04/15/2026
Tomorrow, Wed., April 15, join PSJ for an evening performance with Ukrainian jazz trumpeter Yakiv Tsvietinskyi and the PSJ band! Troesh Conference Center, Zapara School of Business, 7 p.m. -- FREE! (4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside)
Mr. Tsvietinskyi is a graduate of UCLA’s Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance where he toured internationally with Hancock as a member of the Institute’s ensemble. He also earned a master’s degree in jazz performance from Western Michigan University under a Fulbright scholarship. He blends modern jazz with Ukrainian folk music and is also a composer and educator.
Tsvietinskyi began as a self-taught jazz trumpeter who grew up in a Ukrainian village where classical music prevailed and jazz was considered a foreign art form. He studied classical trumpet at Dnipro Music Academy before becoming one of the academy’s first jazz students in its new jazz department. He later became its first jazz trumpet instructor. Tsvietinskyi discovered recordings by Miles Davis, Chet Baker and others during college.
He met a few other musicians with similar interests and a band was formed. He began developing the jazz scene in his area and began to compose. Eventually, through his educational experiences and performances, he was accepted into top-tier jazz performance groups touring Europe.
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See you at the show!
