Winnipeg percussionist Tetyana Haraschuk was in Spain when her cellphone pinged with dozens of text messages, each one alerting her to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country where she was born. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Winnipeg percussionist Tetyana Haraschuk was in Spain when her cellphone pinged with dozens of text messages, each one alerting her to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country where she was born. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Winnipeg percussionist Tetyana Haraschuk was in Spain when her cellphone pinged with dozens of text messages, each one alerting her to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country where she was born.
While Haraschuk was completing her master’s degree in contemporary performance and production at the Berklee College of Music’s Valencia campus, years of Ukrainian anxieties about impending conflict were confirmed, with a cross-border assault triggering a war still raging after more than 900 days. In February 2022, making music was not Haraschuk’s primary concern. Several family members, including her grandmother and cousins, were living in now-embattled Ukraine.
Supplied Voices of Freedom focuses on how Tetyana Haraschuk and other Ukrainians have been impacted by the Russian invasion of their country. In March, Haraschuk flew to Poland to greet her relatives on the Polish side of the border — unsure when, or if, they’d b.