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Soledar

In the search for the ultimate concert venue, a Ukrainian orchestra made its debut 200 metres underground in a salt mine. The Donbass symphony orchestra played to an audience of 200 in a vast cavern in Soledar, 60 miles north of the Ukrainian industrial base of Donetsk.

The chamber, 30 metres high and 120 metres long, has been cut into a salt deposit thought to have been created when the region was covered by oceans 230m years ago.

Tuesday | 15 November 2005 | Inspiration