The company cut ties with the star Russian soprano for her refusal to denounce Vladimir Putin after the invasion of Ukraine. An arbitrator said it must pay her under the terms of her contract.
Tag: Classical Music
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A Conductor’s Battle With a Classical Music Gender Barrier
Claire Gibault has spent a lifetime fighting sexism and forging a path in a male-dominated profession. Her next targets: pay gaps and age discrimination.
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The Fight Over ‘Tár’ Shows How Much We Conductors Love to Hate One Another
We conductors in general delight in denigrating one another — that is, until one of us is dead. In other words, we are human.
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My Father’s Death, an Envelope of Cash, a Legacy in Music
When the pianist Adam Tendler received a strange and unexpected inheritance, he turned it into a project about remembrance and reconciliation.
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Yo-Yo Ma Makes His Encore a Call for Peace, With a Nod to Casals
The celebrated cellist capped a concert with the New York Philharmonic with a work that Pablo Casals often played to protest war and oppression.