Wolodymyr "Vlad" Smishkewych spent 30 years as an early music specialist performing with ensembles such as Sequentia, Theatre of Voices, The Harp Consort, Dialogos, Jordi Savall, and Carlos Núñez before turning to filmmaking. He lives in Ireland where he is the presenter of Vox Nostra—Ireland's only early music programme on the national public broadcaster, RTÉ.