Concert Hall Carnegie Hall in New York announced on Thursday, February 24, the suspension of Russian conductor Valery Gergiev and pianist Denis Matsuev from performances. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will replace Gergiev with the Canadian Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
“Carnegie Hall and the Vienna Philharmonic today announced that Yannick Nézet-Séguin will replace Valery Gergiev as conductor for three concerts at Carnegie Hall from Friday, February 25 to Sunday, February 27,” the venue’s press service said. .
They added that pianist Denis Matsuev will not perform with the orchestra on Friday, February 25. The soloist of this program will be announced later. The reason for such substitutions was not announced by the organizers.
Classical music news portal Slipped Disc reported that Carnegie Hall was under pressure to remove artists from performances as a measure of pressure on musicians allegedly close to the Russian leadership. The authors do not know the role of the US government in this situation, they assume that what happened is connected with Russia’s actions in the Donbass.
In early February, the Rome concert of the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra under the direction of Valery Gergiev was canceled due to the discovery of COVID-19 in the conductor and pianist Daniil Trifonov. This was reported on February 11 at the National Academy of St. Cecilia.
Due to the coronavirus, several world pop stars have also canceled concerts, some of which confessed to fans for what happened. So in January it happened with the performance of the British singer Adele. She was preparing to perform in Las Vegas, but discovered that she had contracted COVID-19. The fans had to apologize with the help of an emotional video on social networks.
At the same time. In January, Canadian singer Celine Dion canceled concerts due to health problems. In a statement, the artist said that she was forced to cancel previously scheduled concerts from March 9 to April 22, 2022. The organizers promised to return all the money for the purchased tickets.
Source: IZ
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