Olga Korolova, one of Ukraine’s leading techno DJs, donated her most recent gig fee to the Ukrainian Army and charities helping those displaced in the conflict, and launched a YouTube fundraiser titled #prayforukraine, in place of her usual music videos. Other artists, meanwhile, are using music to raise money to help those displaced by the conflict. Metropolitan Opera performs Ukrainian national anthem in solidarity amid Russian invasion March 1, 2022, 3:03 PM The cast of Verdi's Don Carlos began opening night at the Metropolitan Opera with. Photo: Twitter It was an emotional night at the prestigious Metropolitan Opera on Monday, 28 February. The band also held an impromptu concert on Kyiv’s glass bridge to show solidarity with the Ukrainian capital. The Met Chorus singing the Ukrainian national anthem before opening of Don Carlos at the Met Opera, a day after the Opera announced it’s cutting ties with Pro-Putin artists. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, lead singer of the Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy, has been posting videos on Facebook in which he is seen visiting wounded soldiers in hospital, wearing a bullet-proof vest, and delivering food and fuel to Kyiv in his car. Some artists are using their platforms to report on the war through their social channels. “Musicians are peacemakers,” he told EuroNews, but “now it’s not time for playing guitars. Vorotnyk and Potyomkin are two of many artists from Ukraine’s flourishing music industry who have left their families and professions to protect their country against the invasion.Īndriy Khlyvnyuk, the lead singer of rock band BoomBox, said he would “take kids to a safe house” and fight for his country, after Vladimir Putin launched an attack on Ukraine last week.
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