"Autograph": bandurist Mykhailo Baran

Lviv Television. The August 29, 2000 issue of the "Autograph" program is dedicated to an interview with bandurist-kobzar Mykhailo Baran.

On the video: a performance by Mykhailo Baran, performing folk songs on the bandura; the bandurist talks about his creative path, memories of the Yatran River, a collection of ethnographic song material, the features of the bandura instrument; graphics by Mykhailo Baran, photographs from the personal archive of the Baran family.

Host — Honored Journalist of Ukraine Vasyl Hlynchak.

Reference: Mykhailo Baran is a Ukrainian bandurist, artist and sculptor, Honored Artist of Ukraine, one of the leading popularizers of kobzar and choral art in the Lviv region in the second half of the 20th century. Founder and leader of a number of amateur chapels and ensembles, as well as the initiator of the creation of public museums. In 1965, he formed a family trio of bandurists "Zhayvory", whose touring activities covered Ukraine and a number of European and non-European countries. The artist's creative heritage includes poetic and musical works, graphics and works in the field of sacred painting.