teodor kuhar, the chief conductor of the orchestra , an american of ukrainian origin , came to kyiv in the early 90s to develop the national symphony orchestra of ukraine 20 years later, he is also fighting for the fact that now the lviv symphony orchestra was heard all over the world on the group's tour of the united states - this is primarily his merit. i believe that this is the most important and prestigious moment for ukraine, and with the fact that now there is such a terrible war and the word ukraine in the news non-stop every 5 seconds ukraine ukraine this is sania's chance to show us that ukraine is not only drinking money and asking for help, but ukraine also has something to give to america and to the level that america is used to and expects solomia ivahiv, a ukrainian violinist, says she has lived and worked in the united states for many years. she also helped the orchestra organize tours exactly 30 years ago. in february 1993, i performed for the first time as a soloist with the lviv symphony orchestra. and i was 12 years old and i never thought that there would be such a