Valentina Lisitsa tells her story - 20230505 - Pangea Grandangolo
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Ninety-seventh episode of Pangea Grandangolo, an international press review for Byoblu TV channel, aired on 05/05/2023.
Excerpts from the interview done by Jean Toschi Marazzani Visconti:
“In the Soviet Union classical music was strongly sponsored. I received a very high quality education in a music school; I studied at the Russian Piano School. Despite being the daughter of simple proletarian parents, I was able to study for free with the best teachers. Then the dissolution of the Soviet Union came upon us like a boulder. You are in a country that is no longer what you knew, among people who do not care about what you do. The only way was to get out of that place.”
“We considered ourselves lucky, my future husband and I, to win the Piano Competition in the United States in 1991. We were elated, we were more American than most Americans. And we forgot about our native country. We believed every word that was said on television. This terrible disconnect between what you see and what you know has been felt not only by us since 2014. I started translating some videos about what was happening in Ukraine and posted them on Twitter. I was told to mind my own business, to go to the piano and not talk. However, I am very stubborn. Then came the time when they canceled my concert in Toronto, Canada. They accused me of badmouthing Stepan Bandera.”
Later, in 2015, they invited me to give a concert in Donetsk. There was a sea of people, many people came out, risking their lives. Then I went to Mariupol when they were celebrating May 9, the day of victory over Nazi Germany. It was the first time in many years that people celebrated it openly. It was very moving. The boys took the piano from the cafeteria, put it on the street, and I played. I also played in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow to remember the Odessa massacre.”
“Of course I made many enemies in the West by doing these concerts, but I reunited with my people. I am an American citizen and now also a Russian citizen, because I was given citizenship of the Donetsk People’s Republic and I could have Russian citizenship. I don’t deny that I don’t want to be considered Ukrainian or American, because there is another Ukraine, there is another America. There is also another Europe. In all of these I identify myself. I see my future where there is music. Music, culture is what unites us. This goes directly to the heart of the Russian, the Italian, the Chinese or the Japanese, the Belgian or the Brazilian. It is a universal language. I believe that all wars will eventually end. People will wake up from the nightmare. And there will be a time of reconstruction, a time of creation. I think it will come, I hope to see this, that at least our children will see this.”
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What was done to Valentina Lisitsa in cancelling her performances is wrong: credit to those who gave her an opportunity to perform. As an American who holds in high regard the values of liberty, truth and free speech that Valentina Lisitsa expected from my nation, I cannot help but to feel ashamed that the U.S. failed to meet her expectations. Admittedly, I don't claim to understand fully the Ukraine-Russia situation, but I do know that the version that we hear in our media is an inaccurate, propagandistic oversimplification. The perspective of Valentina Lisitsa, therefore, is worth hearing, based on her native and familiar understanding and knowledge of the languages of the Ukraine and the Russians living there. I find her story credible, and, from listening to her, I believe that her heart is in the right place. Besides being a phenomenal talent, she comes across as very humble, humorous and likeable. I agree with her idea that music can and should bring people together who may disagree and can do something to heal hearts that are broken. The mindset of her adversaries, who would try to destroy her career simply for trying her best to help the world get an accurate understanding of the situation in the Ukraine, reveals much about those adversaries and their anti-freedom impulses. I hope that these terrible times will pass quickly and that times of peace, brotherhood, good will and understanding, accompanied by the beauty of music, will win in the end.
Thank you Valentina! You are great!
😱🫨she was cancelled wtf... her story is amazing💖
It's amazing that the USG offered her citizenship, apparently because we're so hard up to find any classical musicians. But they could start with encouraging the talent that's already here. Or at least start with not actively trying to kill and imprison them.
Questo è il nuovo concetto di democrazia che c'è nel nostro paese. Come diceva Qualcuno: "in certe democrazie, sono consentiti tutti i pareri, tranne quelli contrari al sistema imperante". Da tempo, ormai, qui accadono cose simili, ma pare che a nessuno interessi. Da qui all'arbitraria censura di ciò che non piace al sistema, è breve, anzi, sta già avvenendo.
my support to the greatest pianist of Rachmaninoff's music, victim of the stupidity and ignorance of the West. Canceling his performances is a form of incivility. That they are doing it now in the land of Italy and Tuscany indicates the low level of local administrators. (Politici ignoranti Italiani e servi in terra di Toscana)
Grandissima Valentina.
In una nazione dove la cultura viene costantemente calpestata e' vietato ascoltare questa immensa concertista/interprete/pianista.
Dobbiamo vivere comi topi di fogna.
Grazie al dr. Dinucci.
Un immenso grazie a Valentina.
Grazie di cuore ❤❤❤
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Grazie per questa ennesima finestra sulla verità...❤
В общих чертах понятно. Однако: а слабО перевести на русский ? Для русских обожателей.
10:17 that is Horowitz, not Rachmaninov
Her story is insane. She has definitely earned her US citizenship.
A courageous figure and a brilliant pianist, whose artistry is denied to us because of American hegemonic policies.
Not really 🤨
Follia pura quello di rifiutare una musicista di questo calibro. Ma mi chiedo, perché i musicisti non si coalizzano per non permettere tali ingiustizie? La musica non ha colore politico .... la musica ha sempre unito, mai diviso.... mi viene da piangere a pensare quanto in basso siamo caduti....
Complimenti a Valentina ❤
Ci rimane solo dA PIANGERE
8:45
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She reminds me about Ivo Pogorelich 😢 its a thin line between being a genius and suffering from mental issue’s…. She looks not healthy …. so sad because like Yvo she is an amazing pianist😢 really can’t believe she is downplaying this war by saying : there are argues in every family…. 😢 I think by saying that you kinda prove you lost contact with reality …
You remind me of the average CNN viewer
Valentina is a great pianist and a great person! She is able to analise the situation and to think herself!
As for you: you need a doctor!
@@dedosdigitalhe is under the average
peccato non sia tradotto in italiano
E' stato pubblicato in italiano qui ua-cam.com/video/fKZD2jZk4EY/v-deo.html
Grande Pianista Grande umanita` ❤