Illustrated academic book about the choir's 80-year history. 240 pages, 200 photographs. Release 22 October 2026.
Kyiv Chamber Choir presents the illustrated academic book 'Eight Decades of Voice: 1946-2026' on 22 October 2026 — on the choir's 80th founding anniversary (founded 1946 as 'Choir of Soviet Ukraine', renamed Kyiv Chamber Choir in 1991). This is a 240-page book with 200 photographs, 18 authorial essays, and a complete index of 320 singers who performed in the choir over 80 years. Publisher — Vivat (Kharkiv). Book structure: 8 chapters of 30 pages each, one per decade: I. '1946-1955: Post-war Formation'; II. '1956-1965: Soviet Aesthetic'; III. '1966-1975: Search for Alternative'; IV. '1976-1985: Socialist Realism'; V. '1986-1995: Perestroika and Independence'; VI. '1996-2005: European Exit'; VII. '2006-2015: Integration and Maidan'; VIII. '2016-2026: War and Recovery'. Separate appendix — 32-page dictionary of all 320 singers with main biographical details. Book authors: 6 musicologists under the leadership of Professor Olena Sydorenko (Shevchenko Kyiv National University). The preface was written by Mykola Hobdych (choir artistic director since 1995), afterword by Yevhen Stankovych (People's Artist of Ukraine, academician — see PR4). The book contains exclusive archive materials: 12 previously unpublished photos from the 1940s-1950s, 8 musical transcriptions of rare Soviet-period works. First print run — 6000 copies (hardcover), price — 580 UAH.
