Chervona Ruta (festival)

Chervona Ruta
Genre
Location(s)Various cities in Ukraine
Years active1989–present

Chervona Ruta (Ukrainian: Червона рута) is a permanent biennial all-Ukrainian youth festival of contemporary song and popular music,[1] which has been held every two years since 1989.[2] It was a benchmark where more Ukrainian popular music was presented transitioning away from traditional Ukrainian folk culture associated with "sharovary" genre. Unlike the Soviet festival Song of the Year (Pesnya goda),[1] where only a selected song from Ukraine sometimes was demonstrated, Chervona Ruta allowed more singers and songs.

The festival is dedicated to a Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet Volodymyr Ivasyuk who is the author and composer of the widely popular Ukrainian song Chervona Ruta. The name may refer to a mythological or actual species of flowering plants Chervona ruta.

  1. ^ a b Serhiy Kharynovych. The first republican. What was the 1989 festival "Chervona Ruta" (Перший республіканський. Чим був фестиваль «Червона рута» 1989 року?) The Ukrainian Week. 2 January 2017
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ukraine 3000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).