1995. Lviv Broadcasting Company. Musical program "Songs of Roksolyana Kuzyk" with the participation of a singer from Drohobych, laureate of the All-Ukrainian pop art festival "Sunny Scythian" and the All-Ukrainian competition of young performers of the Ukrainian modern song "Young Halychyna – 95". The program features original songs by Roksolyana Kuzyk.

On the video: Roksolyana Kuzyk's original songs "Snow Swans", "I Don't Know", "Sing, Little Pipe", "Silence", "On Ivan Kupala" are played.

Bohdan Melnyk, Igor Kryukov, Stepan Susky, Oleg Vozny, Iryna Saidakovska, Volodymyr Pygula, Serhiy Pyatov, Myroslav Skochilyas worked on the program.


Roksolyana Kuzyk performs original songs

First National, 2008. The news story covers the course of Paul McCartney's free concert in Kyiv, on Independence Square.

On the video: a fragment of preparation for Paul McCartney's performance; the musician's greetings to Ukrainian politician Viktor Pinchuk; sound check; Independence Square before the concert; visitors to the event; McCartney's communication with visitors in Ukrainian; fragments of performances; a musician with the flag of Ukraine; visitors' comments; fireworks at the end of the concert.

Olesya Bykovska and Dmytro Melnyk worked on the plot.

Paul McCartney in Kyiv

October 18, 2006. Zaporizhzhia State Television and Radio Company. "Zaporizhia musical" program. People's song and music ensemble "Milky Way". The issue is dedicated to the performance of the folk song and music ensemble "Milky Way". The program features Ukrainian folk songs performed by the ensemble and its soloists.

On the video: a performance by the folk song and music ensemble "Milky Way". Ukrainian folk songs are played "On the street, the musician is playing", "The boat is floating", "Oh, don't make noise, it's loose", "The sun didn't rise in the morning", "Oh, the girl sold the chicken", "Oh, whose horse is standing", "Green oak", "Oh, woe to that seagull", "The Cossack was walking secretly", "The cuckoo chained", "Oh, I know that I have a sin", "Oh, on Ivan, on Kupala".

Ensemble members: artistic director Yevhen Zhavoronkov, Iryna Sydorenko, Tetyana Dudka, Vyacheslav Akunin, Natalia Chernyshova, Ihor Buryachenko.



Zaporizhzhia ensemble "Chumatskyi shliakh"

Republican Television (Ukrainian Television), main editorial office of popular science and educational programs, 1988. The issue of the program "School Screen" is dedicated to the National Honored Academic Ukrainian Folk Choir of Ukraine named after Hryhoriy Veryovka: history, achievements, museum of the collective.

On video: performances of the group; choir rehearsals; records; photos of the group; sheet music; autobiography of the choir organizer G. Veryovka; resolution on the creation of the People's Choir; the first costume of the choir in 1944–1945; performance program; posters; costume elements; fragment of the folk opera "Flower of the Fern"; musical instruments; the very first record of the choir "Shakhtarochka" (1953); Golden Disc, which is awarded to performers who have sold over a million records; Children's choir "Snowdrop".

Commentators: singer, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR V. I. Boyko; Ukrainian choral conductor, composer, teacher A. T. Avdievsky; author of the folklore opera "The Fern Flower", People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR E. F. Stankovych; choir soloist, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR Nina Matvienko.

National Choir named after Hryhoriy Veryovka, 1988

November 10, 2006. Lviv Regional State Television and Radio Company. The music program "M-wave" presents Ukrainian performers and musical events. In the release —, video clips of the band "Skryabin" for the song "Kolyorova", Anzhelika Rudnytska for the song "Stop" and Masha Fedorova for the song "Mama", as well as a story about the fifth interregional festival-competition "Songs of the Unforgotten Land" in Horodok. There is an interview with the head of the jury of the festival Maria Baiko and sensational confessions of the band "XS".

On the video: music videos, performances by performers, fragments of the festival-competition "Songs of the Unforgotten Land", an interview with Maria Baiko, members of the band "HS".

The following worked on the program: presenter Anastasia Gudyma, cameramen Maksym Hnyp and Lyubomyr Kozak, editing Oleksandr Rudakov, editor and program manager Oleg Klymovych.

