Miro Ilo (Ukraine)

The group was founded under the impact of the best examples of Romani musical heritage. The love to a true Romani folklore was brought to young actors by Vladimir Serdyuchenko - the professional musician, who is a virtuoso in Bayan and Accordion. His two sons, Vitaly and Oleg and also a singer Tatyana Dzigovsky have formed an initial staff of "Miro Ilo". It has been awarded in 2001 by Grand Prix of an International Romani festival-contest "Amala-2001" (city Kiev, Ukraine).
There is one more program in the plans of "Miro Ilo". And its' dedicated to creative works of famous Russian Romani composers: Appolon Grigoriev, Alexey Vasiliev, Teodor Polonsky, Nikolay Jemchuhniy and others.

The decisive role in the formation and professional development of "Miro Ilo" belongs to its' manager and producer: Maestro Ivan Shepelev, National Actor of Ukraine, and member of an International Union Of Variety Artists in Paris. His producer's skills, musical style, considerate attitude to a Romani folklore has helped this group to make serious steps toward the professional stage. Maestro Shepelev has included the dance group in to a vocal-instrumental structure of "Miro Ilo" and has developed a Romani show to the level of a perfect performance.

Dancers Yekaterina Derevyanko, Anatoly Yuzepchuk and Anna Stoyanovich have added "Miro Ilo" by so bright component that it has allowed this collective to get an exceptional integrity and bright Romani coloring.

The folk ensemble "Miro Ilo" has successfully showed its' creativity in the "Romani Courtyard" Festival in Moscow in 2002, and became the prizewinner of this event.

In May 2002 in Prague (Czech Republic) there was an International Romani Festival "Khamoro"("Little sun"). This Ukrainian ensemble turned out to be a bright pearl of this folk feast due to its' professionalism and the originality of Ukrainian Romani (servo group) traditions. Thus "Miro Ilo" again happened to be a Grand Prix holder of that Festival !