Eduard Drach
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Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih or Krivoy Rog is a city in central Ukraine. It is situated in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, to the southwest of the oblast's administrative center, Dnipropetrovsk, at the confluence of the Inhulets and Saksahan rivers...
, in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine, the most important industrial region of the country. Its administrative center is Dnipropetrovsk....
, in the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
– in present-day Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) is а prominent and influential composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, kobzar
Kobzar
A Kobzar was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment.-Tradition:Kobzars were often blind, and became predominantly so by the 1800s...
and bandurist
Bandurist
A bandurist is a person who plays the Ukrainian plucked string instrument known as the bandura.-Types of performers:There are a number of different types of bandurist who differ in their paricular choice of instrument, the specific repertoire they play and manner in which they approach their...
. He is an active member in the Kiev Kobzar Guild. The author of numerous songs in a variety of styles, Drach is noted in particular for his original psalms in Ukrainian historical
Musical historicism
Musical historicism signifies the use of historical materials, structures, styles, techniques, media, conceptual content, etc., whether by a single composer or those associated with a particular school, movement, or period...
folk style.
Drach was educated as a physician, but gave this profession up in favor of music. His first instrument was the violin. He went on to become a prize-winner at numerous festivals, in particular: The Red Rue festival (Chervona Ruta)- 1989 ("Червонa Рутa - 89").
An accomplished musician, his music styles include: modern ballade & romance, traditional folk-music, folk-rock, folk-jazz, folk avant-garde etc.He is proficient in guitar: 6, 7, 12 str. (Mainly, 12 str), violin, keyboards, bass, mandolin, banjo, kobza
Kobza
The kobza is a Ukrainian folk music instrument of the lute family , a relative of the Central European mandora...
, traditional bandura
Bandura
Bandura refers to a Ukrainian plucked string folk instrument. It combines elements of a box zither and lute, as well as its lute-like predecessor, the kobza...
, husli, lira
Lira
Lira is the name of the monetary unit of a number of countries, as well as the former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Vatican City and Israel. The term originates from the value of a Troy pound of high purity silver. The libra was the basis of the monetary system of the Roman Empire...
(hurdy-gurdy).
Recitals and concert tours
2008April, 5 - SEVAMA-poetic-fest, Kiev, Ukraine
March 22, 2008 Poetic action devoted to the International Poetry day
February, 22Sliva-poetic-fest,
February, 19 Ukrainian Heroic Song Concert, Kiev.
05.04.08 - International Poetry festyval "Sevama-fest", Kiev, Ukraine
1-3.08.08 - "Tuzla Baricade" festival
1.08.08 - "Balaclava's Vacations" - song festival, Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
13.08.08- "Independence Day With Nestor Makhno" - performance, Khreshchatyk Str., Kiev, Ukraine
14.10.08 - "Pokrova Festival", Mykhailivska (St. Michael) Sq., Kiev, Ukraine
22.10, 26.11.08 - "Singing Poetry Evenings"
2007
Participation in the Ukrainian Exhibition in the Europarlament devoted to the HOLODOMOR
Holodomor
The Holodomor was a man-made famine in the Ukrainian SSR between 1932 and 1933. During the famine, which is also known as the "terror-famine in Ukraine" and "famine-genocide in Ukraine", millions of Ukrainians died of starvation in a peacetime catastrophe unprecedented in the history of...
(Artificial Hunger in Ukraine in 1932-33). Brussels, Belgium, March, 2007
"Ukrainian Song poetry Evenings in a Writers' House" - basic supporting program of Ukrainian poets and bards from January, 2007
"Independence Day with Mahno" - Author's concert in music-literature festival in Hulaj-Pole (Zaporizhzhia oblast). August, 24-25, 2007
"Kraina Mrij" - International World Music Festival, Kiev. 7-8.07.08
"Balaklavs'ki Kanikuly" («Balaklava's Vacations»), International festival. Sevastopol, Crimea
Crimea
Crimea , or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , is a sub-national unit, an autonomous republic, of Ukraine. It is located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name...
, Ukraine, 1-6.08.07
"Sribna Pidkova" Song Poetry Festival, Lviv, 27-28.10.07
Luts'ka Barykada - festival, Lutsk
Lutsk
Lutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
, 10.11.07
2006
"Independence Day with Mahno" - music-literature festival in Hulaj-Pole (Zaporizhzhia oblast)
2004-2005
Participations on a collective project "Songs of The Orange Revolution" with Oleg Skrypka, Foma, "Gryngholy", Taras Sylenko, Taras Kompanichenko and Serhij Solonyj.
