Vasyl Hrechynsky – Past Concerts

Vasyl Hrechynsky, born in Ukraine, graduated from the Kolessa Institute for Music Pedagogy in Lviv and the M. Lysenko Conservatory in Lviv, where he received a degree in conducting and teaching choral music. He continued deepening his studies by conducting at the P. Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and later, in the USA, at Westminster College of Rider University, where he earned a Master of Music degree with honors. While in Lviv, teaching/lecturing at the Lviv Conservatory, he led several choruses and was Choirmaster at the Lviv Theater of Opera and Ballet. In 1985 and 1986, Hrechynsky won the competition for choral conducting at the Lviv Conservatory. Since arriving in the USA in 1991, Vasyl Hrechynsky has led the "Dumka" Chorus and performed in major concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully, and Newark Symphony Hall, as well as an annual Christmas concert at St. Patrick's Cathedral. In 2022, he led the "Dumka" Chorus during an appearance on SNL and at the U.S. Open.