In early December, the Kharkiv Kobza Workshop received a new bandura from the MHP-Gromadi Charitable Foundation. The instrument will be used to teach all children eager to discover and continue to reinterpret the Ukrainian kobza and wheel lyre tradition.<\/p>\n
The gift was presented during a charity kobza concert organised to commemorate the 220th anniversary of the birth of Ostap Veresay, a prominent Ukrainian kobza player.\u00a0 Kharkiv (after Kyiv and Lviv) became the third city where the Foundation supported kobza workshops by providing them with musical instruments. The bandura was handed over to the Kharkiv workshop by Pavlo Moroz, Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Department at MHP, a strategic partner of the MHP-Gromadi Foundation in the implementation of important cultural projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have come to Kharkiv to express our gratitude to those people who have persistently upheld Ukrainian customs, values, and the unwavering determination of the Ukrainian nation throughout history, particularly in today’s challenging circumstances. We must support the cultural identity of each one of us. Kobzarism plays a special role in the preservation of Ukrainian meanings. After all, despite the physical destruction of kobzars, reprisals, and bans on their music, the kobzar word not only has endured but also acquired a new significance in contemporary times,\u201d <\/em>shared his thoughts Pavlo Moroz, Director of MHP\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility Department.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n