"M-wave": music program of Lviv Television, 2006

2009, National Television Company of Ukraine. The “Dykyi med” Ukrainian Singer-Songwriter Festival in Skole, Lviv Oblast.

The video features: excerpts from the festival participants’ performances, an exhibition of works by local artists and writers, and folk art crafts.

Festival participants: Serhiy Malaga (Bohuslav), Pavlo Voloshin (Kryvyi Rih), Olga Sadova (Boryslav), the band “Terti Plyatsky,” Ihor Khomin (the band “Gurkit,” Ternopil), Serhiy Horodnychy (Sumy), Oksana Romaniv (Lviv), Yuriy Gusaruk (Kyiv), the bands “Vpershe Chuyu,” “V.O.D.A.,” “Symphony of the Wind,” “Nevzhe,” “Vertical Journey,” “A Priori,” “Through the Language of Music,” the duo “Mriya,” Eduard Drach, the band “Teleri,” and Pavlo Nechitailo.

Commentary by: Skole Mayor Oleksandr Marushkevych; festival contestants Pavlo Voloshin, Olga Sadova, Serhiy Malaga, Ihor Khomin, Serhiy Horodnychy, Oksana Romaniv, the “Mriya” duo, and the bands “Nevzhe,” “V.O.D.A.,” “Vertical Journey,” and “In the Language of Music.”

Video production: host Daria Katelnitskaya.

“Dykyi med” Ukrainian Singer-Songwriter Festival

January 16, 1997. Lviv. Public and artistic action "Hope remains". Ukrainian singers and musical groups perform on stage.

On the video: Iryna Shinkaruk's performance with the song "Moonlight Charm", Oleksandr Ponomaryov with the song "First and Last Love", Tetyana Horobets with the song "Morning the Next Day", Marichka Burmaka with the songs "Return Back" and "Hope Remains", a joint performance by Taras Petrynenko and Tetyana Horobets with the songs "People's Movement" and "Lord, have mercy on us", Serhiy Shishkin's performance with the song "Let's be happy", Inessa with the song "Pain", the band "Skryabin" with the songs "That cover world", "Birds" and "The clock", Maryna Odolska with the songs "Crystal Rain" and "Let's Go on a Long Way", Serhiy Dotsenko with the song "In a Clean Field", Alla Popova with the song "My Soul Blooms".

"Hope remains": concert in Lviv, 1997

How did the show business industry operate in the USSR? To what extent were tours, trips abroad, and repertoires controlled? Were there unspoken rules that everyone knew about but no one talked about? In the latest episode of the UNZIP podcast, Albert Tsukrenko interviews composer Oleksandr Zlotnik about the inner workings of Ukrainian Soviet pop music in the 1970s–1990s, the generation of Ivasyuk and Yaremchuk, and how the legacy of that era is perceived today.

Song selection for this issue:

1. Alla Kudlay, “White Lilies,” 1990.
2. VIA “Smerichka” / Nazariy Yaremchuk, “O Grove, Green Grove,” 1982.
3. “Komfort” Ensemble, “The Surf,” 1987.
4. Vitaliy Bilonozhko, “Breath of My Native Land,” 1988.
5. Iryna Shvedova, “Stained-Glass Window,” 1988.
6. Valentina Tolkunova, “Where Did You Get Those Blue Eyes?”, 1979.
7. Rock band “Status,” “Minuet,” 1989.
8. Marenych Trio, “Red Poppies,” 1979.

Listen to the podcast recording <a href="https://li.sten.to/7gmi5mdo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><ins>here</ins></a>

UNZIP — a podcast that dives into the archives of Ukrainian music. You’ll hear host Albert Tsukrenko and his guests on the UnZip podcast search for answers to questions about our musical identity. And best of all, they’ll surprise you with songs found in the archives of Ukrainian Radio.



Ivasyuk, Censorship, and “Smerichka”: A UNZIP Podcast Episode

2005, Kyiv. First National TV Channel. Excerpt from the concert program “Nasha pisnia”.

In the video: the concert program “Nasha pisnia” featuring performances by Ukrainian artists. Songs are performed by Inessa Bratushchik and Mykhailo Khoma, Katya Buzhynska, Mykola Svidyuk, Tetiana Piskareva, and Mykhailo Poplavskyi. The footage shows the stage of the “Ukraine” Palace, the artists’ performances, and concert numbers.



