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| Should Gergiev be condemned for playing in South Ossetia? (London Times, 08/22/2008) |
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| Artistic Propaganda In Ossetia |
| Alternative methods of warfare in South Ossetia: First a cyber-attack on Georgian Web sites now the harshly harmonious sounds of Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony. How will Valery Gergiev's propagandistic activities play in the West? By Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler (Forbes, 08/26/2008) |
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| The Metropolitan Opera in the Service of Putin? |
| Throughout the Nazi era in Germany, Wilhelm Furtwaengler brought his baton and his fabulous ensemble into the service of the propaganda machine of the Third Reich. Now, it seems, Valery Gergiev, longtime principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera and now the London Symphony, is performing the same service for his masters in Moscow. By David A.Andelman (The Huffington Post, 08/22/2008) |
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| LSO conductor Valery Gergiev leads defiant South Ossetia concert |
| The theme was Russia’s victory over Georgia; the spirit was Second World War defiance; the music was from Leningrad — and the conductor was from London. By Tony Halpin (London Times, 08/22/2008) |
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| LSO conductor Valery Gergiev to lead defiant South Ossetia concert |
| The Principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra will lead a defiant performance from the shattered steps of the South Ossetian parliament tonight celebrating Russia as the saviour of its citizens. By Chris Smyth (London Times, 08/21/2008) |
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| Valery Gergiev relishes role on world stage |
| Nobody else was ever going to conduct this concert. Valery Gergiev, the most talked-about maestro in the world today, is not only Ossetian by birth (his wife and children still live there) but also a close friend of Vladimir Putin... OpEd by Richard Morrison (London Times, 08/22/2008) |
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| Beyond Good & Evil: Busoni's Doktor Faust opens the 2008 Munich Opera Festival |
| The Munich Doktor Faust is not a production for the ages, but it will do much in bringing this fascinating composer back to the opera stages where he deserves to be much more often. By Jens F. Laurson (MusicWeb International, 06.30.2008) |
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| Barenboim makes top 100 list in 'Foreign Policy' |
| The Foreign Policy/Prospect list of top public intellectuals aims to "reveal the thinkers who are shaping the tenor of our time." Three Israelis were named, including pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim. (The Jerusalem Post, 05/26/2008) |
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