He has pulled out of a pair of Philharmonic concerts in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem this week.
Nothing political.
Just a ludicrously overloaded schedule.
He’s conducting the Mariinsky in New York tomorrow.
UPDATE: Here’s the reason why.
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The kind of schedule that is only possible if you have a private plane available, perhaps paid for by a rich benefactor…
It’s more important for him to conduct her memorial service at Santa Cecilia in Rome on 13th.