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The Piano Man on the Front Line
Ihor, the pianist who played for his captors in the Ukraine conflict.
Ihor, a former law student is fighting as a volunteer on the government side in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Last year, he was taken captive by pro-Russian separatists and spent four months doing forced labour in a former music school, where he found a piano. Ihor is a talented pianist - and persuaded his captors to let him play. After his release, he was contacted by another former volunteer, Oleksandr Tkachuk, who was making a documentary about musicians in the Ukrainian forces.
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