Wind
for Change

For the next
generationof jazz.

A SESSION BY LUKAS ABROMAVICIUS

Music for the next generation
of Ukrainian jazz musicians.

Help their next chapter begin
Lukas playing the saxophone

01 — FOLK / UKRAINIAN ROOTS

Watch the opening session

THE RECORDINGS / 2026

Three recordings.
One shared future.

Listen, watch, take the music with you.
Then help someone find their sound.

WHAT WE ARE MAKING POSSIBLE

A summer of possibility.

25 young musicians.
Two places to grow.
One love of jazz.

5

Stanford

Fully funded places at Stanford
Jazz Summer School 2027.

$30,000 / FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS

20

Lviv

Summer school and masterclasses
with our jury. June / July 2027.

+$10,000 / TWENTY PLACES

Jazz has always been
a breath of freedom.

From jazz on Radio Free Europe to a saxophone in a studio. A nod to “Wind of Change”, and a belief that music can open doors for the next generation in Ukraine.

— Lukas Abromavicius

THE JURY & MENTORS

People who pass it on.

Three Ukrainian artists.
A shared commitment to what comes next.

ENУКР
Wind
for Change
ENУКР

THE JURY & MENTORS

Dennis Adu

Trumpeter, composer
and jazz educator.

Dennis Adu is a Ukrainian jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, and President of the All-Ukrainian Association of Pop and Jazz Orchestras. He is the founder and leader of the Dennis Adu Quintet and Dennis Adu Big Band. He has performed at major jazz festivals across Europe and the United States and conducted international masterclasses. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with renowned jazz artists, including Gregory Porter, Curtis Fuller, Javon Jackson, Larry Willis, Seamus Blake, and Wayne Escoffery. He teaches at the R. Glier Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music and is actively involved in developing jazz education and promoting jazz music in Ukraine.

THE JURY & MENTORS

Dana Vynnytska

Vocalist, pianist
and DAGADANA co-founder.

Dana Vynnytska is a vocalist, pianist, composer and producer. She graduated from the Mykola Lysenko Lviv Academy of Music, where she studied composition under Professor Viktor Kaminsky. She is a co-founder of Shockolad, DAGADANA, Babooshki and Śpiewacza Banda. Her work blends folk, jazz, electronic and contemporary music. She has performed over 1,000 concerts in 36 countries, promoting Polish and Ukrainian music. With DAGADANA, she won the 2011 Fryderyk Award for Folk/World Music Album of the Year.

THE JURY & MENTORS

Usein Bekirov

Pianist, composer
and jazz educator in Lviv.

Usein Bekirov is a Ukrainian Crimean Tatar jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and producer, an Honored Artist of Ukraine, and a member of The Recording Academy and the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.
His music blends jazz, funk, fusion, and ethnic influences, incorporating Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian musical traditions into a contemporary sound. He has collaborated with leading musicians on the international jazz scene.
He teaches at the Ukrainian National Academy of Music and heads the Jazz Department at the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy.

Take a little music with you.

RECORDINGS BY LUKAS ABROMAVICIUS

FolkMP3 / 05:15 / 12.6 MBIn the SkyMP3 / 04:32 / 10.9 MBSentimental MoodMP3 / 07:20 / 17.6 MB

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