"Oh, lean folk! One of me,
Only one me not go
And wherever destiny drives me -
You follow me like a bird, fly ... ".

Bogdan Lyepkyy

Soul overwhelmed feeling when you hear Ukrainian folk song. In whatever locality of our mother-Ukraine did not go, always convinced that every district, village - a treasury of national ethnic group. Combining it together, we have the Ukrainian culture, part of it - the folk song tradition.

Thanks to fate, I was fortunate to meet and work with Zhytomyr family duet "Red and Black," which, based on its creativity, promotes the achievement of Ukrainian Lemko song culture.

Studying the work of Lemko-Ukrainian, I repeatedly asked myself, what is this mysterious ethnic group of people, the songs are sung on all continents of the Earth, and a history or hidden, it is unclear from whom, or forget our Ukrainian shyness.

For those who happen to know about Ukrainian - Lemko, you can tell that from ancient times they occupied the territory in the center of Europe, on both slopes of the Carpathians Beskid. Almost half of the ethnic Lemko lands account for the present territory of Poland - from rivers and the San Solynky east to Poprad and Dunajec in the west. In Slovakia they prostelylysya southern slopes of the Carpathians. Lemko is also Velyky and Perechyn partially Svalyava, Irshava, Mukachevo and Uzhgorod district, Transcarpathian region of Ukraine. Lemko ancestors researchers believe the Slavic tribe of White Croatians that inhabited the Carpathians and the Carpathian: representatives of the tribe, and immigrated zmishavshys shidnoslo'vyanskymy other tribes, took the names of Russians, Ruthenians, that the inhabitants of Kievan Rus. Throughout the ages the fate Lemkos fell many tests. After the disintegration of the Kievan state, and its successor - Galicia-Volyn principality Lemkivshchyna repeatedly conquered, divided the foreign oppressors. But the most tragic events to Lemko occurred in the forties of last century, when as a result of collusion of the Soviet Union and Poland, a significant number of Lemko moved (deported) to the western provinces of Poland and Ukraine (Lviv, Ternopil, Mykolayiv and Kherson). But even under these conditions remain unbroken highlanders distinctive identity, and with ethnographic name Lemkos take ethnonyms Ruthenians, and in modern times - Ukrainian, emphasizing thus belonging to the Ukrainian people.

How brutal were the conditions of life, the more Ukrainian-Lemkos gravitated to national samozberezhennyach to their culture. The characteristic is Lemko songs and in rich inflorescence Ukrainian folk art.

The famous Ukrainian writer - researcher works Lemkos Sofia Grits wrote: "Lemko song laconic in expression, inventive form. She felt the shocks of a Cossack wars, boundless steppe elements, but in his love had glorified the Ukrainian people to the homeland. Lemkivs'ki songs imbued with humorous cross-cutting, frivolously-parody sentiments that inspired artistic perception of the world. " When vchytuyeshsya in texts Lemko songs, you realize that the greatness of the Ukrainian soul, they are self absorbed.

In contemporary Ukraine, especially in areas densely populated by Lemko is a creative teams and performers who promote traditional art song and Lemko culture. For Polesie this culture is not typical. But here, in the Zhytomyr region, originated the creative team, task and purpose of whom was just propaganda and popularization of Ukrainian Lemko song culture, its updates. Family duo Valentina and Yaroslav warm "Red and Black" was just exceptional unique socio - cultural, artistic formation, which in historical and national, cultural ignorance with respect to their same Ukrainian nation - Lemko - in Central and Eastern Ukraine, with no support from state and public organizations, has made this activity a matter of his life. By the way, Jaroslav Warm born in Ivano-Frankivsk, childhood flashed on the Seven Boyars, Lviv region, where his parents had moved in 1944 from Poland (p. Bosko Syanock County).

