Vasyl' Kostovych Yemetz (Ukrainian: Василь Костьович Ємець; 15 December or 27 December 1891 – 6 January 1982) (2 August 1890 – 4 January 1982) (also went by Wassyl, Vassyl) was born in the village of Sharivka, 40 km from Kharkiv, Ukraine. He was the son of Kost' and Yevdokia (Kurakhovych). He was married to Maria Hotra-Doroshenko. He was a virtuoso bandurist. He was founder and initial director of the in 1918 - the direct protégé of the Kiev Bandurist Capella and the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus.