Life and Legacy of Legendary Japanese Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto sampan.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sampan.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Stephen Galloway’s driver for his novel is the bravery of a lone musician who defies the snipers and shells to play the cello in memory of the dead. Based on a real musician, 35-year-old cellist Vedran Smailovic, it was not the first time that music has defied war, or disaster, nor the last.
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment in a five-part series on the “atomic-bombed violin.” The stringed instrument, once owned by a Russian, survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. It was restored a decade ago and its sound has since touched many people’s hearts across borders.
A violin that was owned by a Russian and miraculously survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has been given a second life as a memento of the atrocity and a symbol of a desire for peace.
Listen to Ryuichi Sakamoto's collaboration with Ukrainian violinist Illia Bondarenko cyclicdefrost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cyclicdefrost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.