Volo Bedzvin – cello, vocal, composer.
Originally from Ukraine, Volo Bedzvin grow up in a classical musician family with early string, composition and music theory training. Since 12 years old, Volo been studying in boarding Special Music School (Kharkiv, Ukraine).
And after in National Music Academy (Lviv) class of the nationally rewarded cellist and composer Juri Laniuk. With a high demand at the time, Volo been working with dozens of original music projects, starting from folk, indie, pop, rock and many other genre.
With growing interest in solo career and composing work, Volo Bedzvin moved to Vancouver, BC and later on to Toronto, Ontario, to pursue a career in music. List of projects and composing works you can find here. Right now, Volo resides in Ukraine working and volunteering since a full-scale invasion of Russia as neighbouring terrorists funding country destroying everything in his native country.
My Experience
- 2022 – 2023 – “Dogs Of Europe”, theatre play (Paris, Berlin), cello, vocal, percussion, performer – [YouTube]
- “Bedzvin Live in the Lviv Organ Hall”, 2019, full-scale production of a live concert – management, artist – [YouTube]
- 2016 – 2019 “Counting SHEEP” – touring theatre (Canada, UK, USA, EU), cello, singing, performer – [Facebook]
- 2018 – “Resurgence” movie, Sound Department
- 2014 – now “BEDZVIN”, music solo project, cello and electronics – [Facebook]
- 2014 – 2015 Inso-Lviv Symphonic Orchestra, cello – [Philharmonia Lviv]
- 2014 – Mariya Zankovetska Theater, cello – [Zankovetska Theater]
- 2012 – 2015 “Jalapita”, session musician, cello – [Wikipedia]
- 2011 – 2015 “Hycz Orkestr”, session musician, cello – [Facebook]
Past Projects - “Emigrant Song” – film-etude, documentary, autobiography, performing & music 2022 – [YouTube]
- “One day I’m gonna make the onion cry #4” by BB Johannes Deimling, Carbonarium International Performance Art Festival, 2019 – cello – [Vimeo]
- “Step” U. Horbachevska music-art project – cello, looper-station, sound FX, lyrics 2015
- “2014” M. Sadovska & M. Tokar – session musician (double bass) – [YouTube]
- “Kovcheg” (“Jalapita” music band) – arranging music for a music show, cello, co-vocalist
- “MONASTER” international music project (Poland, with Wlodek Pawlik) – session musician, co-vocalist – [YouTube]
Discography
- “The Flow”, BEDZVIN, full album, 2020 (Spotify, Apple Music)
- “Jalapita” (2015) – cello, co-singer
- “Monaster” (2014) – live recording, cello, co-singer [YouTube]
- “Piv Alboma” (2013), “Zilyi” (2014) – “Hycz Orkestr”, cello
- “Solospivy” (2013) – U. Horbachevska, cello, co-singer
Composing
- “VERG” – music to the short movie, 2022 – [YouTube]
- “Android or Number on Your Back”, a music score for a play, 2019 – [YouTube]
- “Cello fantasy” a music piece for the movie “Boulevard”, 2019 – [Facebook]
- “Twentysixteen”, final soundtrack, 2016 – [IMDb], [Vimeo]
- “5 books”, music for book-trailer, 2013 – [YouTube]
Achievements
- Canada Council of Art, a grant for out of Canada tour, 2019
- Shevchenko Foundation, a grant for developing a music album, 2019
- Canada Council of Art, a grant for in Canada tour, 2018
- “Freedom of Expression Award” from Amnesty International, as a performer of the “Counting Sheep” play, 2016