A cello sounds in the missile-damaged church of Holy Christ the All-Savior in Shushi

The Kazanchetsots Cathedral in the city of Shushi on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh was partially destroyed during two rocket attacks during the ongoing military conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the territory of the unrecognized republic. A cellist of Armenian origin Sevak Avanesyan arrived from Belgium to the cathedral consecrated in the name of the Savior of the human race - Jesus Christ to give a small recital there. The musician performed the work of the composer Komitas 'Krunk', which means 'Crane' in translation.

Sevak Avanesyan gave an interview to a Kommersant correspondent, in which he noted that the music of the composer, who barely escaped the Armenian genocide and was forced to leave his homeland, sounds especially relevant in the current circumstances. Under the influence of the events he experienced, Komitas wrote a composition dedicated to the bird, which for every Armenian, wherever he is, symbolizes the homeland and the news coming from it.
On his next visit, Avanesyan plans to perform Persian music at the Shushi mosque. The musician stressed that although not many Muslims live in Artsakh, as the Armenians call Nagorno-Karabakh, the locals respect their faith. and keep them houses of prayer. “We are protecting mosques, not bombing them,” Sevak Avanesyan told a Russian newspaper journalist.