CelloBello's video: CelloStream: Conversation with Kyiv Contemporary Music Days Ukraine Classical Musicians Support Fund

Livestreamed Conversation with Kyiv Contemporary Music Days (KCMD) Team Members in Kyiv Donate here: https://en.kcmd.eu/support?cb KCMD provides help to Ukrainian classical musicians (composers, performers, musicologists). We have identified four groups of musicians in the order of priority as follows: - Elderly musicians and musicians with disabilities who are in Ukraine. - Musicians who are in Ukraine and not employed. - Musicians who are in Ukraine and employed. - Musicians who were forced to leave Ukraine due to the war. In addition to the video release of Cellists United In Support of the Ukrainian People on August 24th (Independence Day of Ukraine), CelloBello will host a livestream conversation with members of Kyiv Contemporary Music Days (KCMD), an organization that has pivoted its work since the start of the war to focus on cultural diplomacy, awareness of Ukrainian music, the plight of classical musicians in Ukraine throughout the war, and raising funds to support basic needs of classical musicians now living in Ukraine. This presentation and conversation will be livestreamed on CelloBello’s YouTube Channel at 1pm (EDT) on August 24. Albert Saprykin, Co-Founder of Kyiv Contemporary Music Days stated this in a recent interview: “When we are talking about music and art, we are talking about the people. But the people, I’m sorry to say this so frankly, are dying here in Ukraine. Some of them don’t have water. Some of them are raped. Some of them are sheltered within their own buildings. As artists, as humans, the most important thing for us is the war to be over.” The article goes on to say that Saprykin “considers the Russian invasion of Ukraine as an attempt to destroy the country’s culture and political sphere.” (Field Notes – Berlin) CelloBello’s music video will encourage viewers to donate to KCMD’s Ukrainian Classical Musicians Support Fund.