Video of the day: 94 violinists from all over the world played the Willow Tablet in support of Ukraine

The sixteenth day of the Russian invasion. The first strikes on the Dnieper, but we would be lying if we said that we were not ready for this. During this period, any support is important for Ukraine, and raising morale is of great importance. At the initiative of the London-based violinist Kerentsa Pikok, 94 musicians from 29 countries performed the Ukrainian folk song “Willow Plank” – and it’s amazingly beautiful!

In her Instagram, the violinist spoke about the initiative, which was attended by musicians from all over the world. They were joined by the violin section of the Munich Chamber Orchestra, musicians from the London and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras, the Oslo Philharmonic, Hollywood Studios, as well as the best violinists from all over the world – Ireland, the Netherlands. South Africa, Moldova, Denmark, India.

I made friends with some young violinists in Ukraine through Instagram and found out that some of them are in basement hideouts, but with their own violins. Therefore, I asked colleagues from all over the world to accompany them in harmony. And they sent me videos from 94 violinists from 29 countries. In 48 hours!! An amazing collaboration in creating an international violin choir in support of Ukraine. Ukrainian violinist Ilya Bondarenko had to shoot a video between explosions because he couldn’t hear his playing.

writes Kerenza Peacock.

She noted that this is the first time violinists from so many countries come together and create such collaborations with different styles of violin playing.

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At the same time, look at this height of cynicism: ECCO will continue to care for the Russians, but they are very sorry about the events in Ukraine.