Semen Fedorovych Bryzh (1870s - †1943) was a bandura player.
He was born in the village of Kanivska in the Kuban. He was a Cossack farmer and warrior from his grandfather's side. Bandura player, soloist and ensemble player. A student of Stepan Zharko. Member of the men's bandura band in Kanivska village (1923-1943). He played the bandura of O. Korniievskyi.
He was a passionate admirer and connoisseur of Taras Shevchenko's works. He had his own solo programme, in which he alternated playing the bandura with reciting Taras Shevchenko's works. His repertoire was dominated by dumas, historical and Cossack songs, songs based on Taras Shevchenko's lyrics. As a rule, a solo concert began with the song "My thoughts, my thoughts" and ended with Taras Shevchenko's "Testament". Among the poet's works, he most often recited "The Great Cellar", "To the Dead, the Living, and the Unborn", "The Caucasus", and "Dream" ("Everyone has their own destiny..."). His favourite songs were "Good evening to you, green oak tree", "Oh, the owl sat on the grave", "Oh, and do not cry, periwinkle periwinkle", "Song about Morozenko", etc. He performed mainly in the Kaniv district of Kuban.
He was repressed in 1936. In 1943, after the NKVD arrested the chapel's leader S. Zharko, Semen Bryzhko shot himself in the floodplains near Kanivska village.
