RT by @VivianeRedingEU: Dear friends,

after Hamas attacked and killed over 1200 Jewish people on Israeli soil on October 7th I spent the first four or five weeks in a mixture of speechlessness and total paralysis.

And at some point, it became clear that I had no other tools than to react as an artist. I have the piano. I have my music. And so, the idea came to me to record Mendelssohn’s “Songs without Words” and to donate my proceeds from this recording to two wonderful organizations @ofek_beratung and @KIgA_eV. They are based in my hometown Berlin. They help people who experience anti-Semitism and they support young people avoid falling into the clutches of anti-Semitism.

It is my artistic reaction, as a person, as a musician, as a Jew, to what I have felt in the last few weeks and months. Or to put it more precisely, it is one of many reactions that came to mind.

I made this recording out of a very strong inner necessity.

The digital album is out today. The physical product will follow soon.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/igorpianist/status/1735657472948342879#m

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