Jamala and the orchestra were supposed be on stage, but they are sheltering in a basement. Warnings of shelling and missile attacks had them below ground at the Kyiv Opera House instead of getting ready to perform for an audience.
Ukrainian singer Jamala poses for a portrait prior to her concert at the National Opera in central Kyiv on Friday, May 5, 2023. Warnings of shelling and missile attacks had them below ground at the Kyiv Opera House instead of getting ready to perform for an audience.
"Qirim" expands on the connection Jamala felt with her heritage when she performed a song about her ancestors at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. She won the competition that year in Stockholm with "1944," which is about the deportation of Crimean Tartars. She had been warned that the song was too dramatic, that audiences wouldn't connect with the pain of the deportation or with her family's history.
"I didn't expect to find these treasures when I started this project," she said. "It's like a diary, very personal stories." Luckily, sound producer Sergei Krutsenko was able to rescue the work of the more than 80 musicians who had worked virtually from all over the region in 2021, to bring the 14 tunes that make up "Qirim" to life.
The singer spoke to The Associated Press from Liverpool while rehearsing to perform the album in its entirety for the first time with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, as part of this year's Eurovision celebrations.
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