1/ 🎹 Piano Extremist (AKA Піаніст Майдану)- is a Ukrainian pianist, composer and painter
🎵He captured attention of the whole world as a symbol of the Revolution of Dignity in 2014.
💔 How did his life unfold after the Revolution, and how to support him? - 🧵
2/ In 2014 @piano_extremist made his first performance on Khreshchatyk (in Kyiv, 🇺🇦) playing Ludovico Einaudi’s Nuvole Bianche, while wearing a balaclava and a bulletproof vest.
The video scored over 2m views on YouTube and became the musical symbol of the Maidan Revolution.
3/ In autumn 2014, travelling around 🇺🇦 (by then invaded by 🇷🇺) with “Dnipro-1” battalion, he did a tour under the motto “We'll protect those who protect us"
He conducted charitable street performances in over 50 cities in central & eastern Ukraine.
4/ Between 2014-2018, @Piano_Extremist performed live over 300 times all over Ukraine
In 2019, he had to stop performing due to an onset of a severe illness and focused on painting, which he initially took up as a hobby in between performances.
5/ Prior to the war, Piano Extremist had tragically lost his whole family (wife and child).
Lack of permanent housing + several cerebral contusions + stress accumulated since 2014, have led to mental health struggles that unfortunately resulted in multiple nervous breakdowns.
6/Currently, he's deeply depressed & needs rehabilitation ❤️🩹
According to him, what's preventing him from suicide is the need to work on 2 books in which he wants to present his true & absurd story of the events he witnessed during the Revolution & during 8 years of the war.
7/ To this day, @piano_extremist avoids interviews, still hides his face, surname, & personal life.
He is our dear friend and we will be grateful for any support provided.
Card details: send.monobank.ua/jar/33Fq9har7m
Monobank card number (same that's in the link): 5375411202486259
8/ Our contributors have been supporting the artist since spring and we encourage everyone to do the same ❤️
For more information about @piano_extremist + official links, check out his dedicated page in @Ukraine_DAO Notion. Support #UkrainianCulture 🖤
ukraine-dao.notion.site/Piano-Extremis…
9/ Special thank you to our contributor @djw155 for the continued support of Ukraine and our art. It means the world to us 💙💛
@piano_extremist @Ukraine_DAO (🇺🇦,🇺🇦)
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