Piano player | Vadislav Shpelman

Vladislav Shpelman, one of the most important musicians in the history of European music, finds himself under the fire of war, bombing, shells, hunger, and love messages that die before reaching. In this book, Shpelman narrates his experience under the Nazi occupation of Poland, where art loses its meanings, music loses its rhythm, and heartbeat turns into a final hymn that leads us to an unknown point in life. This biography was turned into a film strip that captured the hearts of millions and placed the human conscience before an eternal trial, and perhaps this book is the text of the trial woven with high artistry, making us pause at every moment to wonder, can the fingers of this musician write a text with such cruelty, and of course the answer would be yes, for the fingers that touch blood of those dying under the rubble can dig long to bring that victim out from under the ashes, can dig through the dust that envelops the hearts of humanity in their own way. This is what Shpelman did in this book, he brought humans out from under the ashes and drew them in his own way, in the style of a musician trying to repair with his fingers what humans have failed to repair with their hearts.