The second concert in our Staircase Sounds concert series highlights the beautiful and haunting sound of Eastern European vocal music. We are thrilled to host Vostok as they share a selection of traditional songs.
Vostok (The East) is an East Vancouver based vocal trio specializing in music from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Singers Aliya Griffin, Emily Villavicencio, and Jessica Hood deliver a rich and varied set in over ten languages and dialects. They share a love of not only their heritage, but the highly diverse, yet often interconnected musical and cultural traditions from across Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
A Polish lament, a Croatian harvest song, a dissonant Bulgarian chant, a Ukrainian spring song first heard on a Kyiv subway—Vostok takes the listener from bliss to despair and back again.
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Vostok
is a female vocal trio that was born from The Troika Collective and is involved in many of their creations and performances. The Troika Collective
is a Vancouver-based, multi-disciplinary performance collective that uses Eastern European history and culture as a lens to explore universally resonant stories and themes. The three founding members of Vostok are of Ukrainian descent and have a deep and lasting connection to the Ukrainian Community in East Vancouver, specifically the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians.