Happy New Year 2016!

Dear friends & readers, as the New Year approaches us with hopes new, I'm wishing you and your family a wonderful year ahead.

I take this opportunity to share with you the Okean Elzy greetings card that I created for our favorite rock band's official communication in French. :)

© Alexa Heinze - Okean Elzy France - 2015

Happy New Year!

And, as Svyatoslav said today: "May the Force be with you!" :))

Okean of Emotions - Okean Elzy France: See you in Paris on January 23rd!

I'm pleased to inform you that I will attend to the 1st Forum of French-Ukrainian Associations that will take place in Paris on the 23rd of January.

© Centre Culturel d'Ukraine en France

As you probably know, since March 2015 I’m in charge of Okean Elzy’s official communication in French. Thanks to this extraordinary and important experience, I’m since then in contact with some institutional stakeholders and with many French-Ukrainian independent associations.
Early November,  I (Okean Elzy France) have been invited to participate to the:
  1er Forum  des Associations et Initiatives Franco-Ukrainiennes 23 Jan. 2016 - 11.00 am to 5.00 pm  Centre Culturel d’Ukraine  (Cultural Center of the Ukrainian Embassy) 22 avenue de Messine - Paris

During this event, visitors will have the opportunity to listen to Ukrainian songs, to taste typical Ukrainian meals and to discover the activities of the French-Ukrainian associations that will attend to the forum:

• Cultural associations: Literature, music, creation, art…

• Charitable organisations: Help, support, cooperation…

• Professional associations: Students, entrepreneurs, managers…

… and much more! There will be something for everyone.

I look forward to meeting you in Paris. :)

See you soon!
Alexa

Song of Ukraine: Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, lead singer of Okean Elzy, shares his vision for the future. Video!

"It’s not unusual to describe a prominent political figure as a figurative “rock star.” Well in the case of social activist, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, lead vocalist for Okean Elzy (the most successful post-Soviet rock band in Ukraine), it happens to be literally true. The rock icon is also a well-known advocate of Ukrainian national identity and was named one of the 100 most influential people in Ukraine by the magazine, Korrespondent. During his recent visit to the Wilson Center, we asked him to explain his vision for the future of his country. That’s the focus of this edition of CONTEXT.

Guest:
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk is a social activist and lead vocalist for Okean Elzy. He is also a former member of the Verkhovna Rada parliamentary committee for freedom of expression and information, supported the Orange Revolution, and founded the non-profit, Lyudi Maybutnyogo (People of the Future). In 2005 he was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program and the magazine, Korrespondent, ranked him as one fo the 100 most influential people in Ukraine."  The Wilson Center