Valentina Lisitsa Pianist Biography

Scandalous pianist Fox: Artist or already politician? The thoughts of artists and journalists were divided: part considers the abolition of performances to censorship and an advance to freedom of speech, at the same time others say - the pianist began to behave as a politician, and not just as an artist, therefore the reaction to her actions was appropriate. The Air Force Ukraine asked several Canadian musicians of Ukrainian origin about their vision of the situation.

Valentine’s international recognition was born in Ukraine, in Kyiv she began to engage in classical music, studied at the Kyiv conservatory. She defeated several international competitions, which allowed her in the early xs - also a pianist - to emigrate to the United States. There Valentina Lisitsa continued his musical career, but she gained real fame at the end of the 10ths when the pianist began to load her performances to the YouTube network.

In the year, she performed in the London Royal Albert Hal, which became a real international recognition for the artist. In April, Valentina Lisitsa was planned to be Rachmaninov’s concert with the Toronto symphony orchestra in Canada. However, a few days before the event, the leadership of the orchestra reported that she intends to invite another pianist instead of a fox, and later the concert was canceled at all.

Our priority, as one of the most important cultural institutions of Canada, is to remain a scene for the greatest world musical works, and not for someone’s opinions that can offend someone, ”the orchestra leadership said. The reason for this position was the activity of the fox in the Socials of Socials regarding the situation in the Donbass. Valentina Lisitsa explains that she chose such a name due Yatsenyuk about the “under -persons”, which he allegedly considers the Russian -speaking inhabitants of the East and south of Ukraine.

Media ", in order to distort the picture" War "in the Donbass. In her opinion, journalists from the EU and the United States deliberately bleach the image of the Ukrainian army and, at the same time, make "under -confusion" from the other side of the conflict. Valentina Lisitsa notes that after the events of the Maidan, which she supported, the rich remained in the power in Ukraine, while "children die under the bombs, grandmothers die of hunger, people are buried alive." The artist and virtually obscene statements to Ukrainians who support the actions of the authorities are found on Twitter.

After the refusal of the symphony orchestra Toronto, the pianist planned to give a free concert in one of the churches of the city, but after the preliminary consent, the performance was canceled there. In the media and social networks, discussions about the attitude towards the artist and her political position continue. The Columonist of the Toronto Star newspaper Winay Menon accused the leadership of the orchestra of introducing censorship, and the lifting of the fox speeches, in his opinion, put democratic Canada on a par with China or Egypt, where Bjork and Madonna concerts not so long ago prohibited.

By the way, another pianist Stewart Buder, who was supposed to replace Valentina Lisitsa, refused to participate in concerts due to the fact that he began to be accused of supporting censorship. Musician or politician? Many statements in which Ukrainians are humiliated in an unacceptable form. And this is not because we protect the Ukrainian side or Russian. This is because we do not perceive this, ”Jeff Melanson told the CR 24 television channel.

The members of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada do not perceive this, interviewed by a freelance correspondent of the Ukraine Air Force. According to the singer, the fox is engaged in“ distorting the facts ”:“ A person uses his tribuna, his wide audience to propagate a foreign country. The countries that occupy another state. "And if it turns out that the information that it spreads is not true, the decision that it should not act somewhere is absolutely correct, because it has come out of the status of a person of art,” said Alexander Duplin, organizer of charitable concerts in Canada.

At the same time, Valentina herself was stated that she did not plan to make any political statements during her speeches. However, many believe that the very fact of the public status of a person provides for possible sanctions for it for conflicting behavior. Aggressive Messages of the Valentines of the Lisitsa, which she distributed in social networks, just relate to such a category, if a person occupies such a position and writes things that are saturated with hatred, then it is necessary to answer a society that does not perceive this, ”said Oleg Lysyuk, chairman of the Ukrainian Union of Canada.