Winners of the Shevchenko Prize 2025

Winners of the Shevchenko Prize 2025

The decree awarding the prizes was signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The Shevchenko Prize was awarded to the following artists:

• director and librettist Vasyl Vovkun for the opera "Lys Mykyta", ballet "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", modern ballet "Know Yourself!" and the theatrical cantata "Psalms of War!" by the Lviv National Opera;
• poet Yuriy Izdrik for the poetry book "Collection";
• artist Zhanna Kadyrova for her solo exhibition "Trajectory of Flights";
• journalist Pavlo Kazarin for the project "War-time Journalism in the online publication 'Ukrainska Pravda'";
• masters of Petrykivka painting Valentyna Karpets-Yermolaieva, Andrii Pikush, Mariia Pikush, and Natalia Rybak for the art project "Petrykivka Painting: Defending Identity";
• violinist Bohdana Pivnenko for concert programs from 2019 to 2024;
• director and screenwriter Oleksandr Sanin, cameraman Serhiy Mykhalchuk, composer Alla Zahaykevych for the feature film "Dovbush";
• composer Oleksandr Shymko for the sacred mystery "Viry" for mixed choir, authentic voices, soprano, and symphonic orchestra based on ancient prayer, biblical, and Ukrainian folk texts.

The amount of the National Taras Shevchenko Prize is 484,480 hryvnias.