Chamber Choir "Kyiv"

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Chamber Choir “Kyiv”

Chamber Choir “Kyiv” is a professional team founded in December 1990. The artists of the choir are graduates of music academies and universities of Ukraine, united in a common artistic path under the leadership of Mykola Hobdych, who was educated at the Kyiv Conservatory. The choir’s programs include national and foreign music of the Middle Ages, baroque, classicism, romanticism, and modernity.

Since its foundation, the choir has become an integral part of the artistic life of Kyiv.

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Mykola Hobdych
choir conductor

Born in 1961 in the Carpathian village of Bytkovi. He graduated from the Drohobytsky School of Music and the Kyiv Conservatory.

Since 1990, he is the founder and conductor of the Kyiv Chamber Choir.

Mykola Hobdych carries out fruitful work on deciphering and publishing newly discovered works of the heritage of Ukrainian choral art.

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24.12
18:00
Tuesday
Christmas in Andijvska church
09.12
18:00
Monday
Presentation of the art book for family reading and listening “Musical Ukraine”
14.10
19:00
Monday
Roots (Vytoky)

Discography

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05 Feb 2020
Prayer to the Holy Mother of God
Hanna Havrylets, "Prayer to the Holy Mother of God." Performed by the Chamber Choir "Kyiv," conductor — Mykola Hobdych.
12 Apr 2024
"Melody" by Myroslav Skoryk (choral arrangement by Mykola Hobdych)
The famous "Melody" by Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk is well-known not only throughout Ukraine but also far beyond its borders.
13 Apr 2024
Lesia Dychko — Liturgy (Choir "Kyiv")
The Chamber Choir "Kyiv" presents the liturgy by the renowned Ukrainian composer Lesia Vasylivna Dychko at the St. Alexander Cathedral in Kyiv.
Boryfest festival
28 April 2024

Boryfest festival. Inspired by Alla Gorska, it took place in the last five days of work. The exhibition “Alla Gorska. Boriviter” — and became its solemn coda. A dozen or so events took place during the festival: thematic excursions, public interviews, plays, concerts, performances, master classes – they were attended by thousands of guests. We […]

In memory of Hanna Havrylets: a concert-presentation of a sheet music collection
12 April 2024

A concert featuring the music of Hanna Havrylets, performed by the Kyiv Choir, took place in Saint Sophia Cathedral to mark the release of the composer’s sheet music collection. The dramatic and poignant music of Mrs. Hanna will now be available to the general public, thanks to the collection’s editor, the conductor of the Kyiv […]

Sacred Shevchenko: Stankovych, Skoryk, Sylvestrov
09 March 2024

On Taras Shevchenko’s birthday, March 9, at 5:00 PM, the Kyiv Chamber Choir, conducted by Mykola Hobdych, presented the program “Sacred Shevchenko: Stankovych, Skoryk, Silvestrov” at the Ukrainian House. The concert program featured works by three Ukrainian musical geniuses — Yevhen Stankovych, Myroslav Skoryk, and Valentyn Silvestrov — set to the poetry of Taras Shevchenko, […]

Facsimile of three ancient books — “Apostles”
08 February 2024

On February 8, an extraordinary event took place at the National Reserve “Saint Sophia of Kyiv” — the presentation of facsimiles of three ancient books, the “Apostles.” This was made possible thanks to Anna Horobets Publishing, the Voznytsky Charitable Foundation, the Center for Research and Revival of Volyn, and many benefactors and scholars. The “Khrystynopil […]