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1,000 cellists hold concert

More than 1,000 Japanese and foreign cellists perform what organizers billed as the world's biggest cello concert in Kobe, western Japan, on Nov. 29. The concert was held to pray for peace and recovery from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the city. The organizers said 1,013 cellists aged 4 to 87, including about 70 U.S., German and other foreign musicians, participated in the concert, with Prince Takamado, himself a cellist, in attendance.

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Cellists perform in northern Japan to support post-quake recovery

Some 850 cellists from Japan and abroad perform at a concert in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 24, 2015. The Fifth 1,000 Cellists Concert was organized in support of reconstruction in areas affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,000 cellists hold concert

More than 1,000 Japanese and foreign cellists perform what organizers billed as the world's biggest cello concert in Kobe, western Japan, on Nov. 29. The concert was held to pray for peace and recovery from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the city. The organizers said 1,013 cellists aged 4 to 87, including about 70 U.S., German and other foreign musicians, participated in the concert, with Prince Takamado, himself a cellist, in attendance.