空襲警報と爆撃音のウクライナを出るとそこには美しいショパンの調べがあった。子供の頃は英雄ポロネーズに夢中になったが思春期頃からそのメロディアスすぎる楽曲に食傷気味で距離を置いた。しかし数年前からなぜかまたその美しい旋律の虜になった。戦場を思いながら複雑な気分で聴く楽曲。彼の地でも人々は爆撃音の合間にそれぞれの音楽に身を委ねていると信じたい。
After I left Ukraine with the sound of air raid alarms and bombs,
there was the beautiful music of Chopin. As a child, I was fascinated
by the Hero’s Polonaise, but after I became an adolescent, I began to
feel a little bored by its overly melodious music, and I distanced
myself from it. However, a few years ago, for some reason, I became
captivated by its beautiful melody again. I listen to this music with
a complicated feeling as I think of the battlefield. I would like to
believe that even in the war zone, people are giving themselves over
to their own music in between the sounds of bombs.