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"Musicians for Peace" has been held at the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow on 1 November - the Day of People's Unity. This charitable concert featuring 13 pianists from the countries experiencing unrest and ethnical and religious conflicts has been managed by Art-Brand in a partnership with Lira Ltd. and Addresses of Mercy Charitable Foundation with the blessings of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Murat Adygezalzade (Azerbaijan), Zlata Chochieva (South Osetia-Russia), Yaron Kohlberg (Israel), Cyprien Katsaris (France-Cyprus), Panagiotis Trochopulos (Greece), Ina Charuashvili (Georgia), Mikael Hayrapetyan (Armenia), Amira Fouad (Egypt), Milos Popović (Serbia), AyseDeniz Gоekcin (Turkey), Bruno Vlahek (Croatia), Kazuki Nisimont (Japan), and the artistic director and ideologist of the project, Alexander Ghindin (Russia) played pieces by Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Khachaturyan, Beethoven, Gluck, Wagner, Elgar, Smetana and Verdi transported by Alexei Kurbatov to be played simultaneously on two, three or four grand pianos. The main purpose of this unique concert was to show that people of very different cultural and national background can work and coexist together in a perfect harmony.