Stephen Galloway’s driver for his novel is the bravery of a lone musician who defies the snipers and shells to play the cello in memory of the dead. Based on a real musician, 35-year-old cellist Vedran Smailovic, it was not the first time that music has defied war, or disaster, nor the last.
Vera Lytovchenko's city is under siege. Theaters are dark and the streets are under constant threat of shelling from Russian missiles. So, the Kharkiv City Opera soloist does what she knows best: putting on a show.
Violinist Vera Lytovchenko has become an Internet icon of resilience as images of her playing in the basement bomb shelter have inspired an international audience via social media.
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ROME, Italy A gentle tune from a violin played by a musician who has been dubbed Ukraine's "cellar violinist" is a lullaby for a child sheltered in the dark basement of an apartment building in the besieged Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.