Roldugin performed a quadrille in the antique amphitheater Palmyra

The Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, led by Valery Gergiev, played a concert in the ancient amphitheater of the Syrian city of Palmir. It is reported by Interfax .

As part of the concert, the cellist Sergei Roldugin performed the “personnel” of Rodion Shchedrin. In total, the event lasted 45 minutes, before it began to the audience at the video Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed.

The concert was attended by about 500 people, including the Russian and Syrian military, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky and the director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, as well as the local civilian population.

Palmir, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, was liberated by the Syrian forces from militants of the Islamic State terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation at the end of March. Prior to this, ISIS controlled the city for more than a year.

During the time, while the city was under the rule of the militants, several architectural monuments were destroyed; Many of the remaining were mined. According to preliminary estimates, about 80% of ancient buildings are subject to restoration.