A strong love of their native and ethnic music at large, an everlasting desire to perfect themselves, an aspiration to promote traditional folk instrument art, have brought together the six virtuoso-musicians well-known and much loved both in Ukraine and in the world into the ethnic folk group "Carpathian Springs".
Charisma, professionalism, high vitality and drive are only some of the qualities of the ethnic folk group "Carpathian Springs." Each of the group members is a highly professional and original performer and music expounder, and treats a musical work with their own artistic insight. And the mixing of such personalities always yields an excellent result and immense aesthetic pleasure for the listeners.
The repertoire of "The Carpathian Springs" comprises traditional ethnic music of western Ukraine, performed on such ancient folk instruments as dulcimers, Pan Flute, ocarina. A bright addition to the group’s program is the performance of the singer – Andriy Bozhensky whose repertoire includes famous Ukrainian folk songs. Thanks to this folk group the gems of Ukrainian instrumental music have been presented for the music lovers of Poland, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Macedonia, Italy, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Canada and the United States.
And in their concert tour of Finland in September-October of 2023, the musicians offer the Finnish audience a new concert programme "Music from the Carpathian Mountains," consisting of brilliant and original folk compositions of ethnic Ukrainian ethnicities from the Carpathians – the Hutsuls and Lemkos. The highlander Ukrainian melodies, whether intimate or sparkling, melancholy or unconstrainedly joyous, dreamy or heroic, display a full range of feelings and emotions of the people who live high in the mountains.
The musicians’ performances will definitely colorize the Finnish autumn with a special and unique tonality of the Carpathian Mountains!
Folk group members:
Rostyslav Fedynets (artistic director) - violin
Yuri Dyakunchak - bass, accordion
Yuriy Reha - dulcimer
Valeriy Shafeta - accordion
Vasyl Gamar – Pan Flute, ocarina, flute
Andriy Bozhensky – vocal, tambourine