73 minutes of Berlin's finest musicians screaming 'we see you' to Ukraine.
On March 15, 2022 at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Alan Gilbert gave a concert in solidarity with Ukraine. With the participation of violinist Lisa Batiashvili, singers Rolando Villazón and Max Raabe and pianist Kirill Gerstein.
Score
Sibelius and Ukrainian composers chosen for maximum emotional devastation.
Direction
Feil lets silence breathe—you hear the war in what isn't played.
Director
Martin Feil
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed three weeks into the invasion, this became a template for 'solidarity concerts' worldwide—Berlin set the bar impossibly high.
Rolando Villazón broke tradition to address the audience in Ukrainian; the silence before he sang still haunts the recording.
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