YMCA Lviv continues training within the "Laboratory of Social Projects" supported by Lviv Regional State Administration, project Youth Embrace (supported by SIDA) and the KFUM og KFUK i Distrikt Aarhus (Denmark). The Laboratory is teaching young people of Lviv and Lviv region to generate their own project ideas, working with donors, presentation and [...]
A Laboratory of Social Projects 2020 has started in Lviv in October 2020. The course is implemented by the YMCA-Lviv and supported by Lviv Oblast State Administration, project Youth Embrace (supported by SIDA) and the KFUM og KFUK i Distrikt Aarhus. The Laboratory teaches young people of Lviv and Lviv region to generate and present their [...]
On 27th of November, there will be held a concert “Lemkovyna-Lem” in Lemkovyna village Novytsia, where Ukrainian poet Bohdan-Ihor Antonych was born Ancient Lemkovyna songs will be heard once again in the centuries-old walls of the “Dom Ikon” and will be intertwined with musical improvisations and video art. Ukrainian, Polish and Belarusian artists will [...]
Ukrainian artists will create the Young Opera "Ukraine – TerraIncognita" which combines in a unique way an ancient Ukrainian songs, symphonic music, free jazz, video art and innovative costumes. The opera is dedicated to the singer and warrior Vasyl Slipak. Ukraine – Terra Incognita" is a story about a [...]
We present the action «Myth of Ancestry», a song matrix for our Young Opera «Ukraine – Terra Incognita» The "Myth of Ancestry" combines ancient Ukrainian songs, video art and future-folk costumes. It is dedicated to the singer and warrior Vasyl Slipak, a man of art who left his world career with a purpose to [...]
Course based on Ukrainian archaik songs. The training is conducted by Uliana Horbachevska - a famous singer, director, teacher and researcher of the Ukrainian traditional song. The course is designed for those who are already engaged in singing, and for those who are taking first steps in discovering the world of songs. [...]
For the Day of Heroes, the YMCA Lviv and young Lviv singers prepared a video concert "Songs for Wassyl" dedicated to Wassyl Slipak and all the defenders of Ukraine. The concert included the ancient Ukrainian ritual, recruit and Cossack songs that followed Ukrainians for centuries. We [...]
Oleksandra Sorokopud CEO YMCA Lviv Create a new organizational identity or revive those that are historically inherited? This is an issue for NGOs in Ukraine as a whole, and in Lviv in particular, since the World War I and WWII and the occupation by the Soviets destroyed the emergence of democratic [...]
The Young Opera "Ukraine – Terra Incognita" is to honor the memory of Vasyl Slipak and all the soldiers who have fallen for Ukraine now and in previous generations. That is why the reputation, commitment and transparency of its implementation are very important to us. The Young Opera "Ukraine – [...]
In winter time we all want to be a part of a joyful company. And we found it! Our lovely friends came to us from Danish KFUM og KFUK i Distrikt Aarhus. During these bright days (and nights), we had time to walk around in Lviv, attend a few trainings and cafes, cook dumplings, [...]
