The Chernihiv

kobzari A ''kobzar'' ( ua, кобзар, pl. kobzari ua, кобзарі) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed bandura or kobza. Tradition Kobzars were often blind and became predominantly so by ...

were grouped around the city of

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, in the

Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast ( uk, Черні́гівська о́бласть, translit=Chernihivska oblast; also referred to as Chernihivshchyna, uk, Черні́гівщина, translit=Chernihivshchyna) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. T ...

of northeastern

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. Outstanding members of this group were

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, Andriy Beshko, Prokop Dub, Luka Dumenko, A. Haydenko, Petro Heras'ko, Pavlo Kulyk,

Tereshko Parkhomenko Terentiy (Tereshko) Makarovych Parkhomenko (1872–1910) was one of the most respected kobzars of the late 19th and early 20th century. Biography He was born 10 September 1872 in the village of Voloskivtsi, Sosnytsia county, in the Chernigov Go ...

, Ivan Romanenko, Andriy Shut, Petro Siroshtan, Demian Symonenko,

Petro Tkachenko Petro Fedorovych Tkachenko (December 21, 1878 in Syniavtsi – January 3, 1919) was a prominent blind kobzar. Biography Petro Fedorovych Tkachenko-Halashko was one of the more outstanding kobzars of the Chernihiv region. He was born on Decemb ...

, Semen Vlasko and Semen Zezulia. The style of playing the

bandura A bandura ( uk, банду́ра) is a Ukrainian plucked string folk instrument. It combines elements of the zither and lute and, up until the 1940s, was also often referred to by the term kobza. Early instruments (c. 1700) had 5 to 12 strings ...

used by Chernihiv kobzari became the foundation of the

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academic bandura tradition (

Kyiv academic style The Kyiv Academic Style of Bandura Playing is a method of playing the Ukrainian folk instrument of bandura. The instrument is held between the knees perpendicular to the body of the player. This means that the left hand is only able to play easily ...

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