Heat singers

Music is born out of the crumbling central heating system of Ukraine, as a team of devoted pipe-fitters rush from home to home to tame hot fountains and… to sing!

For many years, Ivan Vasyliovych has been the trade union leader at IvanoFrankivskTeploKomunEnergo, a municipal heating company in western Ukraine. His magnum opus is the trade union choir for mechanics, repairmen, dispatchers, bookkeepers and other employees. Ivan Vasyliovych is very proud of their creative achievements but is also keen to point out that “the heating comes first - and only then do we sing!”. The rehearsal schedule must be organised around the “heating season”. As the collective are trying to fix the old pipelines, customers are bombarding the hotline service. Is it possible to warm up their cold radiators with the power of Ukrainian folk song?

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