Shchedryk (choir)

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Kyiv Children's Choir Shchedryk founded in 1971 in Ukraine by Iryna Sablina (wife of Roman Kofman). Since 2004, the artistic director and chief conductor of the collective is the Honored Artist of Ukraine Marianna Sablina.

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The repertoire of the Shchedryk choir includes Renaissance music, baroque, classical and spiritual music, arrangements of Ukrainian songs and songs of the peoples of the world, works of modern domestic and foreign composers. Shchedryk performs all works in the original language.

Today, the choir has more than 150 children of various ages who are engaged in the respective age groups. About 55 best performers are part of the concert lineup. Over the 50 years of the choir's existence, Shchedryk has trained more than 2,000 choristers. Among the graduates of the choir are the Ukrainian composer Viktoria Poleva and the soloist of the Kyiv House of Organ Music Maria Lipinska.

Concert activities

Shchedryk gave more than 500 concerts in Germany, USA, Canada, Italy, Australia, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine, in particular in concert halls: Carnegie Hall (New York), Musikverein Golden Hall and Konzerthaus Great Hall (Vienna), the Chamber Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic, Mozarteum (Salzburg), Beethovenhalle (Bonn), Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto), Gasteig (Munich), Forum (Leverkusen), Musikaliska and Eric Ericsonhallen (Stockholm), the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory named after P. I. Tchaikovsky, and others.

In joint projects, Shchedryk cooperated with Volodymyr Krainev, Gidon Kremer, Roman Kofman, Giya Kancheli, Ivan Monighetti, Daniel Barenboim, Marta Argerich and others.

The first three recordings of the Shchedryk choir were made by the Melodiya company on vinyl records. Part of the Shchedryk repertoire is presented on 5 CDs recorded in Ukraine. The German company Deutsche Welle broadcast the 2011 Shchedryk Christmas concert in Bonn. An honorable place in the choir's discography is occupied by the composition "Three small liturgies" by Olivier Messiaen, performed by Shchedryk together with the Kremerata Baltica orchestra under the direction of Roman Kofman, which was included in the collection of the best concerts in the history of the Gidon Kremer Chamber Music Festival.

Festivals and competitions

The choir participated in prestigious Ukrainian and international music festivals and competitions:

Awards and Reviews

In all international competitions in which Shchedryk participated, they won the highest awards:

Press reviews

Famous quotes about Shchedryk

«Children's choirs exist in many countries, but Shchedryk is a special phenomenon because it is based on the unique choral traditions established by Iryna Sablina and successfully continued by her daughter Marianna Sablina. Thanks to them, Shchedryk became a unique phenomenon» [4] .

«I would like to testify that "Shchedryk" is an outstanding ensemble that always enjoys incredible success with the public and connoisseurs. This is a choral ensemble capable of "speaking" on a global scale with angelic children's voices about their country and testifying to the historical musical traditions of their people».

«The victory of the Kyiv children's choir "Shchedryk" in Rome was an absolute victory of Ukrainian choral art in the world».

«We must bow to these young children who carry our music, our culture abroad. They do it qualitatively, beautifully and sincerely. Shchedryk is the pride of Ukraine» [4] .

«Thank you, Shchedryk, for being flawless in your singing!» [5]

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