Ukrainian bandura player, poet, bard, rock musician.
Biography.
Kobzar, bandura player and lyre player. A doctor by profession. Graduated from the Dnipro Medical Institute (1988) and music school, majoring in violin. Since 1988, he has been a member of the "Don't be sad!" theater. In 1989-93 he lived in Cherkasy, since 1994 - in Kyiv. He is a bard, winner of all-Ukrainian festivals. At the 1989 Chervona Ruta Festival, he won the first prize among singers with his songs "From Captivity, from Under Izmail," "The Sky of Ukraine," "About Khokhl Prydurchenko," and "Monomakh's Hat." Performer and reconstructor of traditional kobza and lyre repertoire accompanied by the Veresaiev kobza, old world bandura, and wheeled lyre. He began to study at the performing school in 1988, studying the research of Mykola Lysenko and other musicologists.
A significant part of the repertoire is made up of original psalms and folk songs - "Zaporizhzhia songs", Cossack psalms, knightly songs, slave laments, prayer songs, pious psalms and cantos, spiritual and secular lyrics. Joined the Kyiv Kobza Workshop (1988). Main creative direction: author's song (author of words and music). Among the styles: modern ballad and romance, traditional kobzarism, rock. In 2007-08, he performed as a guitarist and vocalist in the band "Ruthenia" ("Neopalyma Kupyna").
Awards and titles
Honorary title "Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine"
Order of Merit, III class (January 22, 2019) - for significant personal contribution to state building, strengthening national security, socio-economic, scientific, technical, cultural and educational development of the Ukrainian state, significant labor achievements, many years of conscientious work
Recordings and publications
CD-album "About Glory and Riches" (Nash Format), 2011
CD-"two-volume" "Who is alive" by the band Ruthenia, (Nash Format), 2011
Recording of songs for the album by Ruthenia "Neopalyma Kupyna" (Nash Format, 2007)
Eduard Drach Katarsis, - K. "Smoloskyp" 2007, ISBN 978-966-8499-60-9,
"Tales of Lirnyk Sashko" (musical accompaniment, singing) "SameTak", 2003, 2006
"Songs of the Barricades. The spirit does not fade, the spirit does not die!" Oleg Skrypka's project "Ukrainian Music Publishing House", 2005
"Who strongly trusts in God" PSALMS AND CANTOS, Kyiv kobza workshop (participation in the project), ("Oberig XXI", 2003)
"The Sky of Ukraine" MS, CD-extra, - "Exactly so!", 2002
"Eduard Drach. His own songs", CD-album, 1996
"Guitar in your free time. A Guide for the First Steps" (with a training cassette) published by the author with the support of "A-ba-ba-ga-la-ma-ha" by Ivan Malkovych, 1995
"Songs of the Cossack Land" - Magnetic album "Zen Records & NerveTM", 1994
Magnetic album "Eduard Drach and Nina Matvienko", "Studio Lev "1990
Cassettes of the winners of the first festival "Chervona Ruta", "Kobza", KOV-003 KOV-004, 1989
