Ukrainian Orchestra Conductor Murdered By Russian Troops After Refusing to Perform

Yuriy Kerpatenko, a Ukrainian orchestra conductor, was shot and killed in his home by Russian soldiers, according to the Facebook account of Ukraine’s culture minister and as reported by The Guardian. It is believed that this was a retaliatory killing after Kerpatenko refused to take part in a concert meant to show an “improvement of peaceful life” in the occupied city of Kherson. News of his death became known in Ukraine on Friday. The 46-year-old, Kherson-born Kerpatenko studied at the Kyiv Conservatory, an institution co-founded by composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, and whose honorary professors include Placido Domingo and Riccardo Muti. In… Read Full Article