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The National Presidential Band of Ukraine ( uk, Національний президентський оркестр) is a Ukrainian
military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...
brass band of state that serves as the official musical ensemble of the
President of Ukraine The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...
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Description

It was created in accordance with the resolution of the
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Голова Верховної Ради України, Holova Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy) is the presiding officer of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's unicameral parliament. The chairman presides ...
on 29 November 1991. The founder and artistic director was
People's Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). Establ ...
Anatoliy Molotay. In June 1992, the band was reorganized and renamed the Exemplary Band of the
National Guard of Ukraine The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and Internal Troops, internal military force. It is part of the Minist ...
. In September 1995, the orchestra was commissioned to provide musical support to the presentation of the Council of Europe Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine. The same year, it conducted a concert tour of Germany. In December, 1997 it was renamed into the Presidential Band of the National Guard. On 14 April 2003, by the decree of President
Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma ( uk, Леоні́д Дани́лович Ку́чма; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005. Kuchma's presidency saw numerous corrup ...
, the band was granted the status of being a national unit and was this renamed into the National Presidential Band. People such as
Ivan Karabyts Ivan Fedorovych Karabyts ( uk, Іван Федорович Карабиць; January 17, 1945 – January 20, 2002) was a Ukrainian composer and conductor, and a People's Artist of Ukraine. He was born in village Yalta in the Donetsk region of ...
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Anatoliy Solovianenko , birth_name = , birth_date = , birth_place = Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union , death_date = , death_place = Kozyn, Ukraine , nationality = , occupation = Opera singer (tenor) , ...
Yevgen Stankovych, Anatoliy Solovyanenko, the Yavir Quartet, the Choir of the
National Opera of Ukraine The Kyiv Opera group was formally established in the summer of 1867, and is the third oldest in Ukraine, after Odessa Opera and Lviv Opera. The Kyiv Opera Company perform at the National Opera House of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko in ...
and many other performers and musical groups collaborated with the band at different times.


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