Traditions and Innovations in the Creative and Performing Activities of the Precarpathian Bandura Quartet Gerdan

The purpose of the research is to highlight the formation of the Precarpathian bandura quartet Gerdan and its creative and performing activities. It emphasizes the phenomenon of the female ensemble bandura playing as well as determines the contribution of the quartet to the development and popularization of modern bandura playing. The research methodology comprises the use of general scientific methods of cognition, namely, the chronological, analytical, as well as methods of generalisation and systematisation that gave the opportunity to study the formation and creative-performing activities of the Precarpathian bandura quartet Gerdan in dynamics and time. The scientific novelty of the study is that for the first time the stages of formation and creative performing activity of the Carpathian bandura quartet Gerdan in the context of the modern ensemble bandura playing development were studied in detail. Conclusions. The article underlines the dominance of female chamber ensembles, especially bandura quartets, in the development of modern ensemble bandura playing. The Precarpathian bandura quartet Gerdan is noted to be one of the prominent modern bandura quartets, which creative and performing activities brightly popularize the bandura art, both in Ukraine and abroad. Presenting the innovative approach and creativity to its own artistic activities, the quartet has become original and unique in the formation of its repertoire. The ensemble impresses with the wide range of performance opportunities in vocal and instrumental aspects. Its highly professional performing art skillfully combines the emotional sphere and the analytical approaches that focused great attention on the characteristics of creative and performing activities of the ensemble in the context of the development of modern music culture, which is characterized by national traditions as well as correspondence to European and world cultural and art standards