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A very interesting concert on 15 May, by Taras Kompanichenko, a well-known Ukrainian musician, which will take place at the Eglise collegiale Sainte Pierre-Le-Jeune, at 20.00.

More information from the post in facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/pavlo.v.pushkar/posts/pfbid02q1ysopeaV8LTtMR8hRUUTU8EP8kjXxVymQFWPGyvGhBpn78p2JmxWXwKb2EkCvezl

Taras Kompanichenko is a Ukrainian cultural figure, member of the Plast Ukrainian youth organisation, composer, poet, kobzar, bandura player, lirnyk, and multi-instrumentalist. He is also a textologist, musicologist, and music historian. He is a researcher and populariser of Ukraine's epic, medieval, and baroque musical traditions.

He is the leader of the musical group ‘Khoreya Kozatska.’ Honoured Artist of Ukraine (2008) and People's Artist of Ukraine (2019). With the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, he mobilised to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and is a senior soldier in the 241st Separate Territorial Defence Brigade. Winner of the Shevchenko Prize in 2023.

The concert is a part of the project Culture vs War and a documentary film concerning Taras Kompanichenko and his artistic engagement can be found here (for your kind interest): "Culture vs war. Taras Kompanichenko". The premiere of the documentary