承前*1
Sophia Alexandra Hall “Tchaikovsky’s house destroyed by Russian army in north-east Ukraine” https://www.classicfm.com/composers/tchaikovsky/trostyanets-destroyed-russian-army-ukraine/
ウクライナ東北部にあるTrostyanetsはチャイコフスキー*2が滞在し、序曲「嵐」を作曲した場所として知られている。しかし、この度侵略・占領した露西亜軍によって、この都市は灰燼に帰してしまった。チャイコフスキーが滞在していたヴィラも例外ではない。
Trostyanetsには作曲家の名を冠した「チャイコフスキー児童音楽学校」もある；
Trostyanets is a city in the north-east of Ukraine, which once played host to Russian composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.Aged 24, the famed 19th-century Romantic composer stayed in a villa in the city of Trostyanets, then a part of the Russian Empire. It was here he composed his first symphonic work - the overture ‘The Storm’ (1864).
The villa, like the rest of Trostyanets, now lies in ruin following the capture of the city on 1 March 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
After a month of occupation, where civilians were reportedly killed by Russian hand grenades, Ukrainian forces used heavy shelling to gain back control of Trostyanets.
Though the Russian army have now left after a brutal month, reminders of their occupation can be seen everywhere; buildings – including the villa – have been destroyed, and the letter ‘Z’ has been graffitied on ruins and cars across the city.
因みに、チャイコフスキーはウクライナ系の人。Since the invasion began in February, food and water have become dangerously scarce in Trostyanets, which has a population of 25,000.
Residents now have to line up in front of the Tchaikovsky Music School for Children, next to the museum of the same name, in order to collect food.
During the first days of the Russian invasion, the concert hall at the Tchaikovsky Music School for Children was used to register Ukrainian volunteers for the Territorial Defense Forces.
While waiting in line to collect food, citizens spotted reporters from international outlets in their city and ran to them. A cacophony of testimonies were given all at once to the reporters.
