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Taras Kompanichenko

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Taras Kompanichenko
Тарас Компаніченко
Background information
Born (1969-11-14) November 14, 1969 (age 55)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
GenresFolk
Occupation(s)Kobzar, bandurist, lirnyk, composer, singer-songwriter
InstrumentBandura

Taras Viktorovych Kompanichenko (Ukrainian: Тарас Вікторович Компаніченко; born 14 November 1969) is a Ukrainian recording artist, kobzar, bandurist, lirnyk, composer and singer-songwriter.[1] He is an active member of the Kobzarskyi Tsekh (literally "Kobzar guild") as well as of the Early Music ensembles "Chorea Kozacka [uk]" and "Sarmatica". He was an active participant in the Orange Revolution that took place in Ukraine from November 2004 to January 2005 as well as Euromaidan 2013–2014. He is a Merited Artist of Ukraine[2] and a laureate of the Vasyl Stus Prize.

Born in Kyiv and originally trained as a painter and an art historian, he gave up this profession in favor of music. In the wake of Russia launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he took up arms and joined the 241st Territorial Defense Brigade.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Тарас Компаніченко - пісні, біографія - Українські пісні".
  2. ^ "Указ Президента України № 1001/2008 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України»". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). 2 October 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016.
  3. ^ Hayda, Julian (1 June 2022). "War isn't dampening artists' determination to revive Indigenous Ukrainian music". NPR. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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