According to a Fars News Agency music reporter Business InsiderValery Gergiev of Russia, one of the world’s most prominent orchestra conductors, has been fired by the mayor of Munich for refusing to comment on the Russia-Ukraine conflict by order of the mayor of Munich.
One of the world’s most prestigious orchestra conductors was fired on Tuesday as cultural institutions retreated in fear of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russian professor Valery Gergiev has been fired as leader of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra after refusing to condemn Russia and Putin.
This was the most important defeat for Gregg, whose concerts were canceled and he was asked to resign from honorary positions throughout the world of classical music.
Gregory has long been a supporter of Putin, his personal friend since the 1990s, but after the Russia-Ukraine war, German Oria employers rejected him and fired him.
The mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter, announced in a press release on Monday the end of Gargiev’s work with the Munich Orchestra.
Wright on Friday called for Gregory to publicly condemn Putin and’s expulsion from Russia.
The Carnegie Hall in New York and the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland also canceled Gregory’s future nominations.
Gergiev’s manager also quit working with Gergiev on Sunday. The Rotterdam Philharmonic and La Scala have also said they will cancel future bookings with Gregory unless he clarifies his position on Ukraine.
New York Times The artist reported on Friday that he had not spoken publicly about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but had not hidden his sympathy for Putin’s policies in the past.
Quoted from New York TimesGregory and Putin have known each other and been friends since the early 1990s, when they were both in Putin’s hometown of St. Petersburg.
Gergiev, the former general and artistic director of the Marinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, was honored by Putin in 2013 with the official “Hero of Labor” plaque.
According to reports New YorkerAt the inauguration of the $ 1 million Marinsky Theater in 2013, Putin presented Gregoff with a birthday toast.
Business Insider “Gregory has publicly supported Putin’s career and presidential campaigns and condemned the anti-government group Pussy Riot, which incites opposition to Putin in the cultural sphere.
The conductor of the Russian orchestra was criticized by the West in 2014 after signing a letter in support of Crimea’s annexation to Russia.
BBC In 2016, Gergiev staged a concert in the ruins of Palmyra, Syria, shortly after the liberation of the area by Russian-backed Syrian forces.
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (born March 2, 1953) is a Russian folk artist, conductor, and opera director of the Ossetian company Orgin. He is the Senior Director and Artistic Director of the Marinsky Theater, the Senior Conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Artistic Director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.
He has also won awards such as the Mashtots Medal of Honor, the Golden Mask, the Alexander Nevsky Medal, the French Donor Legion, the Friendship Medal, the Hero of the Russian Federation, and the Russian Folk Artist.
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