or enjoys creeks with surprising views of the landscape and, and look into its cultural history. in 60 minutes on d, w families, i saw torres the 100 german street on d w. nico is in germany to learn german lodge, benita. and why not learn with him? t w's e learning course. eco's fake. ah oh . they are torturing people. think about lucas jenko is that he never ever forgives . oh. as duck kind of ties, no time to kind of us it's. it's not the time for reflection. so necessity,

it's time for action. oh, she writes, a lot of thoughts about her id is hope. people survive. she seems it's churches, winston churchill, when you goes from the held in, uh huh . maggie gamma man, that's no we are united. there are many of us. we will be victorious. how testers, chance all the members of the only core, the free choir of bella. bruce are determined, their weapon is music. their battle ground is the streets. whether in bella, roofs, or in bomb, their art is a form of protest. oh, they took part in a popular uprising that swept bella ruth, in 2020 before it was greedily suppressed by dictator alex lucas shanker.

aah! conductor vitaly alex. yeah. knock also to pardon me, uprising in the ballroom capital minsk. oh, he uses art to fight repression. his message is one of defiance. oh, oh, as his own sir me soon, our mission is to show that that a roof still exists. and there is still a free bell roof, or even a small line, as on mostly an exile. home left is indeed a maple and many other people who are against the regime against abortion. warn ukraine, want to express themselves, and want to be hurt or tighter or some on the wrong get caught up. and that's why they're here at the beethoven fast. the free choir concert was held in an unusual place. the plenary chamber and bon once the seat of the westerman parliament, an historic and a political setting. ah,

this year the beethoven fest, turn the spotlight on eastern europe on repression and bela roofs, as well as the war in ukraine. a nation who struggle for survival has been closely followed by the whole world and advent. that's not only a celebration of music, but a clear statement of support with these countries opposition movements. the question is, how can art survive in times of war and repression? what role can music play in bella, bruce or ukraine? was he can them can use it can't stop or who are kind of stuck washed up, our body go to art and music, you can change. people can ment, i think alec is a medium with which we can reach very many people within via if mentioned that i

synchron us now the hostile and ballasa nation not agreeing after the rigged 2020 elections and ballers after the government cracked down. the are musicians wanted to do something. i was from ziki kimball and they didn't want to be passively above years like lucas. it's her east, as they stood next to the people and thing nation. it became a national movement in belarus. like isn't it's an island or yet almost a mover coming out of music. i think that music can change the world and that every person can change and then what does means hartaman, blah nashikuru, they a dozen people and ukraine. good to be surrounded by music. ver, could he in april last here we stayed concerts in air, raid shelters, to comfort little that who were frightened, or rather than the laconically they nikki, throughout the la senza town. on the 2nd, when we did not look, did they be sure alexia sham britsky and his key faced sophia chamber choir, arrived in germany for more torn ukraine. they, too are using music to fight for their country. oh,

i the choir was founded in 2007, and quickly became an important part of cultural life and the ukrainian capital. but it sense of identity and purpose has changed since february. oh dr. the, my old sir. ah, this yourselves as cultural ambassadors of ukraine, and i'm not sure you, missy, a national portal or senate stickle to no diplomacy. okay. we want to positions from germany and bell roost to now and learn more about you training culture and to distinguish it from russian culture. lucille beach, shes not procreate cooker taller e or cache. yes, they put awhile over the deceased fun home. oh, natalia unexplainable also feels

a close bond with ukraine before the war. he organized the music festival and car keys in the countries northeast. he continues to do what he can in march, he stays to concert in a subway station, while bombs rain down on the city. ah . okay. in chicago, more than you now. you training culture has to be audible and legible and visible and via miss in our class, and we must give space to this ukrainian culture on which is althea and excel across on, on fine page o. in march 2022 the tale alec. so knock met an old friend and bon, the composer olga put guide sky. the 2 had demonstrated together embellishments during the mass uprising in 2020, both considered themselves activists. put guy's chaos. one of the most important composers in bella, bruce. she was asked by the beethoven 1st to compose

a piece this year, each year, the festival commissions, a work in cooperation with which avella. now the old friends are here to collaborate on a musical mission. with me again, pneumonia, she all the intention is on ukraine at the moment that our friends from baller, it's our new jail and we're thinking about them you and it's hard for them because they know what's happening in ukraine, which is also so tang ensure that the the flu much has happened. the track down on the popular uprising and belarus, the russian invasion of ukraine. these artists don't want to remain silent. that's also what their project with the beethoven fast is about. plus

said he and what's an end of the ocean lee? there was no time to really cry and i flatter, vaguely, arrogant. this is a line for actual us mun more stadium. yeah. format it ceased. you have to do something. it reflects on assisted side, full touch. the plenary chamber and bon was once the seat of the buddhist tug of the centre and symbol of postwar, german democracy. what better place for a concert with now i will go with is the stage dollar kitchen of a particularly, or the team discusses the venue and agree said he makes an interesting change from a concert hall that overlook assembly yeah. victim in the forms. ecos is, is vicky excess funds and it's very exciting to be in this room that he has often inch. hadn't you're aware of all the decisions that were made hearings or he'll border olive, but everything was decided on a language level and even at and cheating, we were probably the side, little vinny can shine

