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r00tb33r
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24 Feb 2022, 7:47 pm

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Gergiev's parting with the tour follows a letter from Teatro alla Scala, a theater in Milan, that asked Gergiev to release a statement in favor of peace in Ukraine before he was allowed to conduct as planned in the city.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/conductor-close-ties-putin-vienna-231630950.html

In any case, that's extortion. Good on him that he didn't cave, regardless of what he actually thinks.



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25 Feb 2022, 3:19 am

Good on Milan and the Vienna Philharmonic.



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25 Feb 2022, 3:35 am

I don't think extortion is a good look for anyone. :lol:

If someone made demands I make a statement on 9/11 before I can participate in something I'd laugh in their face and walk away too, has nothing to do with how I feel about the tragedy.



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25 Feb 2022, 11:23 am

trying to imagine the Berlin Philharmonics demanding a statement from Sir Simon Rattle condemning the Invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq....


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