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.
Category: Bandura – Age 12
Year: 2021
“Прелюд”
К. М’ясков
Category: Bandura – Age 12
Year: 2021
“Пасакалія”
Оксана Герасименко
Category: Bandura – Age 14
Year: 2021
“Вальс”
Тітов
Category: Bandura – Duet
Year: 2021
“Був у мене сивий кінь”,
муз. Oksana Harasymenko
Category: Bandura – Age 13
Year: 2021
“Жига”
Oksana Harasymenko
Category: Bandura – Age 17
Year: 2020
“Скерцо”
обр. K. Мясков
Category: Bandura – Age 11
Year: 2020
Варіації на тему укр. нар. пісні
“Взяв би я бандуру”
обр. А. Омельченко
Category: Bandura – Age 12
Year: 2020
“Мелодія в Kласичному Cтилі”
обр.О.Гeрасеменко – Олійник
Category: Bandura – Age 13
Year: 2020
“Пасакалія”
обр.О.Гeрасеменко
Category: Bandura – Age 11
Year: 2020
Фантазія на тему
“Ой Зацвіли Фіялочки”
обр.О.Гeрасеменко
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
Category: Bandura – Age 11
Year: 2019
Варіації на тему укр. нар. пісні
“Ой на горі там женці жнуть”
обр. М. Лобко
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