All men become brothers: amidst war, joy at the Odessa Fish Market

By Abby Zimet, originally published by Common Dreams

April 9, 2014

Society
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In the name of peace in Ukraine, a cool flash mob in the middle of the beloved Privoz Fish Market in Odessa, one of the cultural treasure-houses of Europe, by members of the Odessa Philharmonic and Odessa Opera Chorus in the first cooperatuve project in many years. “There was no need to choose a piece of music," explained conductor Hobart Earle. "Beethoven’s 9th symphony and Schiller’s Ode to Joy are humankind’s hymns for freedom, peace and brotherhood."

Abby Zimet

Common Dreams staff.

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