a bit that will still be using the language spoken to the language of art and you get to make a statement. yeah. be helped him using the language of art to convey political messages in for a concert featuring choirs from 3 different countries. o . ready ready ready ready july 2022, warsaw. castle square. reminders of ukraine are everywhere. people are collecting donations for the wars victims. the border to ukraine. a war zone is only about is only about a 100 kilometers east. metalli, alexander decided this is a suitable part of eastern europe to get all the musicians together for over her soul. ah, so is the, it's all fine. warsaw has now become a symbol of neighborly relations, just advice or so i was also the 1st city to be completely overcrowded with people

fling ukraine gift at home or getting reacquainted and finding on home is here. inverse out. once warsaw, it brings us all together on rush hour fountains, audit routes on level calendar will showcase came audio booklet ukrainian has both an e and an sound e as o u haul, not love with the is it my if you move sounds a little bit farther forward towards the tisa less not families and follow la la la la la la as gift evie grange knocking the differences between ukraine and bella ruzen, who's some challenges. do you tighten it? me but it's not hard to overcome the language barriers, the tale and ukrainian choir director. alexei. some litski give lessons. 03 choirs have come together here from keith minsk. leipzig with its covent house, youth choir. these are problems into these are her. so those are parliament in

these rehearsals, our democracy movement v as to communicate standing, we have to reach artistic agreement. i think i'm. ready ready oh, little black mountain. the pressure may, is course off, but we're here in warsaw. in born in germany, generally, we feel free is in 5. 0, here they are free from persecution, rehearsals as a democratic process. all the musicians are aware that this product is about more than musical collaboration. oh, but here to freedom has limits that process, especially for the free choir from belarus, o fear of the violence and repression in their own country haunts them. the problem

is not prison. the problem is if they know him from the choir, they will want me to sell others, and they are torturing people. i don't know if my life is in danger, but my health is definitely in danger. i have relatives there and the regime is very upset about us and they want to revenge the terrorizing. not only the protests themselves, but their relatives as well. the thing about lucas jenko is that he never ever forgives. 0 one member who chooses to dispense with the master's choir director, galena cassim, you'd have sky. the regime in belarus already knows her identity and as detained and interrogated her. she found the choir with like minded singers when unrest 1st swept bella ruth and 2020. i might have caused the dean in the process when you can kick me to so for months we took it to the street with almost every day beat it for a moment. let us gauge the flash mobs and burst mormons who that is usually so the

people in ballers could hear us every day. getting what gustavo, the key quickly we, i'm a well known choir that everybody wanted to hear. and everyone loves fellas over which us in the started people started learning our songs. so my sticky, they saw us a symbol of the belly ruffian resistance and the best selling us government came looking for out in the us. they literally hunted us one down. oh, oh, did with her always for her. so for the piece by olga put guys kaya for the beethoven fest, the composer follows progress closely. she herself is living an exile in warsaw and getting by giving organ concerts and music lessons. she's afraid to return to bella bruce. ah, daniel, because i can't go back to valerie right now. please. i'm being harassed. my music

is banned, so i am living in poland. the piece is dedicated to the bell ruffian dissident. maria colliers. recover who became known and rolled over in 2020 for her courage. and the vanguard of the uprising can remember tatiana homage the dissidence sister has come for the concert afternoon. will be the 1st time shows you the composition for maria, herself, a flute player. oh, on the title is the sky of mary. mushy. was nicole maria, and i have known each other for a long time. we study together at the conservatory, along with my husband, joshua good kim hawk. tatyana brought some letters. her sister sent her from prison and bella russo, how she stays in contact with the outside world. oh, since january 9th, 2022, she's in a correctional colony in goldman. it's a city close to ukraine. she writes

a lot of thoughts about ideas, how people survive her hobby belief these 2 years in different competencies. and she mentioned sir, quotation of, she seems, it's churchill winston churchill. when you goes from the hell did not stop tucked santa misses her sister and campaigns for her release around the world to very difficult situation and very difficult, almost 2 years. and also because she cannot listen to music, she is not allowed to play flute. of course, with i supposed have food so many months ago actually. and so we were confused because the struggle against lucas shank goes regime has brought the 2 women together. maria, cal, yes. nick kava, the prominent opposition leader and the world class composer. olga put guys garcia, they agree that bella bruce has reached

a moment of decision. lot trying in their own way to free their country of its dictatorship. ah, neosha adjustable. much little. i very much wanted maria to hear my peace in what? whenever i think about where maria is now, i start tearing out this, this little zip that have been, i lose because it's, it's like just tears. it's a kind of hopelessness with that because you don't know what you can that you could look at. the only thing you can do is write a piece and dedicated to this person except, but if you genius, we teach you them. julia. maria is, i ria, is a symbol of her protest movement. ah, but it really is a symbol of the peaceful revolution. milliken that it will, its on maria, maria smiles. van the and then whenever others are completely stressed out. and maria always smiles and says that everything will be fine. he had some felony be off now long and maybe not even tomorrow at school, but eventually it will be fired. him started will have to stay strong, thus 11. and that's how it is that it is found. lice been imprisoned in fellows for

