Indian violinist joins artists from 24 countries to perform in charity concert for Ukraine. Watch
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Sandip Halder from India joined 93 other violinists across the globe and played a hauntingly beautiful set for the charity event.
A charity concert for the aid of Ukraine was held in Birmingham on March 29. Eminent singers and musicians like Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello and Emeli Sande and Snow Patrol performed at the two-hour-long concert, that was aired on ITV. However, the performance by Ukrainian violinist Nicola Benedetti along with 93 fellow artists stole the show and left netizens misty-eyed.
The concert started with Illia Bondarenko, who had to film his performance between explosions, despite being unable to hear himself playing.
"As the video commences, several other violinists can be seen on the screen from different countries. Sandip Halder, a renowned violinist from India, was also seen on the panel. 94 artists played a Ukrainian folk song that was termed hauntingly beautiful by netizens.Nine other young violinists sheltering in Ukraine join in unison, and are accompanied in harmony by world class players from the London Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, the Hollywood Studios, and renowned violinists from all over the world including Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Belgium, Georgia, Poland, South Korea, South Africa, Moldova, Denmark, India, including the entire violin section of the Munich Chamber Orchestra! We have famous fiddlers from different violin traditions including Indian, Scottish, bluegrass. And soloist Daniel Hope who had, by coincidence, once coached Illia Bondarenko . Ryan Dilmore worked overnight(s) to make everyone’s contributions into this beautiful video and Jake Jackson mixed the sound so beautifully, you can hear all 94 praying with our violins. So we play an old Ukrainian folk song together across continents, called Verbovaya Doschechka," informed the caption.
Listen to the performance:
People loved the performance and Twitter was flooded with good wishes and messages of hope for those stuck in the war-torn country.
Here's how people reacted on Twitter:
