Antonio Pappano: We’re musicians, not social workers
OrchestrasAt yesterday’s LSO season launch, the orchestra’s new music directors made some dissenting observations about the Arts Council’s demands for ‘diversity and social work’ in place of performing excellence.
He is quoted in the Times today as saying: ‘It is not the LSO or Royal Philharmonic or London Philharmonic’s Âresponsibility to educate children. It is the government’s job to start educating children and creating not only talent for the future but also audiences.’
He added: ‘The amount of responsibility given to organisations to correct something that should be done by the government is unfair, frankly.’
That won’t rattle any rafters.
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