Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors at Jazzfest Berlin

Violist Anna Antypova and vocalist Maryana Golovchenko, both from Ukraine and currently living and working in Amsterdam, have been performing as a duo since 2021. Their collaboration resulted in the storytelling project “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”, which so far has only been performed in the Netherlands. The project includes visual footage from the legendary 1965 film of the same title by the Armenian-Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov and its music is based on the film’s score, which includes traditional folk music and compositions by the Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk. The film is a classic of cinematic history and a major achievement within the legendary oeuvre of Parajanov, whose critical, visually poetic work soon became a target of Soviet censorship. (Another famous film of his, “The Colour of Pomegranates”, can be watched in the Digital Guide of this year’s Jazzfest Berlin.)...

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Violist Anna Antypova and vocalist Maryana Golovchenko, both from Ukraine and currently living and working in Amsterdam, have been performing as a duo since 2021. Their collaboration resulted in the storytelling project “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”, which so far has only been performed in the Netherlands. The project includes visual footage from the legendary 1965 film of the same title by the Armenian-Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov and its music is based on the film’s score, which includes traditional folk music and compositions by the Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk. The film is a classic of cinematic history and a major achievement within the legendary oeuvre of Parajanov, whose critical, visually poetic work soon became a target of Soviet censorship. (Another famous film of his, “The Colour of Pomegranates”, can be watched in the Digital Guide of this year’s Jazzfest Berlin.)

For the German premiere of “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” at Jazzfest Berlin, Antipova and Golovchenko will be joined by the Ukrainian Milan-based pianist, composer and music journalist Kateryna Ziabliuk. Ziabliuk’s own work has explicitly addressed folk themes, most notably in a 2019 musical theatre piece called “Forest Song” based on melodies collected from Ukraine’s Polesia region, located along the frontiers with Russia and Belarus. Her interest in Ukrainian folklore will also feed in to the festival programme on Saturday night when she makes an appearance on the main stage with the commissioned collaboration project “KOMПOUSSULĂ”.

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Maryana Golovchenko vocals, traditional Ukrainian instruments
Anna Antypova violin, electronics
George Dumitriu sound design
Olha Chernii video
Special guest: Kateryna Ziabliuk piano, voice

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