The Kosovo Philharmonic rehearses in Pristina February 6, 2008. The orchestra is rehearsing for the biggest performance in its short history, the European anthem Beethoven's Ode to Joy, to be played when Kosovo Albanians declare independence from Serbia, a date that has yet to be announced. Backed by the West but opposed by Russia, the breakaway Serbian province is within weeks, and possibly days, of declaring independence almost nine years after NATO went to war to save its Albanian majority. REUTERS/Hazir Reka (SERBIA)