Apostoles / Kapela Apostola (UA)

Name: Apostoles / Kapela Apostola (UA)
Start: 2026-08-30
End: 2026-08-30
Location: Kulturhuset Stadsteatern

took place · 30 Aug 2026

Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm

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Apostoles / Kapela Apostola performs Ukrainian folk music rooted in Podolia and Eastern Galicia. The repertoire draws from historical field recordings and archival materials, featuring instrumental music from village weddings and folk festivals - kozak dances, hopak, polkas, mazurkas, and waltzes.

The ensemble preserves a multicultural musical heritage that risks being lost otherwise.

About the event: Apostoles / Kapela Apostola (UA)

Good to know

Live concert of Ukrainian traditional instrumental folk music
Repertoire covers kozaks, hopak, polkas, mazurkas and waltzes from village wedding and festival traditions
Music sourced from historical field recordings and archival material
Multicultural repertoire spanning Ukrainian, Polish and Jewish folk traditions of old Podolia
Musicians play multiple instruments, switching during the performance
Suitable for all ages - family-friendly folk concert format

About: Apostoles / Kapela Apostola

Rooted in the multicultural borderlands of Podolia and Eastern Galicia, Kapela Apostola brings back the living sound of village weddings through archaic instruments and dances drawn from Ukrainian, Polish, and Jewish tradition.

What's new

2025-11
Kapela Apostola was featured on muzykatradycyjna.pl, a Polish platform dedicated to traditional music, highlighting the ensemble's multicultural Podolian repertoire and archaic instrumentation.

Tracks

Kozak / KozachokTraditional Cossack dance, core of the ensemble's repertoire

KolomyjkaFast-paced Ukrainian folk dance form from the Galician tradition

SabashivkaJewish Sabbath dance, part of the ensemble's multicultural Podolian programme

Mazurka / MazurekPolish-Ukrainian dance form reconstructed from 19th-century ethnomusicological sources

MoldavkaMoldavian-influenced dance included in the Eastern Galician wedding repertoire

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