According to the organizers, the “Sound of Peace” campaign on Sunday in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin will be “Europe’s largest musical rally” against the Russian attack on Ukraine.
Cultural workers had joined forces to send a message out into the world, it said on Friday. “We are a peace movement. We don’t just want to be loud and visible for one day, we want to change and move something in the long term,” says the call for the event. 20,000 participants have registered.
Among others, Adel Tawil, Antje Schomaker, BenjRose, Cassandra Steen, Clueso, Deine Cousine, Dreitehr Wahl, Fatoni, Fortuna Ehrenfeld, Hartmut Engler von Pur, In Extremo, Joris, Lina Maly feat. Enno Bunger, Madeline Juno, Mia., Michael Patrick Kelly, Mine, Peter Maffay, Philipp Poisel, Revolverheld, Rolf Stahlhofen & Spielvereinigung, Sarah Connor, Silbermond, The BossHoss or Zoe Wees. Further commitments are expected. Natalia Klitschko, wife of the mayor of Kyiv and ex-professional boxer Vitali Klitschko, will also speak.
The television stations ProSieben and SAT.1 want to broadcast the peace rally live on both programs from 3 p.m. into the evening. The aim of “Sound of Peace” is to collect large numbers of donations to support the victims of the war in Ukraine.
“Music is always an opportunity to express protest. But music also has this wonderful talent for bringing people together. And I think that on Sunday in particular, this stage will be a kind of outlet for the need that so many people in Germany have around the world: Namely, that this war should end and that we need peace in this world,” said Mieze Katz, singer of Mia. “We want to reach as many people as possible and show that we can all maybe change something together said Sascha Vollmer of The BossHoss.
Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Greens) had already announced her support for the project. (dpa)