Hans Zimmer Honors Ukrainian Pianist During Performance of Inception Theme
In a touching moment, Hans Zimmerpaused his concert at the O2 Arena in London to honor a Ukrainian pianist who played the theme that Zimmer composed for Inception as air raid sirens went off in the background. Hans Zimmer is an Academy Award-winning film composer who is most well known for his collaborations with Christopher Nolan and his work on several DC films. Zimmer's recent groundbreaking scorefor Dune is also up for an Academy Award at this year's ceremony. But since he's touring around Europe on the Hans Zimmer Live tour where he performs with his band and orchestra, he won't be in attendance.
Much of the world's political attention is still zeroed in on Eastern Europe, where Ukraine continues to combat the Russian invasion that started on February 24 and has seen a variety of global responses from sanctions on Russian oligarchs to Netflix suspending service in Russia. The world has watched in horror as around 3 million Ukrainians flee the country as refugees, and millions more become displaced. It's with this background that a Ukrainian pianist named Alex was originally recorded emphatically playing «Time,» the main theme to Zimmer's Inception score as air raid sirens went off, by National Geographic photographer John Stanmeyer.
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The video from Stanmeyer was shared with Zimmer by his daughter and he was so touched by the Ukrainian's performance in light of everything happening that he stopped his concert in London to play the video and honor Alex's performance on the giant screen in the O2 Arena. In a personal video message that Zimmer sent to Alexthat the pianist shared on Instagram, Zimmer stated that he was «just
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