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Pop scene mobilizes with “Sound of Peace” for Ukraine
Singer Sarah Connor is one of the artists who will perform at a peace rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Sunday. Photo: Annegret Hilse/Reuters/Pool/dpa
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Russia’s war against Ukraine is mobilizing cultural workers. On Sunday, numerous artists want to show solidarity in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
With a large solidarity rally in front of the Brandenburg Gate, cultural workers want to demonstrate their support for Ukraine, which has been attacked by Russia. With “Sound of Peace”, a musical rally for peace in Europe is planned for Sunday (March 20).
According to the organizers on Thursday, Sarah Connor, The BossHoss, Peter Maffay, Adel Tawil, Hartmut Engler, Joris, Mia, Silbermond, In Extremo, Zoe Wees, Michael Patrick Kelly, Revolverheld, Fortuna Ehrenfeld, BenjRose or Antje Schomaker should appear . Further commitments are expected. Natalia Klitschko, wife of the mayor of Kyiv and ex-professional boxer Vitali Klitschko, will also speak.
Peace rally live on TV
The television stations ProSieben and SAT.1 want to broadcast the peace rally live on both programs from 3 p.m. The aim of “Sound of Peace” is to collect many donations beyond the symbol for democracy and human rights in order to support the victims of the war in Ukraine.
Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth announced her support. “Culture for peace – and against the aggression of the Putin regime, solidarity with Ukraine, but also with the many people in Russia, especially from art, culture and media, who have the courage to turn against the war and for enter into peace – I support all of these goals with all my heart,” wrote the Greens politician in a letter to the organizers available to the German Press Agency in Berlin.
“The cultural space is the space in which we meet as people and seek new forms of living together,” wrote Roth. “There is no place for boycotts, racism and discrimination.”
Johannes Strate, singer of Revolverheld, told the dpa, “Music can always be a voice to formulate protest, but also to create cohesion and fill hearts. That’s why it’s important that music is also part of such a movement.” Life hasn’t been the same for a few weeks. “You turn to the news in the morning, scared of what terrible happened again that night. That’s why we didn’t hesitate for a second when the “Sound of Peace” idea came up. I hope that on Sunday we will set a beautiful sign for peace and love.”