The Kobzar's Prayer Fundraiser for Ukraine

We welcome Jurij Fedynskyj and his family from Ukraine and featured sacred national instruments that they will be playing and demonstrating. This is a concert and presentation of the traditional bandura, kobza, and torban, in defense of Ukraine today.

Jurij Fedynskyj, a Ukrainian-American luthier and cultural diplomat, is reviving the lost kobzar and torban traditions of Eastern Ukraine—spiritual music once performed by blind bards and silenced during Stalin’s purges. Recognized by UNESCO as cultural heritage, this tradition lives on through Jurij’s 600+ free concerts across Ukraine and the front lines, and now through a U.S. tour spanning 50 cities with his wife and five children. From their home in Kryachkivka, Eastern Poltava, where Jurij leads the Poltava Kobzar Guild and hosts a summer music festival, the family performs historic Ukrainian songs, spiritual hymns, and international music of freedom. Their mission is to unite Ukraine and America as defenders of the free world, sharing Ukraine’s truth, soul, and centuries-long fight for independence.

LISTEN TO JURIJ HERE
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There is no charge for this event. By donation.
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