Last Sunday night, on the eve of the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kyiv Mozart Orchestra was putting on a special performance. It had come to a hotel ballroom on the west bank of the semi-frozen Dnipro river to play a haunting series of pieces by Ukrainian composers. Hundreds of Kyivans, many in evening gowns and formal attire, had defied the minus 10 degrees on the capital’s streets to attend. For a magical hour they escaped into another world.
上周日晚上,在俄羅斯全面入侵烏克蘭三周年的前夕,基輔莫扎特樂團(Kyiv Mozart Orchestra)在半凍結的第聶伯河西岸的一家酒店宴會廳舉行了一場特別演出,演奏了一系列令人難忘的烏克蘭作曲家的作品。數百名基輔市民,許多人穿著晚禮服和正式服裝,冒著首都街道上零下10度的嚴寒前來參加。在這神奇的一個小時里,他們仿佛進入了另一個世界。