The highly-talented Ukrainian bandura player and singer, Mariia Petrovska, will be impressing audiences in Farnham with her angelic vocals and virtuoso playing next month. Following her two sold out shows in London this year, she is making her Surrey debut at Farnham Maltings at a benefit concert for Ukraine on 9th September. Mariia came to live and study in the UK after the Russian invasion and she continues to use her music as a voice for Ukraine. Proceeds from the concert will be donated to charities supporting Ukrainian people in the UK and Ukraine.

“Mariia’s complete mastery of the bandura, a traditional Ukrainian instrument, combined with her pure, emotive voice, is utterly breath-taking,” said Jo Hughes, founder of Folk Inspiration. “Mariia is rapidly finding a new audience for the bandura far beyond its Ukrainian home and it’s a dream come true that she can perform in Farnham, a town that has opened its heart to many Ukrainians seeking refuge from the war.”

The concert is organised by Folk Inspiration as a partnership event with Invisible Visible, a new exhibition by Ukrainian photographer Natalia Sharomova and the Ukrainian Art Group at art for wellbeing charity, Creative Response. The exhibition opens at the Foyer Gallery at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham at the beginning of September.