A Ukrainian pianist who fled her home with just her young daughter and a suitcase is to use her instrument as a “weapon” to showcase the unbreakable spirit of her country over a year later at a Eurovision event.
Daria Golovchenko, who is in her 30s and seeking full-time employment as a pianist, fled her home in Kherson in April 2022 with her then two-year-old – three-year old – daughter Sophia, before arriving in the UK later that same month to stay with her host – Rachel Balen, a retired university lecturer.
