Composer's cycle of Tetiana Khoroshun based on the Ukrainian, Roumean Greeks of Azov and Qırımlı (Crimean) traditions. The sounds of the landscape are woven into the musical structure alongside vocals, electroacoustics and the instruments of Ensemble 24.
The project includes Ukrainian folk songs, Hutsul hoikannia, songs of the Qırımlı (Crimean Tatars) and materials in the Roumean language, spoken by the Greeks of the Azov Sea region and currently at risk of disappearing.
Documentation of a performance on the Black Sea coast
Odesa region. September 2026
Premiered in September 2026 in Odesa National Fine Arts Museum,
presented in CCA DAKH, Kyiv.
“For me, this project is connected to the memory of a place that is currently physically inaccessible. Voice, landscape and archival recordings become ways of working with this distance.”
— Tetiana Khoroshun, author of the cycle
New compositions author created from archival materials in the Roumean language provided by the Tovarystvo Hrekiv Pryazovia – Association of Greeks of the Azov Region ENOZIS and Greek community of Ukraine.
The project is a winner of the Per Forma grant program developed by Kyiv Contemporary Music Days with the support of the Performing Arts Fund NL and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands, aimed at developing the performing arts sector in Ukraine.