Bogdan Rudnytski interviewed world renowned Ukrainian bandurist Dr Victor Mishalow. The internationally recognised master of the bandura born in Sydney nearly 60 years ago. Victor Mishalow graduated from the Sydney University with a major in music. He continued studies at the Kyiv Conservatory and in February 2009 was awarded a PhD at the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture. Victor Mishalow began studying the bandura, a 68 stringed Ukrainian folk instrument, with Peter Deriashnyj and Hryhory Bazhul in Sydney. In 1978 he received grants and scholarships from the Australia Council for the Arts and the NSW Premier’s Department to undertake advanced …read more
Source: SBS
