"The war. What could be more contrary to music?" asked Volodymyr Zelensky during his "appearance" via video at the Grammy Awards. In a hoarse voice, the Ukrainian president explained to the awards audience how war brings the silence of death and how music can help restore peace.
According to Deadline, the video was recorded at a shelter two days ago and "traveled" to Las Vegas in time with a special shipping protocol so that its origin could not be traced. "Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos. They sing to the wounded. In hospitals. Even to those who can't hear them. But music permeates everything."
"We are defending our freedom to live, to love, to be heard," Zelenski said in his moving speech, among other things. He added: "In our country, we fight Russia, which brings terrible silence with its bombs. In our Russia, we are sending our people in terrible silence with our deadly silence with its horrors. Fill the silence with your music. Fill it today, to tell our story. Support us in any way you can. Anything but silence. And peace will come."
Zelensky concluded his speech with a list of names of Ukrainian cities and the phrase. Free like you on the Grammy stage."
The video of Volodymyr Zelensky was followed by a moving piece by John Legend, accompanied by photographs of the Ukrainian people and a recitation by a poet who escaped the country a few days ago.
Source: protothema.gr
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