Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancels pianist’s performance after dedication to journalists killed in Gaza - eviltoast
  • Ilandar@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    People pay to see and enjoy listening to a symphony, not listen to political opinion.

    I guess you don’t attend classic concerts often? It is very standard for conductors or soloists to introduce modern pieces and discuss their sociopolitical relevance. I literally just went to one the other week where the director of The King’s College Cambridge Choir introduced a piece about the massacre, dispossession and forced assimilation of Indigenous Australians.