{"id":6066,"date":"2026-09-08T11:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=6066"},"modified":"2026-09-08T11:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:46:44","slug":"the-street-musicians-of-lviv-ukraine-music-is-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=6066","title":{"rendered":"The street musicians of Lviv. Music is resistance."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The street musicians  of Lviv, Ukraine. Music is resistance.\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6xXJqp9S_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thera- <\/strong>One evenig two summers ago I found myself in front of the Lviv National Opera House just awestruck by this local trio performing in the middle of <a href=\"https:\/\/lia.lvivcenter.org\/en\/objects\/svobody\/\">Prospekt Svobody<\/a>. I was struck by the precision and intensity of their performance. In a country at war, their sound cut sharply through the noise and captivated the street upon which they stood. I don&#8217;t know their names or what this song is. In these few minutes it didn&#8217;t seem to matter. 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