Deadly Russian rocket is transformed into musical instrument of hope

The new instrument’s sound has been described as haunting, metallic and funereal

AUkrainian composer has crafted a pitch perfect message of hope and defiance by turning a Russian missile into a musical instrument.

Roman Hryhoriv, one of Ukraine’s most celebrated contemporary composers, took an unexploded Uragan MLRS bomb, which fell on his homeland in 2022, and had its explosive contents replaced with cello strings.

He went on to compose ‘Hell’s Arrow Voice’ and ‘Song of the Unborn’ for the instrument. Its sound has been described as haunting, metallic and funereal, and Hryhoriv said that playing it was a “ritual of purification”.