Teachers' choir of Lviv State Music College named after Stanislaw Ludkevich

The Teachers’ choir of Lviv State Music College named after Stanislaw Ludkevich from Lviv, was founded in 1990. The choir’s repertoire is mainly acappella songs by Ukrainian and foreign composers, spanning several centuries from old-time music till the present day, including sacred, classical and folk music. The choir has the original manner of singing, which is based on classical vocal and Ukrainian choir traditions. Teachers’ choir of Lviv State Music College took part in many art activities and concert tours in the Germany, Poland, Czech, France, Hungary, Switzerland, Great Britain, Finland, Netherlands and has awards from choir competitions and festivals:

• the bronze medal at the 4th International Music Festival of Rhodes (Greece, 2002);
• two silver medals and one bronze medal at the International Choir festival Tonen 2000 (the Netherlands, 2006);
• the diploma of 21th International Choir Festival "Ciudad de Torrevieja"(Spain 2007);

Volodymyr Gnid began his work with Teachers’ choir of Lviv State Music College in 1995. He graduated from the cultural-educational college in Lviv and Lviv State Musical Academy named after M. Lysenko, with a specialty in “Choir conductor “. He is meritorious worker of the Ukrainian culture, works as a vice-director in pedagogical work, and is a professor. For the big personal contribution to Ukrainian culture and art development, and high professionalism, Volodymyr Gnid, by the edict of the President of Ukraine on the 5th February 1998, was rewarded with honorary rank “The meritorious worker of culture of Ukraine”.

Lviv is one of the oldest and most unique cities of Ukraine, the real pearl of European architecture, a spiritual capital of Ukraine, the key political, economical, cultural, and scientific center of the western region of Ukraine. It was founded in the middle of XIII century (1256) by Danylo Halytskyi and named on the honor of his son Lev. The central part of the city was declared a historical and cultural preserve and was included on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. Temples, traditions, holidays and festivals are the inheritance of the past and product of the modern genius which can be felt only in Lviv.