Posted on 05/05/2016 5:18:23 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior
A renowned Russian conductor will perform in the ruins of Palmyra in Syria on Thursday, Russian media say. Valery Gergiev, who supported Vladimir Putin's presidential run in 2012, will perform at Palmyra's Roman Theatre, Rossiya 24 reported.
Syrian forces, backed by Russian air strikes, took back Palmyra from the so-called Islamic State (IS) in March. Last July, IS posted footage online showing some of its fighters carrying out killings in the ancient theatre.
Rossiya 24 said the concert would be broadcast on Russian television later on Thursday.
Mr Gergiev travelled to Syria with the Symphony Orchestra of St Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, where he is artistic director. He also works as the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.
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In New York City in 2013, the LGBT activist group Queer Nation interrupted performances by orchestras conducted by Gergiev at the Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Gergiev
That is what victory smells like!
I don’t think he’ll have that problem in Palmyra. I hope they perform Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Russiàn Easter Festival Overture” to cleanse the place.
Where’s Bruce Springsteen on this?
Bruce Stringbean was last seen in the ladies’ bathroom.
I don’t want a concert.
I want acknowledgement of the tens of thousands of Christians murdered in and around Palmyra.
The MSM refuses to do that.
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