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'Listen to Ukraine' — Public Listening Sessions at the Gramophone Museum

'Listen to Ukraine' — Public Listening Sessions at the Gramophone Museum

The museum launches a monthly programme of public listening sessions — listening to historical recordings on original sound equipment in thematic cycles from the Executed Renaissance to the vinyl revival of 2014+.

In March 2026 the Ukrainian Gramophone Museum launches the public cultural programme 'Listen to Ukraine'. Monthly the museum organises a thematic listening session — listening to historical recordings from its own collection on original sound equipment. In a specially equipped hall, two generations of technology are presented: authentic gramophones of the HMV era (for shellac 78rpm records) and modern audiophile-level Hi-Fi equipment (for LP vinyl and digital remastering). Programme thematic cycles: 'Voices of the Executed Renaissance' — rare recordings of the 1920s-1930s (cross-ref Phase 3.9 Theatre/Music/Cinema), where one can hear the voices of Les Kurbas (recording of a lecture of the 1930s), Les Honchar-the-actor (a small film role from VUFKU), Mykola Kulish (an excerpt from a recitation evening); 'Ukrainian Hollywood' — Soviet-era opera performed by Hmyria, Solovyanenko, Miroshnychenko; 'Vinyl revival 2014+' — modern releases of DakhaBrakha, Onuka, Okean Elzy, The Hardkiss. Each session begins with a lecture block on the cultural context of the recordings. Target audience — viewers who want to listen to Ukrainian sound heritage as living culture, not as archival fragments. Maximum 60 participants per session with prior registration.

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