MaddieRose Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Conductor Valery Gergiev has been dismissed from his posts as Honorary President of the Edinburgh International Festival and Chief Conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra due to not condemning Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The Verbier Festival in Switzerland, of which he was Music Director, has asked for and accepted his resignation. BBC on Edinburgh Reuters on Munich Statement from the Verbier Festival 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnticaFiamma Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 This week he was supposed to conduct The Queen of Spades at La Scala but was fired for the same reason. Good riddance! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 And Reuters is now reporting that Tugan Sokhiev has resigned: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/bolshoi-theatres-chief-conductor-quits-after-pressure-to-condemn-ukraine-invasion/ar-AAUHtdN?ocid=ASUDHP&li=BBoPWjQ "I have decided to resign from my positions as Music Director of Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse with immediate effect." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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