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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jenn Selby

Flashmob orchestra in Trafalgar Square plays in solidarity with Ukraine

Petr Limonov conducts Music for Peace orchestra in Trafalgar Square as the event’s organiser, Juliet Barclay looks on
Petr Limonov conducts Music for Peace orchestra in Trafalgar Square as the event’s organiser, Juliet Barclay looks on. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

A flashmob of 200 classical musicians led by a renowned Russian-British conductor played a trio of Ukrainian compositions in Trafalgar Square on Sunday to protest against the Russian invasion.

Petr Limonov directed the orchestra – which starred the violinist Jennifer Pike and the composer Gabriel Prokofiev on the French horn – in front of hundreds of spectators who had gathered around the makeshift stage at the foot of the National Gallery in central London.

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