Greetings! I am honored to introduce myself as Svetlana Telbukh, the renowned Ukrainian artist and visionary behind the Sand Elf project.
With a deep knowledge of the art of working with sand, I create and perform breathtaking sand animation performances all over the world. With my extraordinary talent, I create captivating shows that fascinate the audience and leave a lasting impression in their hearts and minds.
It is with great pride and dedication that I continue to share the magical world of sand animation with audiences around the world

Some of my best projects are:

TV shows
“America’s got Talent”, Los-Angeles, USA (2019 and 2016)
2018 “Spain’s got Talent”, Madrid, Spain
2011 “Ukraine’s got Talent”, Dnepr, Ukraine

Sand animation shows and videos:
2023 Music video "Requiem for Larissa. Goodbye, world", award from Prague International Music Video Awards
2021 Music video “Magic Song” premier on Warner Music, award from The Royal Society
of Television and Motion Pictures
2020 and 2018 Live show for president of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Sand animation concerts with orchestras:
2019 Live show with Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra for European leaders, chancellor from
Germany Angela Merkel, “German unity”, live broadcast festival from Kiel on ZDF
(Central TV channel of Germany)
2019-2020 “The Nutcracker”, Peter Tchaikovsky. Kyiv Symphony Orchestra.
2018-2019 “Peter and The Wolf”, Sergei Prokofiev. Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
2018 “Worldwide famous Soundtracks”. Kyiv Symphony Orchestra
2018 “Filmmusik“, Philharmonie Südwesten in Apollo-Theater. Siegen, Germany
2014-2015 “Peer Gynt”, Edvard Grieg. Youth Academic Symphony Orchestra
"Virtuosos of Slobozhanshchina" on the basis of the Kharkiv National
Academic Opera and Ballet Theater n.a. M.V. Lysenko. Kharkiv, Ukraine

Cultural management
since 2009 Author of methodic of teaching children sand art. Founder of a sand
art school in Ukraine, organizer of training seminars for teachers from
all over Europe
2003-2009 Organizer and Jury member of six International Sand Animation
Festivals “Touch”, Dnipro, Ukraine
2004-2006 Organizer and Jury member of three Ukrainian Children Sand
Animation Festivals “Touch”, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Competitions
2023 Prague International Music Video Awards
2021 The Royal Society of Television and Motion Pictures
2018 International competition of sand graphic for "Sand calendar 2019”, Moscow
2018 International online competition of sand graphic “Sand battle”, Moscow
2016 International sand painting festival "Sand Malerei Festival “, Hamburg, Germany
2015 International sand animation festival “SandMotion”, St. Petersburg