? A Ukrainian musician at the Lviv train station played the musical piece “Time” from the film Inception on the piano to the sound of an air raid alarm
Pianist from Lviv – @alexpian_official#StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/P1xBLiAiHj
– Michel de Groot ?? (@stayingaliveuk) March 26, 2022
The touching video immediately became an internet hit. The recording eventually reached the songwriter, Hans Zimmer. It was shown to him by his daughter, who came across it on social media.
“Alex, I am absolutely amazed by your interpretation of Time in these times of crisis. Your music lifts the spirit of the Ukrainian people. We are on your side, ”said the German artist in a video message in which he has a scarf draped over the shoulders in Ukrainian colors.
Zimmer also sent Alex a video of his concert at the O2 Arena in London, where he played a young pianist in Lviv to his audience. “I am very grateful for the support of Ukraine in this terrible war that Russia has waged against our people. Hans Zimmer showed this video during his concert in front of 15,000 people. I am very grateful to the Zimmer family for having brought attention to the war in my country. I am happy to be able to make a great contribution so that as many people as possible know the truth and protest against the aggressive and criminal Russia, ”said Alex on his Instagram.
They pulled me from the waist down. The woman was attacked by a Russian soldier, who was dragged off the street by neighbors
Farewell to the piano
Alex’s courageous act is not the only one that has spread from Ukraine to the whole world thanks to the Internet. Music lovers and those who look at the country with trepidation were also moved by Ukrainian musician Iryna Manyukina, who probably played for the last time in the ruins of her home.
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According to Radio Free Europe, her daughter’s video shows their ruined house in Bila Tserkva, about 80 kilometers from kyiv. The house was reportedly badly damaged by Russian shelling in early March. The bullet hit a place a few meters from the building, fortunately no one in the family was injured. The musician chose Chopin’s composition to say goodbye to her beloved instrument.
The family left the damaged house and evacuated.
violin harmony
And violinists around the world aren’t ashamed either. A total of 94 musicians from 29 countries joined nine Ukrainian violinists and together they performed a song in favor of Ukraine. “I became friends with young violinists in Ukraine via Instagram and discovered that although many of them are hidden in the shelter, they have their instruments with them. So I asked colleagues from all over the world to accompany them in harmony,” said British violinist Kerenza Peacock.
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Together they performed the Ukrainian folk song Verbovaja dosčečka. “kyiv violinist Ilya Bondarenko, who was then in an underground shelter, had to shoot between the explosions because he could not hear them playing. Violinists from so many countries have never met before. Even more Ukrainian colleagues wanted to get involved, but some of them now have weapons in their hands instead of violins,” added the musician.
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Another video, which began circulating on Twitter in early March, shows a young girl reassuring people in hiding from the kyiv metro bombing by playing a violin. He plays the Ukrainian song A Moonlight Night.
GirlA girl in an air-raid shelter plays “What a Moonlit Night” on the violin.#Kiev #Ukraine #Stoprussia #Stop the war #Kiev #Zaporozhie #Ukrainian #RussianUkrainianWar #Russia #Russian pic.twitter.com/djduWBdrUV
– American Events (@AmericanEvents_) March 7, 2022
Lviv residents are also trying to please the local street artist, who hails from Bukh, west of kyiv.
euronews: RT @no comment: A street musician from Bucha, west of kyiv, plays the violin for the enjoyment of Lviv residents on Wednesday.
On the surface, everything seems normal. In the meantime, war is raging elsewhere in the country.#UkraineRussiapic.twitter.com/YilaKqI9W9– Radio Télé 6 Universe (@tele6cayes) March 31, 2022
The music also resounds in the headquarters of the Ukrainian army. In the following images, published by Nexta TV, the soldier plays his Ukrainian anthem to his colleagues to boost morale.
The Ukrainian army plays the anthem on the violin in front of its colleagues
Even on the most difficult days, the morale of the #Ukrainian the army can’t be broken?? pic.twitter.com/BbuLkoM4tG– NEXT (@nexta_tv) March 17, 2022
study against war
Words of consolation for a war-torn country are also sent by children’s entertainers. The nine-year-old Greek pianist even composed his own composition for Ukraine. He called it the anti-war study. “I don’t see people suffering anymore. Children have a right to peace. Please stop the war,” said Stelios Kerasidis, who is considered one of the greatest young musical talents in the world.
“We children have the right to peace. Please stop this war”:
Stelios Kerasidis, a 9-year-old Greek piano prodigy, has composed an original score for the people of #Ukraine.
A moving plea for peace today #WorldPianoDay pic.twitter.com/EXUnluejqE– DW Culture (@dw_culture) March 29, 2022