Excerpt from the concert program “Nasha pisnia”

June 1, 1998, Uzhhorod. Transcarpathian State Television and Radio Company. The music program “Spivanochky moi” filmed on the grounds of the Transcarpathian Regional Open-Air Museum of Folk Architecture and Life.

The video features a performance by Klara Labik, Honored Artist of Ukraine, accompanied by the orchestra of the Transcarpathian Honored Folk Choir, as well as scenic views and the grounds of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. The program features Transcarpathian folk songs and original compositions: “Vysoka Lisochka” and “Trisky Syrenky”—arranged by V. Oleksyk; “Lullaby”—music by P. Rak, lyrics by P. Skunts; “A Milyi Mii, Milyi”—arranged by V. Haiduk, “It’s Raining”—instrumental arrangement by D. Zador, “Hey, I’m Sitting and Thinking”—an old Transcarpathian ballad, “When I Sing to Myself”—an old Transcarpathian folk song arranged by M. Vihula, “Kalyna”—a Transcarpathian folk song recorded by V. Kobal, “Kolomyika”—music by V. Kalinich, lyrics by V. Vovchok, “On the Road of Life”—music by M. Popenko, lyrics by S. Soroka.

The following people worked on the program: Galina Oreshnikova, Vira Kobulei, Stepan Kuchmash, Yuriy Kupar, Vasyl Popadynets, Vasyl Yevchynets, Kostyantyn Kish, Mykhailo Likhtei, Árpád Benke, and Attila Gerdynskyi.


Klara Labik and the Orchestra of the Transcarpathian Honored Folk Choir: “Spivanochky moi”

1999, Lviv. Lviv Television. The program “In Major and Minor” — “Let’s Remember That We Are Ukrainians.”

In the video: a performance by the “Unbroken” choir of repressed individuals and political prisoners; an interview with the choir’s artistic director and conductor, Bohdana Simovych; choir members; and the songs “Ukrainians, Brothers,” “A Cloud Rises,” “Blue Bird,” a song about a girl composed in the village of Hrybova in the Ternopil region, “Ballad of the Red Poppies,” “March of the Siromants,” “My Land Has Awakened,” “Song About Hafiyka,” and “Oh, Fog, Mother...”

Commentary by: choir members Maria Mykhailyshyn, Ostap Zubar, Hryhorii Hidei, Roman Yaremkevych; People’s Artist of Ukraine Oleksandr Hrynko; and Rector of the Ukrainian Academy of Printing Stepan Gunko.

The program was produced by: Halyna Yarema, Ihor Kryukov, Stepan Suskyi, Ihor Khereško, Anatolii Ivantsov, Bohdan Savitskyi, Volodymyr Romaniv, Viktor Yarmush, Ivan Andrusyk, Volodymyr Haiduchok, Liubov Kozak, and Volodymyr Ranevych.


Performance by the “Unbroken” Choir of Repressed Persons and Political Prisoners

1987. Lviv Television Studio. The program “Songs Based on Poems by Rostyslav Bratun.”

In the video: Rostyslav Bratun talks about his collaboration with Lviv composers and his life. Songs are performed with lyrics by Rostyslav Bratun and music by Anatoliy Kos-Anatolskyi (“Golden Girl,” “White Roses”), Yevhen Kozak (“Stryi Park”), “I Dream,” “Lviv Waltz,” Myroslav Skoryk’s “Don’t Trample the Lilies of the Valley,” Volodymyr Ivasyuk’s “A Day with You,” “Lights of Lviv,” “Summer of Late Dahlias,” and Pavlo Dvorsky’s “Silver Nights.” The songs were performed by: the Baiko Sisters Trio (Nina, Maria, and Danyila Baiko), Vasyl Zinkevych, Stepan Stepan, Ihor Kushpler, and soloists Halyna Havrysh, Lesya Borovets, and Nataliia Mykhlyk. The “Dudaryk” Boys’ and Youth Choir. The video sequence is complemented by views of the streets and cultural landmarks of Lviv.

The program was produced by host Lyubov Kozak and cinematographer Myroslav Ukhansky.