composer and music school, that we have a much better list of names that deserve to be even oleksandr koshytshe conservatory back in his time, well, here too it is difficult to do without the shchedryk brand, so positioning koshyt there as a generous godfather and conservatory worker, we can say that he could have a place here, because... unfortunately, oleksandr koshyt today does not have such an honor, there is no music school, college or a conservatory not named in his honor, that is, a person who was responsible for popularizing the ukrainian school of composers in the world, thanks to him , the names of mykola lysenko, mykola leontovych appeared in the world press, well, of course, we constantly have to talk about shchedryk, which was composed by the conductor who glorified shchedryk by the name of koshuts. there are no educational institutions named in general, none today in ukraine, and therefore i also hope that next year 2025, when we will celebrate the 150th anniversary of oleksandr koshyts, it will be an opportunity to raise this issue, the naming of musical institutions in ukraine

today we will talk about the legendary ukrainian conductor oleksandr koshyts, and we will talk about... how culture can become a shield for the people, and how oleksandr kosyts and simon petliura, his friend, understood this, and at the beginning of the 20th century during the ukrainian revolution, they actually created the republican chapel of the ukrainian people's republic, which presented this culture in the west. my guest today is tina peresunko, tina is a researcher of cultural diplomacy of ukraine. is also the author of a wonderful book which it's called simon petlyura's cultural diplomacy, and tina is also the author of the same wonderful film shchedrik, which gained, i understand, more than a million against the russian, shchedrik against the russian world, which gained more than a million, yes, views, half a million in the first month of views, well we will become more than a million today, not to mention the fact that it was shown on tv channels, so... tina, good evening, i congratulate you, thank you for taking the time to come to us today, let's start with why, why you de