UA Jazz Prize winners: Hyphen Dash on European Tour
UA Jazz Prize winners: Hyphen Dash on European Tour In September, the band “Hyphen Dash”— winner of the Grand Prix of the “UA Jazz Prize 2025,” the first jazz award in Ukraine — sets off on a tour of Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. The band “Hyphen Dash” represents a new generation of Ukrainian improvisational music: Mykhailo Birchenko — bandleader, drums; Yevhen Puhachov — guitar, bass; Polina Maiboroda — keys; Dmytro Startsev — keys, effects. The quartet, named Ukraine’s Best Jazz Band of 2025, impressed the international jury with its bold musical language…