Отверженная Валентина Лисица. "Королева Рахманинова". "Ядерная ничья". Рояль на костях Мариуполя.

She has been called the "Queen of Rachmaninov" and the "Justin Bieber of classical Music." Valentina Lisitsa is a world-class pianist from Ukraine, who at the peak of her fame traded a brilliant career in the USA and Europe, a villa in Miami and contracts with Decca for performances in the destroyed Mariupol and on the front line of Donbass. Why does the world-famous artist, who was born in Kiev, call modern Ukraine a "strange education" and a "blot in the passport", and the occupation of Ukraine a "war of her people against her people"? This video is about the complex, contradictory and frightening biography of Valentina Lisitsa. From the status of a Soviet child prodigy to the total "cancellation culture" in the West. How did her chess mind help her become the first "YouTube queen" among pianists, and why did the same uncompromising logic lead her to justify a "nuclear draw" as the finale of a global confrontation? Is it possible to wish the death of one's own country, which was attacked? What role did personal resentment of the Western music business play in her hardening, and why did Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, and Prokofiev become a banner in the "war of civilizations" in her hands? TIMING: 0:00 who is Valentina Lisitsa and what is she known for 1:03 "nobody's nuclear" 1:30 the childhood and musical education of Valentina Lisitsa. The key to her mentality 3:34 The collapse of the Soviet Union and the American Dream. 5:36 the first video of Valentina Lisitsa on Youtube. Internet success. Contract with Decca 9:20 a.m. "they set people off." The events of May 2, 2014 in Odessa. "Nedodukrainka". Valentina Lisitsa's Internet War 11:45 a.m. massive reaction to Valentina Lisitsa's words and cancellation of the concert in Toronto. A huge scandal. 14:47 "What about your American citizenship now?" 15:43 Valentina Lisitsa concert in Donetsk 16:30 "I was afraid that Ukrainians would come with bloody cowards" 17:51 "our country was the USSR." Lisitsa is a citizen of the DPR 18:38 cancellation culture. A concert in Mariupol. The reaction of Ukrainian and Russian society 20:11 quote by Valentina Lisitsa about pianists and racism 21:11 Moscow Concert cultural brigade and concerts in the occupied territories. "Victim of the war." "The Battle for Russian Culture" 23:35 "we were having tea with Givi." "There was a fear that it would stop again." "I want to punch NATO in the face like that."