Ukrainian romance. Lyrics by Taras Schewtchenko

Plavay, Lebedonko / Swim, Small Swan

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This is a fragment of Roksana's show "Diystvo", which she played to mark the 20th anniversary of creative activity in Ternopil, Ukraine (2013). This is a mixture of two cult songs: Jewish lullaby "Oyfn Veg" (by I. Manger) and Ukrainian "Dyki Husy" ("Wild geese", by I. Poklad - Y. Rybchynsky)
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Jest to fragment koncertu Roksany pod hasłem "Dijstwo" ("Dziejstwo"), którym świętowała 20-lecie działalności twórczej. Koncert miał miejsce w Ukrainie, w Tarnopolu, 2013. Ta pieśń to mix dwóch kultowych tematów: żydowskiej kołysanki "Ojfn veg" (I. Manger) i ukraińskiej pieśni "Dyki husy" ("Dzikie gęsi", I. Poklad - J. Rybczyńskyj)
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Фрагмент концерту Роксани під назвою "Дійство", що відбувся у Тернополі, 2013 р. з нагоди 20-тиріччя творчої діяльності мисткині. Пісня основана на двох культових темах: єврейської колискової "Ойфн веґ" (І. Манґер) та української "Дикі гуси" (І. Поклад - Ю. Рибчинський).
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Ojfn Weg - Dyki Husy

Moon&Melody (Roksana Vikaluk and Wolfram Spyra), studio live session, November 2015
Based on Ukrainian folk song (Rivne's Polissya)

Kusta (PrivFile)

Moon&Melody (Roksana Vikaluk and Wolfram Spyra), studio live session, November 2015
Based on Lemko folk song

Hey Krochkom (PrivFile)

Personnages - (from French - characters, heroes)
is a new album by Roksana Vikaluk, and it can be considered a creative summary of the last 6 years. Each of the songs had been composed in various circumstances and situations, some of them as part of a theatrical performance,or heard and brought from other countries. Anyhow, these are mostly own compositions, inspired mainly by Ukrainian and Jewish folk music, avant-garde poetry, where the richness of electronic sounds intertwines with the minimalism and transparency of the sound of the piano. However, singing prevails, and some of the songs, especially those exclusively sung, sound more like few-minutes multilayered theater performances with closer and more distant sound planes. Each song of the album sounds like a separate actor entering the stage and telling his own story. Next to the old Jewish prayer, the Danish Viking Song appears, and the traditional Lemko song - alongside avant-garde poetry. The material, although preserved in a multi-style and multi-cultural climate, does not lose its climatic and sonic cohesion. "Welcome to my Planet!", an inscription in the middle of the album cover, is the main theme. There is a picture of the room in the house where Roksana grew up and where some of her compositions were made. The paintings of her grandfather, Stepan Danylyshyn, theatrical scenographer and costume designer, decorate the walls – one can see set designs and different characters from various theatrical plays, then a mannequin, piano, Hutsul kyptar and photos of Frank Zappa and Miles Davis ...
That's what surrounded the artist while growing up, and that's what influenced her development as an artist and inspires her until today.

Lys, Lygtemand Lys / Shine, Lantern Man, Shine -  Danish song by Finn Molsted

Yihav Kozak Mistom / Cossack Rode Through Town -  paraphrase of a Ukrainian folk song

Nebesna Voda Na Vesli / Сelestial Water On Oar -  poem by Yaroslav Pavulyak

Tistechka z Viyamy / Cookies With Eyelashes -  poem by Yaroslav Pavulyak

Duzhe Malen'ku / When I Was a Young Girl -  poem by Yaroslav Pavulyak

Prologue  - (Steel Cello – Wolfram Spyra)

Tuman Yarom / The Fog's Over the Ravine FULL

Born in Ukraine, artist, lives and works in Poland and Germany.
She sings and accompanies herself on piano, electronic instruments, drum; she composes and arranges music in different styles (inspired by classic, jazz, folk), is engaged in teaching (workshops); appears on the theatrical stage. She has released more than 10 albums. 
She is the author and co-author of music for stage plays. 
Currently, in Poland (Warsaw) she works as an actress in the Jewish Theatre.

Roksana Vikaluk studied classic piano at the Music College, Ternopil, Ukraine, 
Jazz vocals at Post-Secondary School of Jazz, Ewa Bem cl., Warsaw, Poland, 
Jazz composition and arrangement at the Academy of Music, Institute of Jazz, Prof. A. Zubek cl., Katowice, Poland.
"I play and tell... I live on stage and at the same time create a story where theater and folk music intertwine, while the Russian romance is next to jazz and electronic moods. So, I share with the audience the same air that I breathe ..."
In repertoire:
own compositions, songs in Ukrainian, Polish, Tatar, Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian languages.


Roksana Vikaluk

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