The Veryovka Choir has a new artistic director. In an LB.ua interview published October 2, conductor Vadym Yatsenko says the Ministry of Culture appointed him in June and he will combine work between his established projects and the Kyiv ensemble. He frames the appointment as an opportunity to research the choir’s complex Soviet-era history while keeping the choir’s core folk-song repertory.
Yatsenko described concrete early moves: new stage costumes unveiled on Independence Day, administrative changes with manager Serhii Dorofeiev and communications lead Tanya Novytska joining the team, and plans to add folklorists Susanna Karpenko and Illia Fetisov to projects that explore both staged and traditional performance formats. He also referenced recent outreach content — educational videos about the choir’s past and repertory.
As his first project as artistic director, the choir has announced a performance of Kyrylo Stetsenko’s Third Liturgy for October 3; Yatsenko says the company will publish contextual materials about the work and its history. Kyiv readers should follow the choir’s official channels for exact concert details and ticket information.