Cheres, acclaimed Ukrainian folk ensemble, releases new CD (09/06/98)

Cheres, acclaimed Ukrainian folk ensemble, releases new CD

NEW YORK - Cheres, the Ukrainian folk ensemble that has been performing to standing-room-only audiences in New York nightclubs, has recently released its first solo CD of folk music from Ukraine's mountains to its steppe.

Packed with wild instrumentals and spirited songs, the CD is currently available via mail order and at Ukrainian shops in Lower Manhattan.

Authorities of the folk genre are giving the new release a "thumbs up!"

Joseph Hickerson, former head of the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress, says, "Cheres is simply the best purveyor of authentic Ukrainian folk music in the United States today."

Michal Shapiro, a producer with Ellipsis Arts, a label specializing in world folk music, states, "Currently, Cheres is the premier Ukrainian acoustic folk ensemble in the U.S."

Cheres was founded September 1990 in Ukraine by Andriy Milavsky, graduate of the Kyiv State Conservatory of Music. Throught its boisterous performances, the ensemble aims to keep alive the folk traditions, songs and melodies of the Ukrainian people and specifically the music of the Carpathian Mountains.

The group uses a wide array of instruments, such as wooden pipes, soprano and tenor pipes, double horn, trembita (a 12-foot-long shepherd's horn), tylynka, panpipe, bagpipe, ocarina, mountain harp, clarinet, fiddle, hammer dulcimer, double bass, accordion, drum and other percussion.

"Cheres: From the Mountains to the Steppe" is available for $15 (shipping included) from Mr. Milavsky at 24 Fifth Ave., Suite 919, New York, NY 10011; telephone (212) 473-5732; e-mail, CheresCD@juno.com

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