Daughters of Donbas — Songs of Stolen Children

Daughters of Donbas — Songs of Stolen Children is a music and human rights project that highlights the plight of at least 20,000 Ukrainian children abducted from occupied Ukraine and taken to Russia. 

Singer, musician, human rights advocate and war correspondent, Marichka is the powerful lead voice of the project, in which she performs with a string quartet and bandurist Alina Kuzma. Marichka is a former member of Canadian folk ensembles Lemon Bucket Orkestra and Balaklava Blues and has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Barbican Centre and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and won an Amnesty International Prize. 

Marichka has been travelling back and forth between Canada and Ukraine to research this project: meeting families that are victims of this horrific crime.

Join us at St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh on January 29th for this unique concert that combines art and journalism. Proceeds from the event will go to SaveUkraine, the only NGO that regularly organizes rescue missions to return deported children from Russia.

Marichka Marczyk is a well-known singer, folklorist, activist and musician with the Ukrainian-Canadian band Balaklava Blues and Lemon Bucket Orkestra. Since 2014, she has lived in Toronto, Canada, with her family—she is the mother of four children.

In 2002, Marichka graduated from the National Music Academy of Ukraine with a Major in Ethnomusicology/Folklore Music. Together with her husband Mark Marczyk, Marichka’s creative work and performances have won numerous international awards, including the First Edinburgh Fringe Festival award (2016), the Amnesty award, two Dora awards (2017), and Stingray Rising stars award (2021). Her music has also received many stunning reviews in some of the world’s most influential media outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Toronto Star and others.