Lviv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Folk
Yura Rafaliuk is a self-taught cimbalom player and founding member of Ludy Dobri Ukrainian Folk Band.
He learned how to play while studying iconography in Lviv and spent much of his college days travelling across Ukraine from village to village, learning traditional songs and re-imagining them with his band.
He’s toured across Europe and has been to Canada twice. In addition to playing at the Small World Music Festival this year, he will be teaching a folk iconography workshop hosted by Kosa Kolektiv.