Pavlo Hunka
Born1 January 1900
Alma materKing Henry VIII School
OccupationBass-Baritone

Pavlo Hunka

Hunka (born ??) is a British-Ukrainian bass-baritone.

Early Life

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Hunka, the son of a Ukrainian father and an English mother, grew up in Coventry and attended King Henry VIII School. Hunka qualified as a linguist and then practised as a lawyer before embarking upon a singing career

Singing Career[1]

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Hunka began his vocal studies at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and completed them in Switzerland with Kammersängerin Maria Sandulescu.

Ukrainian Art Song Project [2][3][4][5]

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Hunka is Artistic Director[6] of the Ukrainian Art Song Project, which has the goal of recording an anthology of over 1000 Ukrainian classical art songs by 26 Ukrainian composers.


  1. ^ "Pavlo Hunka - Artistsman.com". www.artistsman.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  2. ^ "Ukrainian Art Song Project". Ukrainian Art Song Project. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ^ Routledge. (2017-03-11). "INTERVIEW | Pavlo Hunka And The Ukrainian Art Song Summer Institute". Ludwig van Toronto. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  4. ^ "Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: A chat with opera star Pavlo Hunka". Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. ^ "Highly charged in Kiev". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  6. ^ "Summer Institute Faculty". Ukrainian Art Song Project. Retrieved 2021-05-14.