"I have been invited to perform in the square where I'll become part of your history by telling my story. The 1944 song, which won (Eurovision), is about the history of my family, about my great grandmother who survived deportation in 1944. (…) The concert is very important for me, I'm honored to sing in the Cathedral Square," the singer told journalists at the Vilnius Airport on Monday.
She said her performance would include ballads she had written herself.
Jamala, the 32-year-old jazz musician and songwriter, won this year's Eurovision with the song 1944, which was inspired by her memories of her great grandmother who was deported from Crimea with five children in 1944 along with 240,000 other Tatars.