2004 - 2005
Lissberg Drehleier und Dudelsack Festival (Festival of Hurdy-gurdy and Bagpipe music in Lissberg, Germany. Recitals and courses of Ukrainian kobza and hurdy-gurdy tradition. Courses of Ukrainian kobzar and hurdy-gurdy tradition.
2004
Surgut Festival of Slavonic cultures (Western Siberia, Russia)
2001
Author's concert in Teacher's House, Kiev. (Live broadcast over the radio)
1998
Author's concert "Nebo Ukrainy" in Ukrainian House in Kiev. (Live broadcast over the radio)
1996
International Floristic Festival in "Ukraina" Palace, Kiev.
1995
Festival of The "Mono-Arts" "Kut" (Corner")
1994-95
Recitals among Ukrainian societies in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, (ON, CA) FM, TV
1993
Author's concert in Ukrainian House in Kiev. (Live broadcast over the radio)
Recitals among Ukrainian societies in France and Germany
1990 Canadian tour of "Chervona Ruta” Award-Winners Ontario, Canada.
1989-90
Russia, Ukrainian Culture Days in Moscow University of "Chervona Ruta” Award-Winners concert tour
1989
Poland. Ukrainian festival Sopot-89, as a guest.
Festival awards
1992Winner of International Festival of Author's Song "Bili Vitryla"
1991
All Ukrainian Festival of Author's Song "Oberih", winner of The First Winning Award
1989
All Ukrainian Festival Chervona Ruta, Chernivtsi (1-st Winning Award in song poetry)
1988
Ukrainian Republican Festival of Author's Song in Kiev (?-st award).
Winner of Ukrainian Republican TV-Radio festival "New Names"
1987
Festival of Author's Song of Ukraine and Moldavia , Kharkiv
1983
Diploma of All soviet jazz-festival “Jazz on Dneper-river ” (in a staff of Ranok group, Dnipropetrovs'k)
Recordings and issues
2007KATARSYS. The book of song texts and verses. "Smoloskyp" 2007
Several of his songs were adapted for lute
Lute
Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
or torban
Torban
The torban is a Ukrainian musical instrument that combines the features of the Baroque Lute with those of the psaltery. The Тorban differs from the more common European Bass lute known as the Theorbo in that it had additional short treble strings strung along the treble side of the soundboard. It...
by Roman Turovsky.
2005
CD "Dvom dusham Darujet'sia" - "Presenting For Two Souls" - Lyric songs.
2004-2005
- Participations on a collective CD - project "Songs of The Orange Revolution" with Oleg Skrypka, Foma, "Gryndzholy", Taras Sylenko, Taras Kompanichenko
Taras Kompanichenko
Таras Коmpanichenkо is an influential kobzar, bandurist, lira player, composer and singer-songwriter. He is an active member in the Kiev Kobzar Guild as well as in the Early Music ensembles "Chorea Kozacka" and "Sarmatica"...
and Serhij Solonyj.
"Tales of Lirnyk Sashko" - participation in a recordings of a CD's of Olexandr Vlasiuk
2004
Participation in new project of "Otava" folk group and "Oberih - XXI" publishing - traditional songs of Kiev's region (as a traditional singer)
2003
Participation in the collective project of Kiev Kobzar Guild CD - "That Who Mighty Relies Upon God."
2001-2002
“Nebo Ukrainy”, (CD-extra) - Art Agency “Same Tak”
2000-2001
Song Cycle for Ukrainian Radio, Ukrainian Recording House.
1998
Edward Drach, Own Songs. - cassette, authors issue.
1995
"Gutar In Your Free Time" - Manual with educational tape. Authors publication with technical support of A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA Publishing.
1995
"The Songs Of The Land of The Cossaks" - with Zen Records&Nerve TM, Toronto, Canada.
1990
Edward Drach and Nina Matvijenko, Studija Leva, Lviv, Ukraine.
1989
Cassettes of Award-Winners of the 1-st Festival "Chervona Ruta”, Kobza International, Canada 2003 2004 (KOB 01-05)
See also
- Musical historicismMusical historicismMusical historicism signifies the use of historical materials, structures, styles, techniques, media, conceptual content, etc., whether by a single composer or those associated with a particular school, movement, or period...