Mar. 13—Amid the ongoing horrors of the Russia-Ukraine war and the response by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Ukrainian folk vocal group YAGÓDY have emerged as powerful voices of resilience and hope ...

[Orchestra playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, first movement: "Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso"] ♪ Conductor, voice-over: The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra was originally created to fight on ...

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, orchestra conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson felt she had to respond. "I wanted to turn my horror into action," the conductor, who ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Keri-Lynn Wilson was hired Monday as music director of the Kyiv Camerata. She succeeds Valery Matyukhin, who established the chamber orchestra in 1977 and died last year. “We shall be ...

When Dara Klymenko arrived in Yorkshire after escaping the war in Ukraine she had no idea whether she'd have to give up her love for the theatre. The 26-year-old professional actress moved in with a ...

A unit from the Ukrainian armed forces recreated the Oscar-winning “Naatu Naatu” song from the Indian Telugu-language “RRR” film, with new lyrics directed at their Russian foes, in the hope that the ...

Beethoven's 9th Symphony is one of the most recognized pieces of music in the world. (SOUNDBITE OF PERFORMANCE OF BEETHOVEN'S "SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MINOR: ODE TO JOY") UNIDENTIFIED CHORAL GROUP: ...