Biography
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Почайна
Real name: Народна академічна хорова капела "Почайна" Національного університету "Києво-Могилянська академія"
Members: Олександр Жигун
Ukrainian folk choir. The Academic Folk Choir "Pochayna" was founded in 1986. Based at the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", the choir continues the choral tradition of this historic Academy, which since its founding has been not only a powerful educational institution, but also a significant cultural and musical center. Now the choir has about a hundred singers, almost all of them - students ex-students. The main creative focus is on the restoration of works of famous Ukrainian composers of the 18–19th centuries. Works by composers include: Maxim Berezovsky, Artemiy Vedel, Diletskoho M., M. Leontovich, K. Stetsenko, Mykola Lysenko, and pearls of world classics by Haydn, Vivalid, Mozart and Rachmaninov. The Choir is also performs folk songs in the arrangement of prominent Ukrainian composers.There are seventeen recorded CDs of the choir from "The Sacred Music in Europe XVIII-XXI centuries" series.