ChicagoansofNote Nataliia Kuryliak: 'On February 24, my life and the lives of all Ukrainian people changed. This was the first day of the war with Russia. My son was six months old, and I lived alone with him.' | ✍️ unlistenmusic
Everyone in my family is a musician. My mom is a piano teacher. My dad is an elementary school music teacher, and my sister is a vocal teacher. So it wasn’t that I had no choice—I just felt like I had to be in music too. I went to music college, and I loved it. Then I was accepted to Lviv National Music Academy. I was the first in my family to graduate from a conservatory with a master’s degree.
So during the first four days of war, I was with my son in my small native town with my dad. It was a few months before my dad turned 60, and the military called him up to do some health checks and other stuff. They [told him], “It’s OK. You can stay home.” But I was scared. My dad told me, “If I do go to the army, you will be alone.” So I had no choice. On the fourth day of the war, I decided to leave my country.
My mom was waiting for us when we crossed the border into Poland. It was like a different world because there were lots of volunteers, and I could take diapers for my son. There was a lot of food and blankets and hot soups. My mom lives [in Wrocław,] about six hours from the border by car, and her friends were really helpful. I didn’t have any clothes with me, and they brought a lot of clothes for me and my son. At that moment, I felt safe.
Back in Ukraine, Nataliia Kuryliak performed Eldin Burton’s Sonatina for Flute and Piano with flutist Roman Ievskiy. [As a parent] you worry not about yourself but about your children, always. And it’s terrible. Because in my opinion, every Ukrainian child will have a lot of questions for which there’s no answers. One day my son will ask why we left our country. “Why are my grandma and grandpa not with us?” Many children will ask, “Where’s my dad? Where’s my mom?” Or “Where are my siblings?” Because they will forever be only in our hearts because of war. And for what? We fight for our freedom.
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