The Ukrainian culture ministry said that the music conductor, Yuri Kerpatenko, was shot dead in his home earlier this month.
Russians fatally shot Ukrainian music conductor Yuri Kerpatenko in his own home for refusing to participate in a concert that they planned in Kherson, Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.
"Yuri Kerpatenko openly showed his civic position and refused to leave occupied Kherson," the ministry said in a Saturday post on, confirming his death. No details were revealed about the identity of the person or group who killed him. Kerpatenko, who has been working in the Kherson Regional Philharmonic since 2000, was asked to work with collaborators in the philharmonic and with Russians who planned the concert for October 1, featuring the chamber orchestra"This concert was intended by the occupiers to demonstrate the so-called 'improvement of peaceful life' in Kherson. However, the conductor of the orchestra Yuri Kerpatenko categorically refused to cooperate with the occupants," the ministry added.
Above, a military beret, Ukrainian flag and flowers lie on the coffin of a junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a memorial service on May 4 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russians fatally shot Ukrainian music conductor Yuri Kerpatenko in his own home for refusing to participate in a concert that they planned in Kherson, Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine.
His death was condemned by a number of artists including Finnish-Ukrainian music conductor Dalia Stasevska who toldthat"the history of Russia imposing a 'comply or die' policy against artists is nothing new. It has a history which spans for hundred of years."
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