Mykola Buchko: author's evening “In the light of the word”

February 12, 2004, Chernivtsi.

Author's evening of the laureate of literary awards, member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, poet Mykola Buchko.

The program includes: a performance by Professor of the Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University Nadiya Babych; Anna's monologue from the poem "Dust" performed by actress Larisa Popenko; the song "Mama" performed by Mykola Zadorozhnyak (concertmaster Natalia Danylyshyn); the dance theater "Arabesques"; Mykola Buchko recites the dramatic poem "The Second Me", "The Passion of the Evangelist Matthew", "The Prophet, or the Last Night of Taras Shevchenko"; Ophelia's monologue and Joan of Arc's monologue performed by Valentyna Holovko; recitation by Lyudmila Skrypka; chamber choir of the regional philharmonic (artistic director and chief conductor Honored Worker of Culture Vasyl Halychansky); performances by young writers: Vitalina Protsyuk, Yulia Bodnar, Maryna Tymofiychuk, Khrystyna Venhrynuk; performance by participants of the “Barvy” studio: Alina Bosovych, Iryna Bozychko, Snizhana Shynkarenko, Tetyana Yukhno, Larisa Bilova, Olga Ivanova, Alla Kobylyanska; recitation by theater actress Valentyna Volovko; Oksana Savchuk sings.

Comments: Deputy Head of the Department of Culture of the Regional State Administration Vyacheslav Mykhalchuk; Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Science of the Regional State Administration Bohdan Poturnak; Head of the Department of Family and Youth Affairs of the Chernivtsi City Council Nataliya Kotsur; Father Valeriy Syrotyuk.

Reference: Mykola Ivanovych Buchko is a Ukrainian poet, member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine. Laureate of the Petro Usenko, Dmytro Zagul and Stepan Vorobkevych prizes. Author of poetry collections, including "Sunrises", "Towards Summer", as well as a translator of works by Romanian writers. The leading themes of his work are the memory of those who died in war, the establishment of peace, goodness, justice and the search for truth.