It is not easy fate of Yaroslav. In 1974 his father died and he moved to Zhitomir. After high school, joined the Zhytomyr cultural and educational school. Serves in the armed forces of the USSR. End Rivne Institute of Culture. Married to a charming polisyankoyu Valentina, in February 1982 debut on stage as a family duo.

Jaroslav Warm in the Far East led the chorus of the North - Kurile song and dance, NGO - Society "Ukraine". The delegates of the International Congress of Ukrainian in 1992.

As a composer, folklorist, ethnographer, poet and singer known in Ukraine and abroad.

Family duo "Red and Black" - the winner and member of international competitions and festivals - "Songs of the Pacific", XIII International Festival of Ukrainian Culture in Sopot, International Festival of family creation "Melody of two hearts," XX International Festival of Lemko culture "Lemko Vatra" Ukrainian festival of Lemko culture "Bells Lemko", festival of family creation "Family Treasures of Ukraine" concert at the Congress of World Federation of Ukrainian Lemko organizations (SFULO) at the Independence Square in Kiev and others.

For an outstanding contribution to the education of children in family support and development of traditions to strengthen family relationships, increased the authority of a Ukrainian family and create conditions for the spiritual unity of generations, the State Committee of Ukraine for Family and Youth Awards Valentina and Yaroslav warm Honorable "for responsible parenthood" ..

In addition, I would like to mention a unique and imperceptible to many as the fact that Valentina and Yaroslav Warm is the only in Ukraine creative team, consisting of whom sing, people who have the official status of "Chernobyl". Yaroslav took part in the aftermath of the world's largest man-made disaster - the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and Valentine - are affected by these consequences. Family Warm, including their young son Oleg, who at that time lived and worked in Narodychi near Zhytomyr region - one of the most contaminated and injured in Ukraine from the Chernobyl accident.

But it does go through life, breaking with all its joys and disagreement, go with fun playful or romantic zazhurno, but Ukrainian song ...

As said in an interview Yaroslav V. "Exodus collection, at first glance, it is not unusual, because the talent is not Ukraine complains. But unordinary thing out of the album does another - more than fourteen years, we, the independent Ukrainian, looking with our powers our national idea, want to gain independence in the new environment for us not to lose their identity, deeply think about the future of the motherland and the fate of their children spirituality and morality of its kind relationship. And we - the family warm, found the answer that you can leave an inheritance to their descendants. Therefore, release of this album is important, perhaps, not so much from a musical point of view, many of national and spiritual. People of the older and middle age, singing traditional songs at festivals, weddings, christenings, maintain stability in the home folk song creation. And the real authentic folk singing, in my opinion, without losing original features, can only exist in the ethnic natural environment ...

Another important aspect. We would like to draw attention to the problems faced most western ethnic Ukrainians, generate interest in its culture, here in central and eastern Ukraine. And happy with what we can do it.

And why we called our audio albums is "Lemko wedding"? Therefore, we believe it is a holiday extension of the human race. If people are celebrating a wedding, the soon to be family christening. This means that people do not die, he lives, it is updated, and it goes in the future ... "

In the albums "Lemko Wedding - 1" and "Lemko wedding -3" family duo, along with popular and still among the Lemko songs, recreated, has revived long forgotten and practically lost.

Updated people updated and its music. The second and fifth albums in this series - it is copyright son melodious albums Lemko, composer Jaroslav heat on poems by contemporary Ukrainian poets. However, they have no Lemko dialect,

texts of all-time, but in terms of poetics, musical styles have much in common with Lemko folk song, for music to poems written by poets pupil Lemko Lemko culture and origin.

Go to the previous three audiocassettes duo "Red and Black" and two new songs on Lemkivshchyna the words Lemko poet from Ivano-Frankivsk Anatolia Yadlovskoho (one of them at Lemko dialect) became part of the audio album and CD "Lemko Wedding. Better. "

Family duo "Red and Black" chosen very best for current market conditions, the option to cover the widest range of students and familiarize them with Lemko song. Their simple at first glance, the executive interpretation is available for the audience dancing in nature and attracts an optimistic tone.

