The International Festival of Creativity “Northern Star 2024” took place

A unique event took place in Tallinn last Sunday, 27 October – hundreds of stars lit up the hall of the Kaja Cultural Centre (Kultuurikeskus Kaja) during the grand concert of the International Festival of Creativity “Northern Star 2024”! Thank you to everyone who came to support the talented performers and the development of Ukrainian culture and art! 

The International Festival of Creativity “Northern Star” has been held since 2001 by the Association of Ukrainian Organisations in Estonia and the Ukrainian Youth Association in Estonia with the support of the Estonian Ministry of Culture and the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Estonia.

Participants and guests were welcomed by festival coordinator Yevgeniy Novokhatniy and Counsellor of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Estonia Oleksandr Kushnir, followed by the awards ceremony for groups and performers and a festive concert.

We thank the stars of the festival who came to us from Lithuania, Latvia, the United Kingdom and Ukraine and those based in Estonia, as well as their leaders:

• Folk dance ensemble “Radist” (People’s Artistic Collective)
  of the municipal institution “Palace of Student Youth of Lutsk City Council”, Lutsk; artistic director Yaroslav Smyrnov, choreographers Anastasiia Vanichyk and Lesia Kipria
  
  
• Model contemporary dance ensemble “Iskorka”
  of the “Metalurh” Palace of Culture, Dnipro; artistic director Iryna Tkach, head Stanislav Krasnookyi
  
  
• Dance group “Druzhba” (Przyjaźń)
  of the Nemenčinė Culture Centre, Maišiagala, Vilnius District, Republic of Lithuania; artistic director Tetiana Moleiene, dance instructor Ervin Mechkovskyi
  
  
• TDK «Dancari»
  Preiļu novada Kultūras centrs, Preiļi, Latvia. Artistic director Ilze Broka
  
  
• Ukrainian song and dance ensemble “Volya”
  Artistic director Yevhenii Novokhatnii
  Chief choreographer Anastasiia Kozachok
  Head of the vocal group Kateryna Chalova
  Tallinn, Estonia
  
  
• Vocal studio “Karamel”
  Soloists Polina Revta, Martin Persydskyi and Anna Tudorika
  Artistic director Yana Balakina
  
  
• Vocal and instrumental ensemble “Dzherelo”
  Artistic director – Taras Muzychko
  Tallinn, Estonia
  
  
• Folk amateur ensemble “ZHURBA” (People’s Collective)
  Artistic director – Honoured Worker of Culture of Ukraine Volodymyr Leibiuk
  Tallinn, Estonia
  
  
• Winner and laureate of international competitions, vocalist Alla Kravchuk, and pianist Oksana Hermanchuk
  London, United Kingdom
  
  
• Vocalist Yevheniia Verhun
  Artistic director Kateryna Arkhypenko
  Tallinn, Estonia
  
  
• Vocalist Anna Naida
  Tallinn, Estonia
  
  
• Singer-songwriter Rita Sokolu
  Tallinn, Estonia
  
  
• Vocalists Kateryna Chalova and Zinaida Vinchura
  Tallinn, Estonia
  
  
• Singer-songwriter Di Yurii
  Tallinn, Estonia

The concert ended with the solemn awards ceremony for the winners of the choreography competition “Arabesques of Estonia 2024” of the international cultural project “Arabesques” by the NGO “Barvinok-Kyiv”, held with the assistance of the Association of Ukrainian Organisations in Estonia. Our warm congratulations to:

• Folk dance ensemble “Radist” (People’s Artistic Collective)
  of the municipal institution “Palace of Student Youth of Lutsk City Council”, Lutsk; artistic director Yaroslav Smyrnov, choreographers Anastasiia Vanichyk and Lesia Kipria.
  
  
• Model contemporary dance ensemble “Iskorka”
  of the “Metalurh” Palace of Culture, Dnipro; artistic director Iryna Tkach, head Stanislav Krasnookyi.

Thank you to the organising committee of the “Northern Star 2024” festival and everyone involved in organising the event!

Thank you for supporting the festival to the Integration Foundation Integratsiooni Sihtasutus and the creative association “Orpheus”!

Thank you to the hosts of the event – Tetiana Klymenko and Luka Klymenko!

Thank you to Kultuurikeskus Kaja for the hospitality!

Thank you to Inna Hordiienko for the photos! More photos coming soon on our website!

The International Festival of Creativity “Northern Star 2024” is held by the Association of Ukrainian Organisations in Estonia and the Ukrainian Youth Association in Estonia with the assistance of the Embassy of Ukraine in Estonia and the support of MTÜ ORPHEUS, the Integration Foundation (Integratsiooni Sihtasutus) and the Estonian Ministry of Culture.

See you next time!