Gran-prix at I International Ukrainian song contest named after Casey Cisyk
On April 2nd, 2011 Lviv held international Ukrainian romance song contest named after Kvitka Cisyk. The contest was held in the framework of Ukrainian-American project "Unforgettable Kvitka", which aims to hold concerts and evenings of memory dedicated to the famous American singer of the Ukrainian origin Kvitka Cisyk. Thirteen participants from Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, USA, Russia, Moldova, Romania, Hungary competed to be the best performer of songs from the repertoire of Kvitka.
The Grand Prix won Oksana Mukha, performing a song from Kvitka's heritage "Teche richka nevelychka" and a song from her debut album RE:SHETO "Za richkoju, za Dunajem".
- Teche richka nevelychka
Oksana Mukha is our second Cisyk, said chairman of the jury, the Hero of Ukraine, the folk singer Nina Matvienko. Cisyk has returned to us with the voice of Oksana Mukha. I am happy that this fragile little girl has inherited Kvitka's talent."
“On the Eve of gala concert, I asked sound producer to play performances of all contestants to determine a winner, says Alex Gutmaher, contest founder. After the first song I told him that I asked actually to play records of the participants, not Kvitka's. Then he said that this is performance of one of contestants, and played it again. It was Oksana Mukha. I was impressed”.
