{"id":3465,"date":"2016-05-06T10:20:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T02:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/06\/russian-orchestra-plays-moving-concert-in-syrias-war-torn-palmyra\/"},"modified":"2016-05-06T10:20:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T02:20:25","slug":"russian-orchestra-plays-moving-concert-in-syrias-war-torn-palmyra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/06\/russian-orchestra-plays-moving-concert-in-syrias-war-torn-palmyra\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian orchestra plays moving concert in Syria&#039;s war-torn Palmyra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ap_150471297429\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA1LzA2LzBkL0FQXzE1MDQ3MTI5LmU1MTQ2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/5e67050b\/ac8\/AP_150471297429.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Russian+orchestra+plays+moving+concert+in+Syria%27s+war-torn+Palmyra&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F05%2Fconcert-for-palmyra%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F05%2Fconcert-for-palmyra%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s famed Mariinsky orchestra held a concert amid the imposing columns of the the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The archaeological gem was severely damaged by Islamic State militants who overran the UNESCO-preserved site, destroying priceless ancient architecture and statues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the music that you will hear today, you hear our pain and our memory,&#8221; conductor Valery Gergiev told the group of dozens that gathered in the amphitheater. &#8220;<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">This concert in war-torn Palmyra is our appeal for peace.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/02\/palmyra-ruins-before-after\/\">Stark photos show the Palmyra ruins before and after ISIS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Palmyra contains the ruins of a city that was a cultural crossroads of the ancient world during the 1st and 2nd century. It&#8217;s architecture drew from Greco-Roman, Persian styles and local traditions to create a city unlike any other. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/05\/concert-for-palmyra\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/palmyra\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Palmyra<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/syria\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Syria<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1462499280' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1462499280'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/tG_UHn44Ze0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s famed Mariinsky orchestra held a concert amid the imposing columns of the the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday. The archaeological gem was severely damaged by Islamic State militants who overran the UNESCO-preserved site, destroying priceless ancient architecture &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/06\/russian-orchestra-plays-moving-concert-in-syrias-war-torn-palmyra\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}