The Cedar Presents
DIVKA
Thursday, May 13, 2027
Doors 7PM | Show 7:30PM
Seated | All Ages
This show is part of The Cedar's Global Roots Series, made possible in part by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Marbrook Foundation, the Rosemary and David Good Foundation, and the hundreds of donors whose generosity helps sustain our programs each year.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
DIVKA is a dynamic female duo from Ontario, Canada, bringing a bold new voice to contemporary folk. Featuring bandurist Alina Kuzma and violist Zoë Ëoz, the duo creates an electrifying fusion of Ukrainian village singing, mythology, old-time music, and generations of femme power, with plenty of whimsy and a touch of vengeance.
DIVKA
DIVKA is two folk fatales with a sonic bone to pick. Using bygone folk songs from Ukrainian and global women's music-making traditions, they weave a constellation on bandura (esoteric Ukrainian harp), ethereal polyphonic vocals, and guttural ancient invocations on the viola.
As a sonic rebel reckoning, DIVKA's music is charged with mythology, traditional village singing, and generations of femme power, mystic whimsy, and a dash of vengeance.
DIVKA began with a deceptively simple mission: To find and perform songs where women are allowed joy, and not punished for desire, curiosity, pleasure, or power.
From that seed, the project expanded into something larger: a sonic archive of women’s inner lives across time filled with flirtation, rage, grief, eroticism, humour, longing, survival, and magic.
The duo is made up of Alina Kytasty Kuzma, a tradition refocusing bandurist and vocal forest nymph, and Zoë Santo, a guttural violist (not a violin) and gremlin of chaos and sometimes vocals.
DIVKA is hilarious, sharp tongued, cute, and haunting global women’s music, blending traditional music with contemporary oomph. Their performances are a celebration of girlhood and the enduring strength and creativity of women throughout the ages.
In 2026, DIVKA played a 28 date tour, a sold-out show at the NAC in Ottawa, and opened for BIIRD at The Great Hall in Toronto. Their debut album folk fatale released April 2nd, 2026, and you can listen to their music everywhere music is streamed.