Violinists play to support Ukraine

I found this incredibly moving.

Violinists across the world have joined together to perform the Ukrainian folk song "Verbovaya Doschechka" in support of Ukraine. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mQSIeD-x6dQ&feature=emb_logo

It started with Illia Bondarenko, who filmed himself playing in a basement shelter in Kyiv, at the request of Kerenza Peacock, a British violinist who lives in Los Angeles. Then it grew to 94 violinists from 29 countries.
"I befriended some young violinists in Ukraine via Instagram and discovered some were in basement shelters but had their violins. So I asked colleagues across the world to accompany them in harmony," wrote Peacock, who put together the video, along with Ryan Dilmore and Jake Jackson. She said that Bondarenko "had to film in between explosions because he could not hear himself play." Nine other young violinists sheltering in Ukraine join in unison, and are accompanied in harmony by players from London Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, the Hollywood Studios, and top violinists from all over the world including Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Belgium, Georgia, Poland, South Korea, South Africa, Moldova, Denmark, India, and the entire violin section of the Munich Chamber Orchestra," Peacock said.