Fired cellist’s friends picket opening concert

Fired cellist’s friends picket opening concert

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

October 10, 2023

The Nova Scotia Symphony will face a demonstration at its season opener tonight by friends and supporters of assistant principal cello Shimon Walt.

He has been fired after 47 years by music director Holly Mathieson.

A petition to reinstate him has collected 1,000 signatures and rising.

His wife Peggy says the orchestra has ‘stopped replying to letters from subscribers, supporters and donors asking them to reverse the decision to terminate him after 47 years without any severance.’

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