Mick Hartley

"Young Ukrainian violinist Illia Bondarenko, playing in a basement shelter in Kiev, is joined in harmony by top violinists around the world. He had to film in between explosions because he could not hear himself play".

"So we play an old Ukrainian folk song together across continents, called Verbovaya Doschechka. Never before have violinists gathered together from so many countries. Or collaborated across so many different styles of violin playing. Violinists are a fellowship who all have rosin and broken E strings in common, but sadly some are currently having to think about how to arm themselves, and hiding in bomb shelters instead of playing Beethoven or bluegrass."