The concert starts with a world premiere by the Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak. The piece is based on a poem by Victoria Amelina, a Ukrainian writer who was killed during the war, at the age of only 37. Now, for the first time, it will be performed in possibly one of the most peaceful cities in Europe.

After all, the poem is filled with hope, and it therefore feels right to also perform Beethoven. The great "composer of freedom."