[2] The founder and chief conductor of the choir was Honored Artist of Ukraine - Mykola Katsal.
Katsal graduated from Lviv Polytechnic Institute (geodesy), Music College and Conservatory.
In 1977, 6 years after the founding, Dudaryk was already among the finalists at the festival of art groups in the Soviet Union.
In 2020 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky granted national status to the choir.
[4] Since its founding Dudaryk gave over 1500 concerts in prestigious concert halls and churches of Ukraine and worldwide, including Carnegie Hall - U.S., Duomo - Lithuania, Notre Dame de Paris - France, Vancouver-Pacific International festival Canada Place and many others.