Yuriy Fedynsky Юрій Фединський | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) United States |
| Died | March 4, 1996 (aged 64–65) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Singing, kobza, torban, bandura |
Yuriy Fedynsky[a] (Ukrainian: Юрій Фединський, born 1975) is a Ukrainian-American composer, musician, singer-songwriter, producer, bandleader, luthier, cultural activist, and pedagogue.[1] Fedynsky performs on kobza, torban, and traditional bandura.
He was born in the United States, but moved permanently to his ancestral Kyiv, (Ukraine) after the break-up of the USSR, specifically to pursue a career in Ukrainian folklore.[2]
He studied piano under Henry Doskiy and bandura under Julian Kytasty. He is one of the founding members of the Experimental Bandura Trio, together with Julian Kytasty and Michael Andrec. He performed with the Detroit-based Ukrainian Bandurist Choir. He also collaborated with Ukrainian rock band Haydamaky. He is also a co-founder of several ensembles, in particular The Carpathians, Run Through the Jungle and Chorea Cozacky (with Taras Kompanichenko.[3] He is a member in Kyiv Kobzar Guild.[4] As of 2016, he joined the Ukrainian folk ensemble "Drevo" from the Poltava region.
Fedynsky is a luthier of such instruments as kobza, bandura, torban, hurdy-gurdy. He founded a guild of makers and performers in the village of Kryachkivka. The annual music festival "Drevo Rodu Kobzarskoho" takes place in the village[5][6]
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- ^ Tsymbal, S: Comeback, 2009.
- ^ Babij, L: A Word with Jurij Fedynskyj, Kyiv Post, 2006
- ^ Zakryta Zona: Kobzar, 2008.
- ^ Teren, T: Від фанкоблюзу до кобзарства. Україна Молода, 2009
- ^ Klid, B: A Feast of Authentic Kobzar Music. The Ukrainian Weekly, March 2009.
- ^ Stolyarchuk, I: Американець Юрко Фединський уміє грати на кобзі. Gazeta.ua, 2008.[1]