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27 August 2015

Okean Elzy: "OE.20 Live in Kyiv" - Film

On 21 June 2014, more than 75.000 Okean Elzy fans attended to the show performed by their favorite rock band at the NSC Olympic in Kiev. Here is the film made during this concert!

Film production: FILM.UA
Distribution company: Ukrainian Film Distribution
Director of Photography: Andy Horner - U.K.

Enjoy! :)

16 June 2015

Okean Elzy: Warsaw concert - 13 June 2015

Our favorite rock-band performed a concert in Warsaw last Saturday... Here are some pictures & videos of this amazing evening!

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photo: © Sergey Hipskyy

Some ask me if Okean Elzy is a famous rock band... And they want to know how many people are attending to their concerts. Well, here is a clue to understand what was the atmosphere in Warsaw on Saturday evening! :)

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photogr. Unkn.

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photo: © Embassy of Ukraine in Poland

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photo: © Jan Gopko

And here are some photos of the show...

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photo: © Jan Gopko

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photo: © Nikolay Oleynik

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photogr. Unkn.

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photo: © Jan Gopko

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photo: © Nikolay Oleynik

Okean Elzy - Warsaw, 13 June 2015
Photo: © Okean Elzy Official

And here are the videos...

Thanks a lot to my friends who shared with me these documents... and their feeling! It seems that this was a fantastic Saturday night. :)

08 March 2015

Okean Elzy: "20 Years Together Tour" - New concert in Paris!

I am pleased to inform you that Okean Elzy will perform a concert in Paris on the 5th of April!

© Okean Elzy Official

The event will take place in a very famous concert hall in Paris: "L'Olympia". The French rock history started right here, in the 60's. :)

Did you know that The Beatles gave their first concert in France at the Olympia in 1964?

Photogr. Unkn.

I am sure that Svyatoslav Vakarchuk will be very happy to sing on this stage! :)

Tickets are on sale here. Reservations are available in English & in French.

I look forward to meeting up there with you soon!

02 March 2015

Okean Elzy: San Francisco concert - 25 February 2015

Pictures and videos of the Okean Elzy concert of last Wednesday are rare... but here are the most interesting ones I found!

Okean Elzy - San Francisco, 25 Feb. 2015
Photogr. Unkn.

Okean Elzy - San Francisco, 25 Feb. 2015
Photo: © Fernanda Alexandrova

Okean Elzy - San Francisco, 25 Feb. 2015
Photogr. Unkn.

On Thursday morning, Svyatoslav thanked his fans in San Francisco...

"дякуємо - dyakuyemo" means "Thank you!" :)

And he also sent a message to Ukrainians:

"This San Francisco: after the earthquake of 1906 and today. The moral is: we hold our success in our hands." Svyatoslav Vakarchuk

There is always food for thought for Svyatoslav... Especially when he is in his favourite American city! ;-)

After the San Francisco show - 20 Oct. 2014

And to conclude, 10 minutes of music...

07 December 2014

Okean Elzy: Paris concert - 2 December 2014

On the 2nd of December, the Ukrainian rock-band Okean Elzy closed its "20 Years Together" tour in Paris with an amazing show!

I was there and I can say that there was a warm and friendly atmosphere at the "Cabaret Sauvage". For sure, I'll never forget that evening...

First of all, I must say that, like in London, I didn't have the opportunity to transmit to Svyatoslav Vakarchurk the special gift I created for him. Honestly, I didn't expect to meet Svyatoslav or any other member of the band: I know that being on tour is exhausting and that they were to busy for this. But I was in touch with the Organizer of the concert who proposed me, a few days ago, to help me: he was supposed to give my booklet to Vakarchuk...

Unfortunately, I quickly understood that he was too busy and that he would never have a single minute to give me his attention - in fact, he gave the appearance to be busy, running round like headless chickens and doing nothing concrete! :)
He was there to show that he was the boss... not to help anyone!

If this was a bit frustrating, I must admit that I found it very funny. But after a few minutes, I focused my attention on the spectators - it was much more interesting!

I then talked with very friendly Ukrainians - but aren't all Ukrainians friendly? :)
We exchanged for several minutes about:

The interest of learning foreign languages;

How I've discovered Okean Elzy, my blog in English & my translations of Vakarchuk's texts into French: it seems that, if it sounds strange to Westerners, Ukrainians are also very surprised (and are very proud!) to know that French people could be interested in Ukrainian music & culture! :) But what makes me want to move on these projects is the positive feedbacks I receive since several months from Ukrainian, Russian & Belarussian fans! Thanks to you, my friends!

Why Ukrainians are now frequently wearing the colors of their country: the Ukrainian flag, vyshyvankas, etc. and why the Okean Elzy's official communication is now mainly in Ukrainian (and no more in Russian). This is something I understand: In critical time, people need to come together on common values.

This was a really good discussion and I had a very good time!

Like in London, the band performed about 25 songs, mixing high energy songs and romantic ballads.
Within the audience, I travelled through 20 years of music and poetry... It has been an incredible experience! I would have liked this concert to never ends...

Thanks for the show, Okean Elzy!!!

Some more pictures can be found here:

'Холодно - Holodno'

'Ти собі сама - Ty Sobi Sama'

'Обійми - Obijmy'

'Стіна - Stina' / 'Той день - Toj Den' '

'Без бою - Bez Boyu' / 'Я так хочу... - Ya Tak Hochu...' / '911' / 'Там, де нас нема - Tam, de nas nema'

08 November 2014

Okean Elzy: '20 Years Together' Tour - New date in New York!

The famous Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy will be (again!) on tour in New York on the 28th of February 2015!

Save the date!

Let me remind you the next coming shows in Europe:

Please note that the Barcelona concert is already sold-out!...

A concert will take place in Minsk - Belarus on the 21st of November.

To buy tickets, click here... and enjoy the show! :)