Lucas Stasevskij, Finnish cellist and film director of Ukrainian origin, laureate of international contests and founder of the world-famous band ‘Game Music Collective’, played on the ruins of the Irpin Cultural House.

The performance is a part of the project ‘Echoes of Destruction’ by the ‘Slavuta’ creative association .

Each performance played at the iconic sights of the destroyed Ukrainian cities has a goal to bring the spirit of culture and life with the help of art, to show to the world community the inviolability of Ukraine, which defends its freedom. Also, to feel and think about the scale of total destruction made by the Russian army not only to the human life and infrastructure, but to the eternal values of mankind.

"We have not yet rebuilt the walls, but in this way, we bring life to the destroyed cities. Besides the melody of Bach’s ‘First Suite’ played on the ruins of the Irpin Cultural House makes you to think why Russians, who are proud to be the heirs of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, destroys the culture of another people in such a barbaric way’, emphasizes Lucas Stasevskij.

 Mayor of Irpin Oleksandr Markushyn published and commented on a fragment of that video: ‘Irpin Cultural House... Meaning what has left of it. It was a heart of the cultural life of our city. I promise to do everything to recover it’.