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[Music} Svetlana>> The happiest times of my life were
associated with music. Reporter>> That sweet sound of music that
Svetlana Bukharina enjoys filled her heart Saturday.
Conductor>> The violin is something that is so much a part of her.
Reporter>> This trained violinist has been playing for the better part of her life, and
some of that time was spent with RIT's orchestra. Svetlana>> It is like coming home.
Reporter>> Saturday she picked up her instrument again, but this time Bukharina says there
was a different emotion expressed through her music. She was playing for her son.
Svetlana>> He was a joy. Just so much positive energy. So much love. So much affection. And
that's how I remember him. That is how he will be.
Reporter>> But his life was tragically cut short. RIT's orchestra dedicated it's concert
to Bukharina and her 3 year old son Kirill. He was killed three months ago.
Conductor>> Somehow I wanted to help to contact her and to give her... to let her know her
family was bigger than just... than just her immediate family. That here at RIT she had
a family as well. Reporter>> Michael Ruhling is the conductor
of RIT's Orchestra. He says that news of Bukharina's son's death hit him hard.
Conductor>> I was just thinking about her the whole time - and her son. And I was lost.
I just found myself there and it was hitting me harder than I thought.
Reporter>> He wanted to honor Bukharina and her son's memory. So he quickly changed the
orchestra's St. Patrick's Day concert to a dedication ceremony for Kirill.
Conductor>> From the beginning she wanted to play.
Reporter>> The concert featured Russian music in recognition of Bukharina's heritage. The
orchestra also included the Toy Symphony. Conductor>> It is a children's symphony and
we replaced the toys that Mozart had - if it was Mozart that wrote it - that he used
- which were bird calls and things like that, and replaced them with the sounds of toys
that Kirill liked. Svetlana>> It is a relatively simple piece
of music, but there is a lot of meaning and the use of the actual toys - the sound of
the train and the bicycle... and to me that was very significant.
Reporter>> It's those memories Bukharina says she will cherish. And she is also turning
to her music to help her through this difficult time.
Svetlana>> Music is healing. Listening to it, but specifically playing it. Because you
feel it... whatever you might have bottled up... it opens you up. Whether you want it
or not it opens you up and you feel it... even when it hurts... but it's needed. It
is much needed. And I am glad I have this outlet.
[music] Reporter>> In Rochester Jamiese Price, Time
Warner Cable News