Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir

The Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir (Національний заслужений академічний український народний хор України імені Григорія Верьовки) is a professional Ukrainian ensemble founded in 1943.
The choir was founded in 1943 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to promote and spread Ukrainian folk music and dance traditions. The initiator and the first leader of the choir was Hryhoriy Veryovka, researcher and choir conductor. The choir represented Ukrainian art in the cities of the USSR, Romania (1952, 1956), Poland (1953), Finland (1954), Belgium and Luxembourg (1958), Germany (1959), Yugoslavia (1962) and other countries. In honor of the its founder, the choir was named after him in 1965. In the same year, the team was headed by Anatoly Avdievsky. Since 1965 the choir has been awarded the title of "deserved", since 1974 - "academic", in 1997 granted the status of "national".
The Veryovka Choir has toured in Mexico, Canada, France, Switzerland, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and a number of other countries, and has traditionally participated in major Ukrainian state events. He has received many national and international awards, in particular for the contribution to peace and friendship between peoples, he was awarded a silver medal World Peace Council. In 2019, a full-length film about the choir was shot.
==Links to Peel==
Peel mentioned on his 19th February 1990 show that his friend, Mischa, from Russia who was visiting Peel Acres left him some records including the Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir, which he played on the show. On his 18th June 1993 programme, Peel read out a letter from Eamonn Finnegan (Peel wondered whether he was a member of the Would Be's), who wanted to hear the choir's 'A Plank Of Willow Wood', the English translation title, which he first heard in the early 90's on his show. Peel obliged and played the track and after the song, he made a comment on stating the choir's album sleeve is wonderful and that the record could possibly be only bought in the Ukraine.
==Shows Played==
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*19 February 1990: A Plank Of Willow Wood (Вербовая Дощечка) (album - The Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir) Melodiya
;1991
*28 July 1991: Oh, I Am So Pretty ((Ой Гарна Я, Гарна)) (album - The Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir) Melodiya
*09 August 1991 (BFBS): Oh I Am Pretty So Pretty (Ой Гарна Я, Гарна) (LP - Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir) Мелодия
;1993
*18 June 1993: A Plank Of Willow Wood (Вербовая Дощечка) (album - The Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir) Melodiya
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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