As he volunteers at a Ukrainian refugee camp, Yegor Shevtsov spends a lot of time speaking with incoming refugees. He speaks 6 different languages — Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, English, French and Norwegian.
Yegor Shevtsov, Ukrainian-born former pianist for Ballet West, describes the ‘human circus’ in a one-time supermarket.
They talked over options for the man to relocate — Poland was filling up with refugees, so Shevtsov suggested Belgium or France or Norway, where the pianist has lived since 2019 — and Shevtsov mentioned that he used to live in Utah. That struck a chord with the man, who had worked at a car factory and had been set to test their new vehicle at Utah’s famous Bonneville Salt Flats racing ground, until the government shut down the plan.
Shevtsov was born in 1977, and now has lived away from Ukraine for half of his life. He left his job at Ballet West in 2019, to join the, the northernmost symphony orchestra on the planet — splitting its performances between two cities in northern Norway, Bodø and Tromsø. Shevtsov said he’s struck by the reaction to Russia’s invasion, which began Feb. 24. “I think it’s really quite remarkable how unified all Ukrainians are, whatever ethnic heritage, against this aggression,” he said.Those people include his family who is still in Ukraine: His mother, stepfather and other family members — including his grandmother, who is 100 and has kidney problems.
He deals a lot with logistics, such as gathering data on what the center needs, and then ordering shipments of those supplies. For example, the center doesn’t have any showers, so they have ordered underwear for people who arrive at the center and want to change.
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