Ukrainian accordion duo delight Dornoch church audience

Ukrainian musicians Oleksii Kolomoiets and Igor Sayenko, who together make up the Kyiv Classic Accordion Duo, brought their 20th anniversary tour to St Finnbarr’s Scottish Episcopal Church in Dornoch on Wednesday.

The Reverend Canon Simon Scott, priest in charge at St Finnbarr’s, said the duo delighted the 99-strong audience with a varied programme ranging from Bach to Waxman.

More than £1300 was donated on the night, which will go to Hippocrat, a charity supporting families affected by the infamous Chernobyl disaster in 1986, and also the victims of the Ukrainian war with Russia.

Simon said: “On the night, prayers for peace and for the liberation of all territories of Ukraine were offered.”

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