The rousing rendition by Violinists Support Ukraine brought tears to many.
Illia Bondarenko, hiding in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, opens the clip as he stares defiantly down the camera.From the world’s greatest orchestras to a lone fiddler in the Scottish Highlands, the universal message was one of hope, explained British violinist Kerenza Peacock.The sound of solidarity: musicians came together to share support for Ukraine She said: ‘On the day Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine, I was at home practicing my scales.
‘I then asked other violinists in Ukraine and colleagues from around the world to play along with him in harmony.’ Nine other young violinists sheltering in Ukraine joined Illia, and players from the London Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Hollywood Studios also took part.Trenches are prepared by the side of the road as a precaution amid Russian attacks in Kyiv this week
More Ukrainians wanted to take part, but could not ‘because they now have guns in their hands instead of violins’.
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