Pianist Bartlett invited Humennik to use his recording at the Olympics

On February 7, British pianist Martin James Bartlett invited Russian figure skater Peter Gumennik to use his music to perform in the short program at the 2026 Olympic Games.

In the comments to one of the musician's posts on the Instagram social network (owned by Meta, which is recognized as an extremist organization in the Russian Federation), users began massively using the hashtag #LetPetrGumennikSkatePerfumer, calling for Humennik to be given the opportunity to perform to the soundtrack from the film "The Perfumer".

In addition, one of the users told Bartlett the story of the Russian athlete. In the responses to the comment, the musician wrote that Humennik could use his recording.

"Help is on the way," the pianist added.

However, at the time of 19:00 Moscow time, the comment disappeared from the replies to the comment. Users are complaining that Bartlett deleted it.

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Earlier that day, it was reported that Humennik was banned from performing at the Olympics to the soundtrack from "The Perfumer" due to copyright issues. In response to the injustice towards the athlete, social media users launched a hashtag, which translated into Russian sounds like "Let Peter Humennik ride under the "Perfumer".

Figure skating coach Tatiana Tarasova told Izvestia that Humennik successfully performed at the Olympic selection to the soundtrack of "Perfumer", and then they did not warn about possible copyright problems. She also called the situation around the performance of the Russian athlete disgusting.

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