Berlin Philharmonic chief gives 100,000 to Ukraine relief
NewsThe Russian-born Kirill Petrenko has made a lead donation of 100,000 Euros to launch a campaign for Ukraine relief at the Baden-Baden Easter Festival. ‘The festival will be overshadowed by the terrible war. People need all possible support from us,’ he told a press conference.
He warned, however, against an indiscriminate boycott of Russian artists. ‘If people are being punished for Putin’s atrocities simply because of their nationality, then we are like the other side… You can see from all around that Russian works have been discontinued. Russian artists are repeatedly boycotted and locked out. I don’t think that’s right,’ he said.
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