Serhii Zakharets (born 10 January 1980) is a reproductive kobzar who plays the old world bandura.
He was born on 10 January 1980. He began his studies on the Old World bandura with Vitaliy Roy, a well-known musician in Pereyaslav region and one of the founders of the kobza school. Then he studied with Mykola Tovkaylo, a student of Heorhiy Tkachenko.
In 1995, he entered the Strytiv Higher Pedagogical School of Kobza Art, where he mastered the technique of playing the Old World bandura under the guidance of V. Kushpet. He graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Arts named after I.P. Kotliarevskyi.
Since 2004, he has been a soloist of the Kyiv Bandura Chapel. Laureate of the H. Hotkevych International Competition of Ukrainian Folk Instruments.
Creative work.
Since 1991, he has been participating in various events related to folk art.
Thanks to his collaboration with Volodymyr Kushpet, he created an original repertoire based on the works of Heorhiy Tkachenko and unique examples of authentic dumas and instrumental music transcribed by Filaret Kolesa and Mykola Lysenko. His repertoire also includes arrangements reconstructed for performance and works by Hnat Khotkevych, the founder of the kobza art genre. Volodymyr Kushpet's multi-genre compositions and his own arrangements of folk songs became a logical addition to his repertoire.
In 2003, his work was recognised at the Hryhoriy Kitastyi National Kobza Art Competition, where for the first time in the history of Ukraine the nomination "traditional performers" was introduced. In the same year, he won the Grand Prix at the International Music Competition and Festival.
In 2004, Zakharets became a laureate of the II Hryhoriy Kitastyi International Kobza Art Competition and the III Hnat Khotkevych International Competition of Folk Instrument Players.
Recordings
Serhiy Zakharets has released two acoustic discs - "Kobzar Monologue" and "Go, Young One!".
"Kobzar's Monologue"
"Kobzar's Monologue" was released in 2003:
"About a soldier" ("About Oziv brothers") - "slave cry" (duma) based on recitations of M. Kravchenko from Poltava region (F. Kolesa "Melodies of Ukrainian folk dumas", p. 105. "Naukova Dumka", 1969).
"Molodychka", "Savradym", "Mlynok" are folk melodies for dancing from the repertoire of H. Honcharenko (F. Kolessa "Melodies of Ukrainian Folk Dumas", pp. 541, 542) and P. Honcharenko.
"Slaves' Lament" is based on recitations by O. Slastion, who learnt it in 1870 from a kobzar from Bilotserkivtsi, Lokhvytsia district, Poltava oblast (F. Kolesa "Melodies of Ukrainian Folk Dumas", p. 361).
"Oh, you bird!" is a moralistic song with lyrics by H. Skovoroda, from the repertoire of H. Tkachenko.
"There is no truth in the world" - a moralistic song from the repertoire of H. Tkachenko.
"About Saint Yuri" - a psalm from the repertoire of H. Tkachenko.
"Oh, on the Mountain, on the Grave" - a Cossack song from the repertoire of H. Tkachenko.
"The falcon has returned" - a folk song from the repertoire of H. Tkachenko.
"Odarochka" - a folk dance arranged by H. Hotkevych.
"About Karmeliuk" is a folk song arranged by H. Hotkevych.
"Poltava March" - music by H. Hotkevych.
"Vesnianka" - arranged by S. Zakharets. Arranged by S. Zakharets.
"Oh, a falcon flies" - arranged by S. Khokharets. Arranged by S. Zakharets.
"Kozachok", "Tropak", "Zaporozhets" - folk melodies for the dance from the repertoire of H. Honcharenko (F. Kolesa "Melodies of Ukrainian Folk Dumas", pp. 531, 532) and P. Honcharenko.
"About Bondarivna" is a composition by V. Kushpet based on a folk ballad.
"A Cossack Went to War" is a rifleman's song arranged by V. Kushpet.
"I had a girl once" - a rifleman's song arranged by V. Kushpet.
"About Trouble" - a composition based on folk songs by V. Kushpet.
"A Beetle on the Road" - a musical amusement arranged by V. Kushpet.
"Go for a walk, young man!"
The project "Gulyai molodyi!" (2007) is an attempt in the genre of ethno-pop music to combine reconstructed samples of folk and professional traditions of the centre and east of Ukraine, to use authentic musical instruments, playing techniques and sound systems to fully introduce them into the modern youth culture. In addition to the usual guitars, synthesisers, and drums, the recording features the Old World bandura, lyre, goat bagpipe, tambourine, and buhalo.
"Halya"
"Battle hopak"
"Tropak"
"From Kyiv to Lubny"
"Lyre players"
"My darling"
"A Cossack was walking"
"Red Dance"
"Dancing"
"Walk, young man!"
