Taras Kompanichenko
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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". He was an active particitant in the Orange Revolution
that took place in Ukraine from November 2004 to January 2005.
Originally trained as a painter and an art-historian, he gave up this profession up in favor of music.
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...
, 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...
, lira player, 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...
and 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...
. He is an active member in the Kiev Kobzar Guild as well as in the Early Music
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
ensembles "Chorea Kozacka" and "Sarmatica". He was an active particitant in the Orange Revolution
Orange Revolution
The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter...
that took place in Ukraine from November 2004 to January 2005.
Originally trained as a painter and an art-historian, he gave up this profession up in favor of music.