Pro-Putin soloist is shut out of Venice

Pro-Putin soloist is shut out of Venice

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norman lebrecht

December 28, 2022

The Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa, who has banged the online drum for Putin ever since his 2014 Crimea incursion, has been booked by an independent impresario to give a recital at Teatro La Fenice.

But no sooner was the date announced than the theatre was forced by public pressure to take down the event.

Eruption here.

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