In 2003, Zhytomyr State Broadcasting Company was zaznyato journalistic video of Valentina and Yaroslav warm, entitled "COLOR Lemko fates", where the light of their life and work highlighted the tragic fate of the unique Ukrainian subethnos - Lemko. The film was praised and respected jury of critics at the International TV & Cinema Forum "Together" ("FOREVER") in Yalta and received prize and diploma. In the text of the award was considered a big role in the formation of Lemko Ukrainian statehood.

In 2005 was published for the fifth audio album and a CD duet "Red and Black", entitled "The Ukrainian wedding ...", which finally secured by the composer Jaroslaw C, in the circle of scholars and admirers of his work, known as "the king of modern Ukrainian wedding song. "

In the same landmark for Ukraine was, during the "Orange Revolution" in the streets of many cities and villages of Ukraine from the speakers sounded duet song "Red and Black." And their popular and vysokopatriotychna song "Cheers" has captured his love for Ukraine and inspired people faith and hope for the future and the triumph of justice ..

Echoes of the events in May 2006, became the new audio album Copyright Yaroslav warm songs - "All is well! ". It is quite different from all previous his lyrics, intimacy, and ... sokrovennistyu unpredictable creative facets. And otherwise, and there could be, because this album is dedicated to spouses Valentina and Yaroslav Warm grandson Christian, Elizabeth and son nevisttsi Oleg.

Cautious attitude to the folk song heritage and we are seeing in the new working group - CD "Poliske wedding." After one live on the third channel of the Ukrainian Radio - "Culture" - to the warm Yaroslav received a letter from Boryspil, Kyiv region, in which the old grandfather, retired, sent the texts of folk songs that he has yatav memory of his mother and grandmother and who now are not met. That turned out to age by letter that the song at least a hundred - stop yatdesyat years or more. Unfortunately, as expressed by the letter, hearing the music he does, but the memory of five never complained. Thus, had the composer and folklorist Yaroslav warm restore these old tunes and original songs. I think he succeeded. For the popular album "Poliske Wedding" suggests. By the way, this album includes well-known two Lemko folk, as they say, "hits" - "Oh, administers, my willy" and "Under oblachkom" (When a window).

"Red and Black: Lemko fates of colors" ... It is this name in the first years of independence, Ukraine, musical film, shot Valentina and Yaroslav warm. They chose not to create some video clips as other performers, and on united poems of Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, Boris Demkiva and other 11 masterfully taken operator Alexander Kolomijtsev videos. In this film enjoyment words, music and nature. It just have to see.

Valentina and Yaroslav Warm involved in many Dobrochyn. Flooding in Western Ukraine in 2007, the need for other people not only in moral and material support, pushed them to a more organized and civilized forms of assistance - the creation of the Foundation "Good Angels Ukraine", which is an interregional.

Zhytomyr - it is Lviv, Ternopil, Toronto or Chicago, or even Kyiv, where there are associations of ethnic Ukrainian who were deported from Zakerzonnia where there is the possibility of human communication in his circle, and thus is potrebovanist in the spiritual. "Red and Black" is - a kind of "Lemko enclave" in Polesie, which is offline and full self-sufficiency.

In the creative duo plans - a Ukrainian Lemko theater songs, concerts, recording new songs and release of new audiocassettes. But no state financial support and hinder the implementation of creative ideas.

To my question "What is the meaning of their creative life and even in these difficult and uncertain conditions?" Yaroslav replied: "The meaning of life, besides creative, is always and in everything. And ours? We just do not give their creativity PEOPLE forget that he is immortal. "

Valentina and Yaroslav Warm Rained priceless emeralds with their song family treasure, remain true to their life purpose, his calling - to revive, preserve, promote, protect the Ukrainian Lemko folk song, update it by creating a modern Ukrainian Lemko songs. Their selfless work in this field has made them znákovymy figures revival of Ukraine.