Georgiy Matviyiv

Georgiy Matviyiv is a Ukrainian bandurist and composer from Odesa devoted to the modern instrumental bandura. He has developed new playing techniques that take the instrument into jazz and other styles. He was a soloist with the Chaika ensemble at the Odesa Philharmonic from 2006 to 2018 and with the NAONI Orchestra in Kyiv from 2018 to 2023, and represented Ukraine in the European Jazz Orchestra 2012.