....a very good interview....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mm3hgc1hhg&t=832s
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Dropped by his agent.
Lars Vogt, a former friend, says their friendship is at an end.
Originally posted by Auferstehen View PostIn view of balanced and fair reporting, there is further development on exactly what he said.
An addition to his previous quotes is given in my link upthread to Wiki on Berezovsky.
I’m not convinced it vindicates him completely.
MarioIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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I think Boris Berezovsky is a pretty good player, even if most of his repertoire doesn't especially appeal to me. But now his performing career has become collateral damage for making an idiotic comment. This is one small symptom of something that's going to have repercussions in the world of culture and the arts for a long time to come - I mean Russian musicians and artists are, deservedly or not, going to be discriminated against for a generation, now that thanks to Putin their names are basically mud. So much for creating a Greater Russia.
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Originally posted by RichardB View PostI mean Russian musicians and artists are, deservedly or not, going to be discriminated against for a generation, now that thanks to Putin their names are basically mud. So much for creating a Greater Russia.
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Originally posted by RichardB View PostI think Boris Berezovsky is a pretty good player, even if most of his repertoire doesn't especially appeal to me. But now his performing career has become collateral damage for making an idiotic comment. This is one small symptom of something that's going to have repercussions in the world of culture and the arts for a long time to come - I mean Russian musicians and artists are, deservedly or not, going to be discriminated against for a generation, now that thanks to Putin their names are basically mud. So much for creating a Greater Russia.
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Originally posted by Auferstehen View PostIn a decade’s time, will this entire tragedy be forgotten, and CD and ticket sales be prioritised and the likes of Gergiev welcomed back?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by Auferstehen View PostIn a decade’s time, will this entire tragedy be forgotten, and CD and ticket sales be prioritised and the likes of Gergiev welcomed back?
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Originally posted by RichardB View PostThat was certainly the case with many prominent German musicians who were fellow travellers of the Third Reich of course.
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Originally posted by mahlerfan View PostWe'll not see the likes of Berezovsky, Gergiev et al, back that quick, if at all. What do you think Richard (or others)?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostBerezovsky said anyway he wasn't intending to come to the west 'for three years or so'. I doubt he'll return at a time of his own choosing. Three years seems optimistic on his part, especially if he has to set up new links to do so.
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Originally posted by mahlerfan View PostNot quite the same, Karajan was already recording with the The Philharmonia in 1948. We'll not see the likes of Berezovsky, Gergiev et al, back that quick, if at all. What do you think Richard (or others)?
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Originally posted by mahlerfan View PostBut I bet Gergiev wants to be back in western concert halls pretty damn quick."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostHe'll be lucky! Gergiev is toxic right now and I can't see that changing for a very long time, if ever. It's not as if Gergiev is some sort of naive fool who has been duped by Putin. They go back a long way and it's a personal friendship. Indeed, I can't think of a Third Reich equivalent here, no matter how much some musicians compromised themselves or went along with the system for their own reasons. Winifred Wagner might be considered as a rough approximation but she wasn't a conductor on the world stage.
Speer? He seems to have been more complicit than Gergiev. Again, I'm no expert.
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