to us from pre-Christian times, have been an integral part of the cultural identity of our ancestors for centuries. We invite you to find harmony in the music that unites the past and the present.
Ivanka Chervinska – vocals
Petro Baloh – saxophone
Marian Karpinsky – guitar
Myroslav Veretelnyk – bass
Leonid Petkun – drums
Ivanka Chervinska is a Ukrainian singer who works in the styles of ethno and jazz, blues, bossa nova, world and other popular music styles.
Petro Balogh – musician and saxophonist, known for his work with the Petro Balogh Quartet, Leonid Petkun Jazz Group, Groove Syndicate, and Palindrome.
December 27 at 19:00 – Project “Ukrainian Christmas” by Igor Zakus
The Ukrainian Christmas project was created as part of the Jazz Kolo project. The program includes Ukrainian carols arranged by Igor Zakus and Yuri Shepeta, as well as Igor Zakus’s own compositions.
Yulia Roma – vocals
Yaroslav Kazmirchuk – trumpet
Yuriy Shepeta – piano
Marian Karpinsky – guitar
Ihor Zakus – bass
Oleksandr Yavdyk – drums
Igor Zakus is an outstanding Ukrainian musician and composer, teacher and founder of the popular Jazz Kolo project.
TicketsAddress: Lviv, 124 B. Khmelnytskoho St. (Auditorium Hall)
See you at the concert!