GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) --- The only grand piano in the Gaza Strip was played in public for the first time in a decade on Sunday --- following a complicated international restoration effort to fix the instrument after it was nearly destroyed in an Israeli airstrike. Some 300 fans attended Sunday's performance, staring in awed silence as Japanese and local artists performed for them. For many, it was the first time they had ever heard a piano performed live. "Playing this piano is feeling like playing history," said Japanese pianist Kaoru Imahigashi. "It's amazing. I felt the prayer of peace for many people." The piano's story goes back many years, mirroring in many ways t...
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