Prepared specifically for Russian Dissent based on the NEVOYNA channel and the Rabkor website. In the progressive musical community, as in all caring creative scenes, there was a lull at the beginning of the war. Many musicians were in a stupor: some stopped rehearsing, interrupted the recording of albums and canceled concerts, and some decided to completely stop the activities of their group or project, because it was not clear how to continue making music as before. Groups made anti-war posts en masse, closed their social media accounts and left for nowhere.
The new Russian music scene was just getting known in the States, when our government cut off RT and disallowed Youtube or even classical concerts with Russian composers. Here, we also cannot criticize the war...Sadly, we criticized the corrupt Ukraine government, also very repressive, just to see Russia again blamed. Remember, this war actually started at the disbanding of the Soviet Union. Hate for ethnic Russians made life hard for Eastern and Southeastern Ukraine (Crimea). I hope that you can create music with such beauty that it softens the hearts of our leaders, and peace will come. Maybe there will be a future for freedom, creativity and open exchange of ideas. Thank you for your efforts.
The new Russian music scene was just getting known in the States, when our government cut off RT and disallowed Youtube or even classical concerts with Russian composers. Here, we also cannot criticize the war...Sadly, we criticized the corrupt Ukraine government, also very repressive, just to see Russia again blamed. Remember, this war actually started at the disbanding of the Soviet Union. Hate for ethnic Russians made life hard for Eastern and Southeastern Ukraine (Crimea). I hope that you can create music with such beauty that it softens the hearts of our leaders, and peace will come. Maybe there will be a future for freedom, creativity and open exchange of ideas. Thank you for your efforts.