Update: Currentzis Vienna concert goes ahead – with protests
NewsLast night’s concert by Teodor Currentzis and the Kremlin-funded MusicAeterna went ahead at the Vienna Konzerthaus, but the declared intention to raise funds for victims of the Ukraine war has been abandoned.
‘We are a house of music and not a house of politics,’ declared Konzerthaus director Matthias Naske, a close associate of the controversial conductor.
There were protests outside, but the hall was sold out. Earlier, the Ukrainian ambassador had asked Naske not to designate tonight’s event as a benefit concert. That concert has now been cancelled.
Next stop for the Currentzis caravan is Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie tomorrow.
photo (c) Siavash Talebi
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