Ukraine: Music as a refuge from war
By DW
19 June 2022 |
8:14 am
Ukrainian opera singer Sergiy Anastasyev, who had to flee the war in his home country, now lives in Bonn, Germany. He talked to DW about how singing has become therapy for him, and how he longs to return to Ukraine.
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