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Saturday, 28 April 2012
Death of Anna Perastroika
The Ainley Top Bandstand has been informed of the death of 8-year-old Russian tuba star Anna Perastroika. She died of consumption in a Moscow tenement building earlier this week.
Her death comes less than a week after her tear-jerking performance of Basses In The Ballroom wowed the judges on Moscow's Got Talent.
Mother Katarina said, "Anna began playing tuba at just four hours old. If wrong note she played, hit her with a stick I would. That is what made her great. Sorely missed she will be".