The next day, in the same spot, in the open, cellist Vedran Smailović began a series of daily solos, one day for each of the 22 dead, each day playing Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor. In 2008, Canadian author Stephen Galloway published his book and Vedran Smailović was not pleased. In December 1993 Vedran Smailović escaped the war, heading to the UK, then to the far Southeast corner of Northern Ireland, in the tiny port city of Warrenpoint, where Vedran Smailović resides today. Smailovic ref on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedran_Smailovi%C4%87 Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Cellist of Sarajevo (YouTube) “The actual cellist of Sarajevo playing against backdrop of war-damaged buildings in Sarajevo.


Source:   CBC News
January 14, 2023 05:56 UTC