Winners of the Shevchenko Prize 2025

The decree on awarding 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!” at the Lviv National Opera;
• poet Yurii Izdryk - for the poetry collection “Collection”;
• artist Zhanna Kadyrova - for her solo exhibition “Flight Trajectory”;
• journalist Pavlo Kazarin - for the project “War-time Journalism” in the online publication “Ukrainska Pravda”;
• Petrykivka painting masters Valentyna Karpets-Yermolaieva, Andrii Pikush, Maria 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, cinematographer Serhii 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 Taras Shevchenko National Prize is 484,480 hryvnias.