Ukrainian Music Festival

The Ukrainian Music Festival (UMF) is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1970 by Marta Krawciw-Barabash, Joanna Kushpeta and Olena Borys in Toronto, Ontario. It began as an annual festival that provided an opportunity for young musicians of varying cultural backgrounds to perform pieces by Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian composers and learn more about music and Ukrainian culture.

Currently, the festival continues to promote Ukrainian culture through the preservation and dissemination of Ukrainian music among our local communities. Zoloti Struny have been participating in these festivals every year for almost 20 years. Our students have been adjudicated by many renowned bandura professionals.

The Ukrainian Music Festival offers scholarships to students scoring high in their age and instrument categories provided by UMF and local businesses committed to preserving Ukrainian culture. These students are invited to perform at the Gala Showcase Concert on the day following their competitions.

Solomia Shevchuk

Category: Bandura – Age 12

Year: 2021

“Прелюд”
К. М’ясков
Daria Sulipka

Category: Bandura – Age 12

Year: 2021

“Пасакалія”
Оксана Герасименко
Vitalina Mykhailuik

Category: Bandura – Age 14

Year: 2021

“Вальс”
Тітов
Mariane and Michael Shved

Category: Bandura – Duet

Year: 2021

“Був у мене сивий кінь”,
муз. Oksana Harasymenko
Lesia Kosarenko

Category: Bandura – Age 13

Year: 2021

“Жига”
Oksana Harasymenko
Daria Szwedyk

Category: Bandura – Age 17

Year: 2020

“Скерцо”
обр. K. Мясков
Solomia Shevchuk

Category: Bandura – Age 11

Year: 2020

Варіації на тему укр. нар. пісні
“Взяв би я бандуру”
обр. А. Омельченко
Lesia Kosarenko & Solomia Kosarenko

Category: Bandura – Age 12

Year: 2020

“Мелодія в Kласичному Cтилі”
обр.О.Гeрасеменко – Олійник
Marianne Shved

Category: Bandura – Age 13

Year: 2020

“Пасакалія”
обр.О.Гeрасеменко
Daria Sulipka

Category: Bandura – Age 11

Year: 2020

Фантазія на тему
“Ой Зацвіли Фіялочки”
обр.О.Гeрасеменко
Solomia Kosarenko

Category: Bandura – Age 11

Year: 2019

Варіації на тему укр. нар. пісні
“Якби мені черевики”
обр. Н. Курило

“Вишиванка”
О. Сандлер
Сл. М. Сома
обр. В. Зелінська
Lesia Kosarenko

Category: Bandura – Age 11

Year: 2019

Варіації на тему укр. нар. пісні
“Ой на горі там женці жнуть”
обр. М. Лобко
Daria Szwedyk

Category: Bandura – Age 16

Year: 2019

Варіації на тему укр. нар. пісні
“Ой, Вербо, Вербо”
обр. О. Герасименко

2019 Ukrainian Music Festival Participants

Anastasia Shved
Solomia Shevchuk
Daria Sulipka
Lesia Kosarenko
Solomia Kosarenko
Sofia Gates
Vitalina Mykhailiuk
Mariane Shved
Daria Szwedyk