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The Hnat Khotkevych Ukrainian Bandurist Ensemble is a vocal and instrumental Ukrainian folkloric performing ensemble in Sydney, Australia. It was founded in June 1964 by bandurist Hryhory Bazhul and since May 1971 was directed by Peter Deriashnyj. ==Origins== At the end of World War II, bandurist Hryhory Bazhul emigrated to Sydney, Australia where he continued to perform for the Ukrainian community. Having had performing success in a number of bandura ensembles in Germany during the post war years (1944–49), he was keen to establish a similar ensemble in Sydney where he had settled on completion of his immigrant contract.〔Bazhul, H. "Альфа і омеґа мистецької одиниці в Сіднеї", ''Вільна Думка'' 13.VI.1982〕 In 1952, Bazhul advertised in ''The Free Thought'' Ukrainian-language newspaper in an attempt to locate like-minded individuals. Two years later he befriended vocalist Pavlo Stetsenko and began to teach him to play bandura. Over the next 4–5 years another six individuals joined the group and began to develop a bandura technique and repertoire.〔Бажул Г. Кобзарське мистецтво в Австралії //Вільна Думка, № 51(1047) Сідней, Австралія, 21.XII.1969〕 In time, this group of singer-bandurists began performing, initially in Sydney, and then in Melbourne to enthusiastic audiences. To mark the 100th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko death the group gave a series of concerts in Sydney and Melbourne and also produced a recording of four songs from their repertoire.〔 By 1963, after some 39 rehearsals (2-3 per month), five individuals of adult age and various levels of musical and vocal ability worked diligently to create a 17-song repertoire. This group had to overcome numerous difficulties related to the establishment of a bandurist ensemble in Australia, such as: manufacturing instruments; the procurement of suitable strings; tuning pegs and tuning keys. All these posed insurmountable problems. The development of repertoire was also an obstacle since no one in the group had suitable experience in arranging vocal works, as was the problem of duplication of musical scores. Repertoire collected by Bazhul from various sources was initially used and gradually all the other problems were overcome by sheer effort, which testifies to the tenacity of this ensemble and its founder. Then unexpectedly personal difficulties saw some of the members leave and now finding itself vocally incomplete the quintet ceased its activities in February 1964.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hnat Khotkevych Ukrainian Bandurist Ensemble」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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