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COVID-19: Heartwarming performances from balconies worldwide send messages of hope

Coronavirus outbreak has driven people to stay home for days of anxiousness and boredom

Published: March 30, 2020 12:33 Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 20200322286L-1585558218908 — Brazil, Mar 22 (ANI): Classical musicians Sofia Ceccato and her husband Simon Bechemin play for neighbours from their balcony during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday. (REUTERS Photo) Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 718267-01-08-1585558168024 — German artist Tirzah Haase sings 'Ode to Joy' by Ludwig van Beethoven at the window of her apartment in Dortmund, western Germany, on March 22, 2020 in a coordinated action to show a sign of solidarity during the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / Ina FASSBENDER Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-15T175838Z_1126968697_RC2HKF9DQA6I_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY [1]-1585558177401 — A man plays the guitar from a balcony to raise morale on the sixth day of an unprecedented lockdown across of all Italy imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus in Milan, Italy March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo Image Credit: REUTERS

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200330 piannist — Amateur pianist Alberto Gestoso Arce plays the piano from his balcony for neighbours, near the Sagrada Familia basilica, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreakÊin Barcelona, Spain. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 693934-01-08-1585558212285 — TOPSHOT - Iraqi Kurdish musician Nujin Hasan plays his violin to residents of his apartment block, who are staying at home to combat the spread of the coronavirus, in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on March 17, 2020. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_France_56575.jpg-7b67c-1585558171746 — French tenor singer Stephane Senechal acknowledges applause after he sings from his apartment window in Paris, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. French President Emmanuel Macron urged employees to keep working in supermarkets, production sites and other businesses that need to keep running amid stringent restrictions of movement due to the rapid spreading of the new coronavirus in the country. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-03-22T153512Z_988968062_RC23PF9C90KV_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-PANAMA-CELLO-1585558183923 — Uruguayan cellist Karina Nunez performs for her neighbours at the balcony of her department during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Panama City, Panama March 20, 2020. Picture taken March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Erick Marciscano Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 745071-01-08-1585558174504 — Colombia's police sergeant Fernando Usma sings a serenade to thank citizens for staying home, as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, outside residential buildings, in Medellin, Colombia on March 27, 2020. / AFP / JOAQUIN SARMIENTO Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 748245-01-08-1585558201801 — Opera singer Michal Janicki performs on the balcony of his flat and sings for his neighbours on March 28,2020 in Warsaw, amid the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The Polish government urged citizens to stay at home for a few weeks to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. / AFP / JANEK SKARZYNSKI Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Germany_56292.jpg-f4ddf-1585558226273 — Harpist Constanze Stieber plays 'By loving forces silently surrounded...' by Dietrich Bonhoeffer on her window in Erfurt, central Germany, Sunday, March 29, 2020. Several musicians want to set a common solidary signal in the Corona crisis based on the Italian model of a music flash mob. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 718188-01-08-1585558190024 — Residents perform Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" on their instruments on their balcony in Weimar, eastern Germany on March 22, 2020 in a coordinated action to show a sign of solidarity during the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - Germany OUT / AFP / dpa / Bodo Schackow Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Germany_94130.jpg-d0e89-1585558229216 — A flutist plays 'By loving forces silently surrounded...' by Dietrich Bonhoeffer on her balcony in Erfurt, central Germany, Sunday, March 29, 2020. Several musicians want to set a common solidary signal in the Corona crisis based on the Italian model of a music flash mob. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 718185-01-08-1585558186660 — Karoline Strobl and Zoltan Macsai perform Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" on their instruments on their balcony in Dresden, eastern Germany on March 22, 2020 in a coordinated action to show a sign of solidarity during the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - Germany OUT / AFP / dpa / Oliver Killig Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-03-14T180613Z_1419822090_RC2TJF9WEXVN_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-ITALY [1]-1585558180042 — A boy plays the saxophone from a balcony during a flash mob to raise morale as Italian government continues restrictive movement measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak, in Milan, Italy March 14, 2020. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Hungary_14038.jpg-21459-1585558215832 — Hungarian musician and composer Adam Moser plays on an accordion at the balcony of his home in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, March 20, 2020. Due to the restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the theatrical performances and concerts of the musician were cancelled and he went a volunteer quarantine with his family. Adam Moser gives a mini-concert on the balcony of his home in Budapest every day at 5 pm broadcasted by his wife on the internet. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP) Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-03-29T195017Z_2119974481_RC2VTF9I4F9K_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BRAZIL-1585558208351 — Adelmo Carvalho, 55, a sales representative who used to play on the church, plays the violin on his balcony during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-03-29T121406Z_355064505_RC2OTF9T896E_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-VENEZUELA-1585558223826 — Musician Zandu Montoya sings at the balcony of his house while a friend is recording with a cellphone during the national quarantine in response to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Caracas, Venezuela March 28, 2020. Picture taken March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Germany_31936.jpg-cdc16-1585558231863 — A violinist plays 'By loving forces silently surrounded...' by Dietrich Bonhoeffer on his balcony in Erfurt, central Germany, Sunday, March 29, 2020. Several musicians want to set a common solidary signal in the Corona crisis based on the Italian model of a music flash mob. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2020-03-24T133228Z_891677187_UP1EG3O11M47I_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-GERMANY-1585558192374 — A man plays his instrument on a balcony at the Kreuzberg district, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Berlin, Germany, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 745919-01-08-1585558198876 — A picture taken on March 24, 2020, shows French cellist Camilo Peralta playing on his balcony in Paris, during a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID- 19, (novel coronavirus). / AFP / LUCAS BARIOULET Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 748576-01-08-1585558205263 — Mulhouse Symphonic Orchestra violinist Jessy Koch performs on her balcony as each day to support health workers in Mulhouse, eastern France on March 28, 2020, on the eleventh day of a strict nationwide confinement in France seeking to halt the spread of the COVID-19 infection caused by the novel coronavirus. / AFP / SEBASTIEN BOZON Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Germany_34536.jpg-34441-1585558234677 — A trumpeter plays 'By loving forces silently surrounded...' by Dietrich Bonhoeffer on his balcony in Erfurt, central Germany, Sunday, March 29, 2020. Several musicians want to set a common solidary signal in the Corona crisis based on the Italian model of a music flash mob. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) Image Credit: AP

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