a year and a half. now in the we know that she'll always stay strong. and basil iraq stock clack back to the rehearsals are more saw today. the musicians are going through the ukranian pieces, all contemporary works and almost all written since the russian invasion of ukraine . one especially moving work is called silent prayer. 2 ah, it's conducted by alexia sham. litski rehearsals are overshadowed by talk of the war and ukraine. i had that ever thing that will been okay. it soon, but my colleague, ukraine in said that unfortunately, they don't believe that at all. don't so soon with

the monitor. yeah, it was livid for me. it's a chance to recharge my batteries with the 8th. that's a pleasure and a chance to recuperate, lebanon, rodney, and me just like to free choir from belarus. these ukranian musicians are unwavering in their resistance against the russian war of aggression menacing their countries, cultural identity and existence. it wants to silence an entire generation of a training artist, but they aren't about to give up commercial, saginaw, this war has 2 sides for art. lamasta's chance to open ukraine of to europe and show its like been shuttlecock and to because i'm the shadow russian arch. i yeah. the shadow chikavsky we block off. you have shostakovich that with this beating checkoff score proportions to call richer because at the national training composers are taking center stage, the keys yet you've entered the chem copies. if we may have never had this

opportunity recently such interest with the swore you call him the malibu more hate a coin threat course to were itself is a nightmare. we nots as disclosure, a hitler ca national. here i left saw national has a tap, bolt champ, and others. it's a car of sometimes the only thing that helps is music. they, nikki, which it pover notice, had the dorm hello. here he boss, he cause her, it's horn easily. it her o h her her is eaters, in the evening it's time to bid farewell to warsaw after an emotional and moving written full of music. after dinner they break out into song melodies from ukraine and bella, ruth steeped in poignancy and a longing for home. oh oh,

they're constantly worried about friends and family who still live in daily danger . the worn ukraine and repression and belarus. o. m o m a m o. ah ah, it's finally time. the moment every one has been waiting for has come. all the choirs are coming together and bon and making their final preparations for their

concert at the beethoven fest. ms allegedly said that you already grown lot yet so that we know each other had cynthia ali. they were all at the same level, even as people and in terms of skill competence as it got thinking about this project for a very long time that in on some cough. but now we're here actually making music together, teasing and are, and it's worth our on. yes, great to see on this as naturally talks, it said it, but they, the rehearsals are important for me personally because i'm not able to take part in international projects. often have bought up mostly was to pluck the kids miss the newsletter on that project. that requires a warming up one last time and getting a bit nervous noon noon lawyers. and i've made a lot of new friends and heard interesting music bought over song bella, russian music before her. and you cynical and i really like it. graham was a kid when you said of says ple double in of are. so it was there. the 1st step of

this one. now lee, i expect to be closer to each other. so we have more one correlations. and then comes a surprise. olga put guys, korea has received an unexpected message from dissident maria, cal yesenia cover. i'm doing fine. she writes optimistically. i'm in good spirits. could die. yeah. nip. saw it please. ye. when i wrote this piece dedicated to my childhood friend maria, i 1st sent it to beethoven fast and i think is one. and then i thought maybe it would be nice to send the score to marry. it's father, he doesn't eat like a dog, but i didn't have great expectation with them with alice. he did that. but miraculously, he managed to bring the score to her in a prison, just give up and she was happy to be able to read the sheet music with his ne,

i was technically not allowed to do that in prison ability. and she's young black card to me and all the musicians to thank us e can, will stop us it. but if you can move the curb position or ye, ah, the former plenary hall has been turned into a concert venue with an entirely new look and feel awe. after rehearsing, intensely for weeks, natalia alixia anake is completely focused. ah the sky of mary whilst the audience at the beethoven passed and bon ah

ah ah oh, but for the free choir, the concert is only one step on a long road. there fight for a future and freedom goes on in bon and in bella. ruth ah, this is beethoven best once again, put centers theed artist taking a strong stance in terms of war and violence in europe. ah.

and for the finale, a moving plea for global peace. from a former time. this 18th century corral is part of a container by johann sebastian bach. it's called for light on sweden, canadian dish. grant us peace, graciously, o metallic stomach is among the performers the festival was inspiring. but what happens next? mm. j junior was cuz i don't know. i can't say when he was good year, the gates the at sign back on, but everyone will go their own way. house problem. i got course those who come from troubled regions face a degree of uncertainty. ok. see i dusty. i hope justice and truth will win out silly heralds given and they will win if we stand together and in the not just

a craner. craner along really stay the course. keep fighting and keep going by to jennifer by 50 lou lou. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready lou ah, [000:00:00;00]

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