Chamber choir “Gileya” performs a sacred and secular choral music along with Ukrainian folk songs. It is a winner of numerous choral competitions, participant of sacred music festivals.
The history of the choir starts from October 1998 in Poltava. Its founder was an Honored Cultural Worker of Ukraine Pavlo Lymanskyi (1951-2001). He inspired and gathered likeminded people, admiring sacred music, and they together organized “Gileya” choir.
Cast: creative intellectuals of Poltava, professional musicians, talented youth. The choir functions at Artistic Social Association “Gileya”. “Gileya” (Greek: hý̄lē ) – ancient name of the location near Dnipro river, the territory of the present Poltava region.
Repertoire: Ukrainian and Orthodox sacred music, fragments from liturgies, European classical music, adaptations of folk songs, works of contemporary composers.
Chamber choir “Gileya” of Artistic Social Association “Gileya” is a winner of eight international and Ukrainian choral competitions, such as:
1st place at the III International Competition “World of Music -2000”, sacred music category, Italy, 2000.
3rd place at the III International Chamber Choirs Competition “Yalta-Victoria-2001”, Ukraine, 2001.
3rd place at the IV International Chamber Choirs Competition “Yalta-Victoria-2003”, Ukraine, 2003.
1st place at the XI International Chamber Choirs Competition “Pivdenna Palmira”, Ukraine, 2004.
2nd place at the V International Chamber Choirs Competition “Yalta-Victoria-2005”, Ukraine, 2005.
Two silver diplomas (two second places) at the V International Choral Competition “Venice in Music”, Italy, 2005.
2nd place at the I Ukrainian Festival-Competition “Chervona Kalyna”, Ukraine, 2010.
1st place at the II International Choral Competition “Krystalno Glasove”, Bulgaria, 2012.
Chamber choir “Gileya” is a participant of the following:
XVIII Sacred Music Festival in Luciano, Italy, 2000.
VII – Х Ukrainian Sacred Music Festival “From Christmas to Christmas” in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, 2000-2003.
Partnership programs between Poltava and Filderstadt, Germany, 2012.
Eastern Kirchentag in Wroclaw, Poland, 2014.
35th Kirchentag in Stuttgart, Germany, 2015.
Chamber choir “Gileya” gave concerts in Italy, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland. It is an active participant of the cultural life of Poltava region. The choir took part in reporting concerts of Poltava region in Kyiv, 2001, 2003, 2009.
Chamber choir “Gileya” of Artistic Social Association “Gileya” is a honorable representative of Poltava region on prestigious stages of the world, it has significant authority in artistic circles of Ukraine and Europe. “Gileya” is the only permanent academic concertizing choir of Poltava region.