 "Art among the ruins": Elif Shafak on moving performance at church bombed in Karabakh October 15, 2020 - 20:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Elif Shafak, a British writer of Turkish descent and the author of the bestseller "The Bastard of Istanbul", has shared a video of Belgian-Armenian musician Sevak Avanesyan playing cello at Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi, which was earlier bombed by Azerbaijan. “Art among the ruins”, Shafak wrote to caption Avanesyan's performance on Twitter. Shafak said her post is for everyone who believes in peace and does not stop defending it. On October 8, Azerbaijan shelled the main church of Shushi twice, injuring civilians and three Russian journalists who were inside the cathedral at the moment of the second strike. Avanesyan had visited Shushi to perform "Crane" by Komitas inside the cathedral ruined in Azerbaijan's bombing.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates  Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
