Ukrainian Art Front (UAF) (Ukrainian: Український мистецький фронт) was launched in March 2022 in Lviv to raise funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[1] The project was created and implemented by Serhiy Fedorchuk, Ukrainian musician and organizer of musical events,[2] and Olga Chertkova, owner of the Kyiv-based communication agency Top Media Communication.[3]
The collected funds are transferred to the account of the NGO International Association of Artists, then the International Charitable Foundation "Patriot" uses them for the needs of a separate special purpose regiment of the NGU "Azov".[1]
#Dechansonization — the first project of the Ukrainian Art Front, is a series of street, club and online concerts of Ukrainian musicians in Lviv.[4] As of April 11, 2022, 18 performances of Ukrainian musicians were held in the styles of classical and electronic music, jazz, rock and blues.[5]
On March 18, 2022, a 40-minute jazz concert took place among a crowd of refugees at Lviv's main railway station. The concert was attended by musicians: trumpet - Denis Adu (Kryvyi Rih), piano — Kostiantyn Kravchuk (Vinnytsia), saxophone — David Kolpakov (Odesa), trombone — Andriy Arnautov (Lviv), bass — Serhiy Fedorchuk (Lviv), drums — Markiyan Krysa (Kyiv).[6]
On March 27, 2022, musician Sasha Chemerov, founder of the Californian rock band The Gitas and the Ukrainian rock band Dymna Mix, performed at Rynok Square.[7] This concert was also attended by: frontman of O.Torvald band from Poltava, Zhenya Galich, who this time played bass; guitarist from Kyiv, Mykola Tskhovrebashvili, guitarist from Lviv, Taras Kushniruk, and Lviv, percussionist, Dania Bilous.[8][9]
On April 7, 2022, Krut, a project by musician Marina Krut, was broadcast online from the Lviv bomb shelter and April 8 from the LV Café Jazz Club within the framework of the UMF from Khmelnitsky.[10] Marina first played songs from an unreleased album. Musicians from different cities of the country took the stage with her: Andriy Yuzkevych - percussion (Ternopil), Mykola Honcharenko - guitar (Kharkiv), Denis Adu — trumpet, weather vane horn (Kryvyi Rih), Serhiy Fedorchuk — double bass (Lviv).[11]
10 April 2022 In Lviv, the LV CAFE jazz club hosted a charity acoustic concert "I am from Ukraine" by MARY frontman Victor Vynnyk in support of the Ukrainian army. Together with Viktor Vynnyk performed: Yakiv Tsvetinskyi - trumpet (Dnipro), Taras Kushniruk - guitar (Lviv), Markiyan Krysa - drums (Kyiv), Serhiy Fedorchuk - double bass (Lviv).[12][13]
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