Alla Kedyk

Bandura for your civil wedding

With bandura solo, or bandura and vocals, I accompany the special moments of your civil ceremony – such as the entrance, the signing and the exit, as far as your registry office allows.

For civil ceremonies in Zurich, Birmensdorf and nearby – we agree the location and musical details individually.

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Two formats for your ceremony

Choose the sound that suits your ceremony.

Bandura solo

Purely instrumental. The bandura carries the moment alone, calmly and without words.

  • Instrumental music on the bandura
  • For the moments your registry office allows
  • Music chosen in personal consultation
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Bandura and vocals

I accompany my own singing on the bandura.

  • Songs with voice and bandura
  • For the moments your registry office allows
  • Music chosen in personal consultation
Enquire about bandura and vocals

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What is a bandura?

The bandura is a Ukrainian plucked string instrument with many strings. It is the instrument I perform on as a soloist and the one I teach – and now it can accompany your ceremony too.

At a civil ceremony the music stays in the background. It accompanies what is happening in the room without pushing to the front.

Alla Kedyk holding a bandura, showing its wooden body and rows of strings.
Close-up of a hand on the strings of the bandura

The music in the ceremony

A civil ceremony is short and formal. Music finds its place at a few special moments.

  1. Entrance

    You enter the room and the guests fall quiet. The bandura is the first sound of that moment.

  2. Signing

    While you sign, a calm pause opens up. Here the music can quietly fill the room.

  3. Exit

    After the ceremony the music walks you out – to your guests and into the day.

Please check with your registry office which musical moments are possible. We will plan the musical programme together.

How we prepare

  1. Enquiry

    You tell me the date, the place, your preferred format and the musical moments.

  2. Personal consultation

    We talk through your music wishes, the mood and the room.

  3. Registry office

    You find out from the registry office which moments are possible. We then plan the programme together.

  4. Your ceremony

    The music accompanies your ceremony – quietly and with restraint.

Artist teacher of bandura and vocals

I perform as a bandura soloist, teach bandura and singing, and play at festivals, events and private celebrations.

Putting together individual programmes and helping people choose songs and works is a regular part of my work. That is how I approach your ceremony too: in conversation with you.

“To create for you and with you the beauty of sensations”

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Questions

Is music allowed at our registry office?

Each office sets its own rules, and it also depends on the room. Please check with your registry office which musical moments are possible. We will plan the musical programme together.

Can we tell you what music we would like?

Very much so. Write to me about what matters to you. We will talk through what suits the bandura and your ceremony.

What needs to be prepared at the venue?

That depends on the room. Tell me where the ceremony takes place and we will clarify together what is practically needed there.

How much does it cost?

We discuss price and scope individually, to fit the date, venue, format and the musical moments we agree. Send me these details and I will gladly prepare a personal quote.

Enquiry for your ceremony

With these details I can reply to you personally. An enquiry is not yet a booking.

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