Ukrainian bandurist, composer, arranger, DJ, laureate of all-Ukrainian and international competitions, semi-finalist and winner of the prize of audience sympathy of the TV show "Ukraine has talent-2", founder of the band "Spylyasty Kobzari".
Biography
Yaroslav Dzhus was born in Kyiv. Yaroslav's mother took him to the "Zirochka" kindergarten from the "Arsenal" plant—the only Ukrainian-speaking preschool in Kyiv at the time. Later, Yaroslav attended the "Oranta" art studio, which was headed by Hryhoriy Mestechkin. In the studio, they taught drawing, singing Ukrainian folk songs and playing musical instruments. Since Yaroslav's mother did not have enough money to buy her son a piano, Yaroslav's first musical instrument was an accordion. While studying in the ninth grade, Yaroslav learned about the bandura for the first time, and started practicing this instrument.
Then Yaroslav Dzhus studied at the music school named after M. V. Lysenko and at the Kyiv Children's Academy of Arts. Later, Yaroslav enrolled in a special school with in-depth study of the German language, which he graduated with honors in 2003.
In 2003, Yaroslav graduated from children's music school No. 31 in the piano class (with honors).
2007 — courses of the All-Ukrainian School of Youth Leaders with the qualification "Bachelor of Youth Organization Management".
2008 — Stritivska Higher Pedagogical School of Kobzar Art (red diploma of junior specialist, qualification "Singer-bandurist, teacher of bandura and singing, head of bandurists' chapel").
2011 — Kyiv National Pedagogical University named after M. P. Drahomanova (Faculty of "Musical Art and Psychology" with the qualification "Bachelor of Musical Arts; Music Teacher".
Since 2009, Yaroslav has been teaching piano at the Stritivskyi Higher Pedagogical School of Kobzar Art. In the same year, he became a member of the National Union of Kobzars of Ukraine.
Since 2018, he has been hosting the program "Bandura Style" on UA: Radio Kultura, where he popularizes bandura, kobzarstvo, and returns them to the public life of the nation. Famous bandurists, kobzars, musicians, teachers, art critics, and artists have repeatedly become guests of the program: the group "Spylyasty kobzars", Olga Goncharenko ("KoloYolo"), Serhiy Nechyporenko, Svitlana Mirvoda, Nadiya Broyako, Pavlo Rekun, Volodymyr Yesypok, Vanliss, Vasyl's wife Lytvina, Maryna Krut, Serhii Zakharets, Taras Stolyar, Olga Buga, Oksana Borovets, Kostyantyn Novytskyi (VIA "Kobza"), Ivan Luzan ("Sonstesvit"), Georgy Matviyev, Ivan Tkalenko, Taras Silenko, Naina Doroshenko, Anastasia Voytiuk, Tetyana Cherneta, Vasyl Lyutiy, Yulian Kitasty, Inna Lisnyak, Tetyana Mazur and Serhiy Shamrai ("B&B Project"), Natalya Khmel ("Riverland"), Ruslana Lisova, Anna Solovei and others.
Art
Yaroslav Dzhus in May 2012.
2009 — Yaroslav presented his social film "Ukraine is YOU" at the All-Ukrainian Festival of Social Advertising "Strong Ukraine-2009".
participation in the scientific and practical conference "Development and popularization of bandura art" within the framework of the festival of bandura composers "Bandura gives inspiration" with a report on the topic: "Conceptual PR of bandura: latest trends and musical experiments".
2010 — semi-finalist and winner of the Audience Award of the country's main show "Ukraine has talent" (season 2).
November 2010 — participation in the All-Canadian ceremony honoring the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933 (Ottawa, Canada).
2010–2014 — founder and co-organizer of the Kobzar Slam of the International Ethnic Festival "Land of Dreams";
2011 — participation in the International Jazz Music Festival "Alfa Jazz Fest" together with the jazz band "Roman Archakov Project" (pianist Roman Archakov, saxophonist Igor Naumov).
June - August 2011 - tours of Canada (Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Edmonton), participation in the "Historical Train of Ukrainian Pioneers" event, which was dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the resettlement of Ukrainian emigrants to Canada.
2011–2013 — popularization of bandura with tours in Ukraine, France, England (London, Oxford), Germany (Berlin, Munich), Belarus (Brest), Kazakhstan (Tashkent), Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg).
2011 — the creation of the national anthem for the Euro-2012 football championship.
December 14, 2012 — Djus Yaroslav's first solo concert took place in Kyiv with the participation of Spire Kobzars.
2013 — column "Ukrainian style" of the morning show "Let's go show!" on radio "Europa plus";
2014 — organizer of the modern bandura stage of the International ethno-festival "Land of Dreams";
2013–2015 — participant of the "Mystetskyi Arsenal" projects, the "Trypilske Circle", "She.Fest", "KobzArt", "GOGOLFEST", "Korean Wave", the "Tarasova Gora" motorcycle festival, the Megamarch of embroidered women, the ART-picnic of Slava Frolova etc;
2014 — participant of the All-Ukrainian project "Street Music Day";
2014 — charity concert tour "Let's support our loved ones" in support of the Ukrainian military;
2014 - the "Best Film Composer" award of the "Open Night" International Film Festival;
2015 — the project "Music of the Warriors", the performance of the spiritual hymn "God, Great, One" in Mykhailiv's Golden Top Cathedral.
The projectyou
Yaroslav Dzhus is the initiator of the creation of a producer, innovative artistic agency for the development of the "Ukraine" brand, one of the directions of which is bandura in a new way ("BanduraSTYLE"). Since 2007, he has participated in the creation of the following projects:
duet "Colors of Ukraine";
solo project "dj Dzhus";
the first youth educational and entertainment project "Ukrainian Party" — a party of various genres of Ukrainian-language music;
jazz quartet "Juicy Jazz";
bandurist sextet "Spiky Kobzars". It was this team, whose artistic director and initiator is Yaroslav, who made it to the 50 most talented according to the version of the show "Ukraine has talent-3" (2011), and became a super finalist of the project "The moment of glory" (Russia, 2012).
Yaroslav Dzhus conducts an active concert activity, records his own works, and also cooperates with Ukrainian musicians, DJs and bands: Oleg Skrypka, TNMK, Illaria, Tartak, Eiva, Tin Sontsia, Veremiy, Dudar band, Kiwi Project, Za kray, Go-A, Dj Indigo, Dj Romantic, etc.
In 2013, the project "Ukrainian style" was launched together with the radio "Europa plus 92.8fm" (for the first time on fm waves in the music section of the morning show "Let's go show!" modern world hits are played on bandura).
Yaroslav's specialty is a unique ability to improvise and a naturally good ear, which allows the musician to instantly reproduce on the bandura and piano the musical pieces he just heard. His author's music is sincere, subtle, soulful, with a Ukrainian flavor, distinguished by a special melodism and sensuality.
In his works, Yaroslav Dzhus combines folk creativity and modern art, improvises and synthesizes well-known folk works with modern rhythms. He writes music for short films and video poems ("Tymka", "No less than 50 kg", "To Heaven", "Vanya", "My Heart").
In the spring of 2016, he joined the patriotic flash mob #ILoveMyCountry, publishing a video message in which he told why he loves Ukraine.
