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Writing activities

Ex.9. ?Write an article to a newspaper describing music life in Ukraine. Give arguments to support your ideas.

Ex.10. ?Read the text below and write a summary of it.

Rok Ekzystentsiya music festival promotes progressive rock music in Ukraine

Among rock and pop music festivals that are held in Ukraine, Rok Ekzystentsiya is arguably the most prestigious one. The first Rok Ekzystentsiya festival was held in 1996 and since then a lot of rock musicians have performed within its framework, both Ukrainian and foreign. Among the foreign guest stars there were Rick Wakeman, a former member of the British rock band Yes, and now one of the world’s leading keyboard players, and Leibach, a star of the alternative music scene. Since it is a Ukrainian rock festival, naturally enough the list of leading Ukrainian rockers that performed on Rok Ekzystentsiya stages is much longer — VV, Komu Vnyz, Plach Yeremiyi, MOTOR’ROLLA, Mertvy Piven, Okean Elzy, Mandry, Haydamaky, Tartak, Perkalaba, to name but a few of the best known ones.

The man who stands behind Rok Ekzystentsiya festivals, the man who organizes, directs and inspires them is Taras Hrymalyuk. He has been interviewed for WU by Roman MALKO.

Rok Ekzystentsiya has been in existence for almost ten years now, a very long time for festivals of such kind. What keeps it going?

Rock will never die. In the soviet times the authorities frowned upon rock, tried to do away with it, but it survived the worst of times by going underground. These days, when there are no such restrictions, rock lives in various forms, and if Rok Ekzystentsiya as a festival ceases to exist some time in the future, the idea will be picked up by someone else and developed in a different form. But rock will go on living.

Rock was and is mostly music of the young, for the young and by the young. It’s music of young energy and drive and bursting emotions. Rock is more than just a way of musical expression — it’s a social phenomenon. Remember Woodstock, the Prague Spring of 1968 and similar happenings when rock was transforming society?

At present, there are two major competing kinds of music in Ukraine — shanson (simplistic pop music songs, with lyrics , often vulgar, treating typical everyday-life situations, catering to low tastes — tr.) and rock. Shanson is a phenomenon of low culture but of wide appeal. Ukrainian rock treats most important issues of life, of existence, of society in quite a different way, in a way that makes people think and ask questions.

How did Rok Ekzystentsiya come into being?

The idea was in the air. Ten years ago there were quite a few musicians playing good rock and it was somehow natural to think, Why not bring them together to play within the framework of one festival? In 1996, the first time we held the festival, it was one-day affair. In 1997, the festival already lasted for three days with 33 rock bands taking part. They represented all parts of Ukraine. Later, we decided it would be reasonable to hold such big festivals not annually, but once in two years.

During the time between the festivals we organize concerts and tours for those bands that performed well at the festival, and it further spreads the ideas we want to become aware of. Plus, these young musicians get ample opportunities to earn money, to improve their musicianship, and meet people.

Rok Ekzystentsiya has acquired a high reputation and it is probably the main achievement. Such leading performers as Oleh Skrypka, Mykhaylo Barbara, Foma, Taras Chubay and Andriy Sereda call Rok Ekzystentsiya “Number One Rock Festival in Ukraine.” Rok Ekzystentsiya is a concept, it brings across our new ideas to our audiences.

What makes Rok Ekzystentsiya festival so different?

Well, I’ve been trying to explain this to you all along. We have a concept which other pop music festivals do not have. The music which is played at Rok Ekzystentsiya is radically different from the one that is played on radio and television — we’ve got ideas, true emotions, different ways of musical expression — we are different — and it makes all the difference! Our audiences are different and are made up of mostly intellectuals — intellectuals in a very broad sense of the word. We, in a way, continue to propagate the ideas of honesty, human dignity, freedom, openness and non-violence. In this respect, we are advocates of democratic principles.

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