US protesters give Gergiev a break

US protesters give Gergiev a break

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norman lebrecht

January 19, 2015

A group called Art Against Aggression which is peacefully picketing Valery Gergiev’s Mariinsky tour in the US called off its protest for yesterday’s Brooklyn performance of Prokofiev’s Cinderella, on the assumption that a large proportion of the audience was made up of children.

The notice of suspension is quite witty.

gergiev protest break

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