A Conversation with Svyatoslav Vakarchuk - London, November 17, 2014!

"LSE SU Ukrainian Society is exceedingly proud to officially announce that Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, politically involved leader of the most successful Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy, will deliver a lecture on the "Ukrainian Crisis and its Future", which will take place on Monday, 17th of November from 19:00-21:00 in Clement House (CLM 2.02). 

The speaker, Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, is a prominent public figure and is the lead vocalist of Okean Elzy, the most successful post-Soviet rock band in Ukraine. Mr. Vakarchuk has been actively supporting the ‘Orange Revolution’ in 2004 and was a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament from 2007 to 2008. He has taken part in various social and cultural projects as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the Ukraine. Since 2013, he has been one of the leading activists of the Euromaidan, and one of the main supporters of the Ukrainian sovereignty and independence."

For more information & registration, click here!

A Conversation with Svyatoslav Vakarchuk - Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, 18 Nov. 2014!

"Cambridge Ukrainian Studies is proud to welcome Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (prominent civic activist and frontman of Okean Elzy, the most celebrated rock band in Eastern Europe) to Cambridge on 18 November at 17.00.

Svyatoslav will be speaking in English to students and the general public about the contemporary situation in Ukraine and about the country's future. The event is free and open to the public, but online registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukraine-past-and-future-a-conversation-with-svyatoslav-vakarchuk-tickets-13781375465

Source: EventBrit.com

Okean Elzy: 'Коли тобi важко' - 'When you find it difficult'... Because I had bad times!

Dear Friends & Readers,

Sorry for these few days of silence... I was sick and I needed to recover! (Suffering of chronic pain is a mess...)

Photogr.: Unkn.

In such difficult moments, how do I find the necessary strength to believe in tomorrow? By listening to Okean Elzy music and going deeper into Slava Vakarchuk's words, of course! :)

I don't know why I've listened to this song for hours these days...

'Коли тобi важко - Koly Tobi Vazhko' - 'When you find it difficult'

The chorus says:

'But honestly, who told you that this would be easy? (x3)
And can you really live with no ambition?'

One of my dreams was to learn Ukrainian language and to sing these beautiful Ukrainian traditional songs... It now became a reality! :-)
AleXa