{"id":936370,"date":"2025-10-07T15:48:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=936370"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:49:19","slug":"heroism-through-the-voice-of-three-pianos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/close-up\/rri-special\/heroism-through-the-voice-of-three-pianos-id936370.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Heroism through the Voice of Three Pianos&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been two years since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, on October 7, 2023. An event entitled &#8220;Heroism through the Voice of Three Pianos&#8221; took place at the National Opera in Bucharest to mark those terrible moments. Prof. Dr. C\u0103t\u0103lin C\u00eerstoiu, manager of the Bucharest University Emergency Hospital, discussed with Dr. Chen Kugel, President of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Israel, about the professional-borderline experience in the wake of the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the same occasion, an artistic program was performed by pianist and composer Gil Shohat, forensic pathologist and\u2026pianist Chen Kugel, and pianist Alexandru Burc\u0103, alongside baritone Alexandru Constantin and members of the Bucharest National Opera Orchestra, under the baton of Daniel Jinga.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We spoke with Dr. Kugel, shortly after event hosted by the Opera House in Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2184248355&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"RadioRomaniaInternational\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/radioromaniainternational\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RadioRomaniaInternational<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Interview with dr Chen Kugel\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/radioromaniainternational\/interview-with-dr-chen-kugel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interview with dr Chen Kugel<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been two years since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, on October 7, 2023. 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