Maryna Krut

Presented by the UMass Fine Arts Center Maryna Krut is a master musician and songwriter whose work brilliantly blends tradition and contemporary influence. Krut is a virtuoso of the sixty-five-string bandura, the national instrument of Ukraine. With gorgeous, soulful playing, ethereal vocals, and defiantly beautiful songwriting, Krut deftly weaves the traditional sounds of her homeland into a transcendently innovative style of folk pop. As you lose yourself in her songs, it becomes easy to understand how Krut has emerged as a rising star of the international stage. And in the years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Krut has grown into something much more than a musical visionary. At home, Krut regularly travels to the front lines to perform for troops fighting to preserve Ukraine’s in