Combined Bandurist Capella

[1] This event was organized as a part of a change in policy that happened in 1934, a few months after the liquidation of all of the professional bandurist capellas.

In 1939, the ensemble was sent on a tour of Western Ukraine with a Ukrainian nationalistic program commemorating the 125th anniversary of Taras Shevchenko.

The program however was not allowed to be performed in the areas that were previously formally part of the Soviet Union.

In 1941, the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union came when the Kiev Bandurist Capella was performing for the miners in Kryviy Rih.

Dmytro Yevhenovych Balatskyj (director 1937–38) (born 1902, died 1981) completed his studies at the Kiev Muz-dram institute in 1929.

Pika prepared the first "Slovo Tarasa" program in 1939 to coincide with the Shevchenko Jubilee and the tour of the recently acquired Western Ukrainian lands.