Sitkovetsky and Silvestrov join anti-Putin protest

Sitkovetsky and Silvestrov join anti-Putin protest

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norman lebrecht

February 18, 2021

The number of musicians signing a protest against Vladimir Putin’s oppression has risen to just under 500.

Latest signatories include the doyen composer Valentin Silvestrov, violinist Dmitri Sitkovetsky, pianist Peter Jablonski, and Mariinsky opera  conductor Mikhail Agrest.

The full list of signatories can be found here.

But Putin has plenty of friends who maintain his authoritarian rule.

 

 

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