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Hyphen Dash Wins First Prize In the Inaugural Ukrainian Jazz Prize 2025
The Ukrainian Institute, in partnership with the Europe Jazz Network (EJN), is proud to announce the winners of the first Ukrainian Jazz Prize 2025, a national award established to recognise outstanding Ukrainian jazz musicians and support their international development. The Prize highlights the diversity, innovation, and resilience of the Ukrainian jazz scene and aims to strengthen ...
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Alina Zalozna
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Alina Zalozna is a jazz vocalist, composer and a new face of the Ukrainian jazz scene, crafting a front edge blend of improvised jazz and folk in a warm and organic tone. She was the winner of the International Baku jazz competition in 2019 and received a special recognition as a soloist by the jury of Blue Note Poznan jazz competition in 2021.
In 2022 she released her debut album “Ukrainian Melodies” as a response on the full scale Russian-Ukrainian war, featuring the prominent Ukrainian jazz musicians Borys Mohylevskyi, Oleksandr Malyshev, Denys Dontsov, Valentyn Korniienko, Pavlo Halytskyi. The album consists of 10 Ukrainian folk songs presented in Alina’s original jazz arrangements that she had been working on for the past 5 years. Using a common jazz language, she naturally combined authentic melodies with contemporary jazz rhythms and harmonies. The project received positive feedback and was performed live in Ukraine and Malaga, Spain, where she performed charity concerts featuring Ukrainian bassist and composer Illya Alabuzhev and Spanish saxophonist Enrique Oliver in support of Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Jazz Media: Unwavering Service
by Ian Patterson
Though the history of jazz in Ukraine dates back to the second decade of the 20th Century, jazz media in Ukraine was slower to develop. While this article's primary focus is on today's jazz journalists, independent proselytizers and advocates, it would be remiss not to mention some of those who paved the way. Several ...
A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 3
by Ian Patterson
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The third installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces five more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. The vast range of personal musical identities attests to the strength, depth and ...
Usein Bekirov: Qizilciqlar
by Ian Patterson
Head of the jazz department at Lviv National Academy of Music (LNMA), Usein Bekirov is a Ukrainian jazz-fusion/ethno-jazz keyboardist who draws on his Crimean Tatar musical roots as well as influences from Azerbaijan and the Balkans. As titles go, “Qizilciqlar" might not roll off the tongue, but the music does the talking. Lilting folkloric melody and ...
The Ukraine Connection: Sandy Eldred
by B.D. Lenz
It's an understatement to say that politics are very polarizing right now and one of the most heated topics is that of Ukraine. Regardless of how you feel about the war, we can all agree that it is a very difficult time for the Ukrainian people. With the conflict raging on for years, they're undoubtedly trying ...
A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 2
by Ian Patterson
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The second installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces five more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. In addition, we profile the jazz festivals and jazz clubs that are keeping ...
Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi: Tabula Rasa-Blank Slate
by Ian Patterson
Having played together since 2015, harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and saxophonist Tony Kofi have developed a keen musical understanding. In 2024 they released the gorgeous duo album, Altera Vita (BBE Records), which moved the late Chris May to write: “This ineffably beautiful and restorative disc succeeds resoundingly in its mission statement. This is, say the duo, to ...
Danylo Vinarikov Ensemble: Ethiopian (DZ'OB Deconstruction)
by Ian Patterson
A danceable cocktail of Afro-Caribbean-cum-Latin rhythms, “Ethiopian" stems from a salsa-ish motif supplied by saxophonist and leader Danylo Vinarikov that burrows under the skin and refuses to budge. Vinarikov's tenor looks as old as the Carpathians, but his sound and that of his ensemble, whilst rooted in the jazz tradition, is refreshingly contemporary. Short and punchy ...
Kateryna Ziabliuk: 23 Ways To Forget Oneself
by Ian Patterson
The cryptically titled “23 Ways To Forget Oneself" will, if given the attention it deserves, spirit the listener away from their daily concerns--perhaps even forgetting themselves along the way--for just under nine minutes. Kateryna Ziabliuk works her keys like a sculptor, chiseling surely but steadily, gradually revealing a form--her increasingly fluid lines tinged with Ukrainian folk ...
