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Montreal Symphony Orchestra drops Russian piano prodigy from concerts amid backlash
CTV News ^ | 9 March 2020 | Selena Ross

Posted on 03/10/2022 1:47:11 PM PST by oblomov

A young Russian pianist who was set to perform with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra this week has been struck from the schedule after protest.

However, the orchestra maintained its praise for 20-year-old Alexander Malofeev, who has been outspoken against the invasion of Ukraine, where he said he has some family members.

"The OSM feels that it would be inappropriate to receive Mr. Malofeev this week," wrote a spokesperson for the orchestra, Pascale Ouimet, in a statement.

"We continue, however, to believe in the importance of maintaining relationships with artists of all nationalities who embrace messages of peace and hope. We look forward to welcoming this exceptional artist when the context allows it."

Malofeev will no longer be performing on March 9, 10 and 13 in Montreal, though the concerts will still go ahead with different performers.

Some Ukrainian Montrealers had emailed the OSM to ask it to cancel Malofeev's performances, saying it wasn't about his stance on the war but about promoting a Russian product, in this case a "cultural product."

***SNIP***

In two Facebook posts, Malofeev has decried the war, first writing on March 2 that "the truth is that every Russian will feel guilty for decades because of the terrible and bloody decision that none of us could influence and predict."

On Monday, however, he added that he's upset by the "hatred going in all directions, in Russia and around the world," and that he "still believe[s] Russian culture and music specifically should not be tarnished by the ongoing tragedy, though it is impossible to stay aside now."

(Excerpt) Read more at montreal.ctvnews.ca ...


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So he's being cancelled, even though he's expressed opposition to the war, and support for Ukraine.

This "war" is a distraction from the war at home.

This is just another Kulturputsch by the left. Conservatives are their real intended, eventual targets. Russians are just in the way at the moment.

1 posted on 03/10/2022 1:47:11 PM PST by oblomov
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This is ridiculous.


2 posted on 03/10/2022 1:48:59 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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The whiplash will be epidemic with all the two-faced people spouting off today and tomorrow.


3 posted on 03/10/2022 1:50:59 PM PST by George from New England
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Geez, these folks would not have let Jews into the US during WWII because they were German.


4 posted on 03/10/2022 1:51:02 PM PST by rey
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Could you imagine if they did this to an Afghani because of a terrorist attack committed by someone of the same nationality?


5 posted on 03/10/2022 1:51:13 PM PST by Husker24 (Pp)
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The “deep state” and corrupt media must be laughing their asses off and saying to themselves: “We just had these idiots turning themselves inside-out over covid, masks, vaccines - and here we go, as soon as that ended, we could do it all over again!”


6 posted on 03/10/2022 1:51:39 PM PST by PGR88
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In two Facebook posts, Malofeev has decried the war, first writing on March 2 that "the truth is that every Russian will feel guilty for decades because of the terrible and bloody decision that none of us could influence and predict."

Good for him. And he lives in Russia. We have a representative government and they are destroying our country and we have no influence. Go figure. Our international leadership needs to be given the boot at almost every level, sheesh, Trudeau is just another example.

7 posted on 03/10/2022 1:52:23 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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It’s amazing how quickly the artsy leftists have fully embraced blacklisting, even after whining for decades about the old Hollywood blacklist which often targeted actual pro-Stalin Marxists (and let’s never forget Stalin murdered tens of millions of human beings). The left wants to make sure that blacklisting/cancel culture is the norm across the board as a form of control and a way of creating fear.


8 posted on 03/10/2022 1:53:23 PM PST by FenwickBabbitt
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Pure idiocy.


9 posted on 03/10/2022 1:53:54 PM PST by Borges
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It’s just plain stupid. Who are they hurting? The prodigy. Dopes. All posturing.


10 posted on 03/10/2022 1:54:06 PM PST by NeverTyranny
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To: Husker24

Good point.


11 posted on 03/10/2022 1:55:00 PM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: oblomov

Hurt a young woman, does nothing to Putin.
What a bunch of a-holes.


12 posted on 03/10/2022 1:55:31 PM PST by EEGator
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20-year-old Alexander Malofeev, who has been outspoken against the invasion of Ukraine

Here's your TechnoDicktaters hard at work, MercyFlush...

13 posted on 03/10/2022 1:55:50 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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young man


14 posted on 03/10/2022 1:57:04 PM PST by EEGator
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Geez, these folks would not have let Jews into the US during WWII because they were German.

And they can vote...

15 posted on 03/10/2022 1:57:53 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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It’s amazing how quickly the artsy leftists have fully embraced blacklisting, even after whining for decades about the old Hollywood blacklist which often targeted actual pro-Stalin Marxists (and let’s never forget Stalin murdered tens of millions of human beings). The left wants to make sure that blacklisting/cancel culture is the norm across the board as a form of control and a way of creating fear.

I wouldn't have a problem with the Russians cancelling some of the cancellers, pour encourager les autres - ala Trotsky.

16 posted on 03/10/2022 1:59:48 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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This anti-everything-and-everybody-Russian moral panic is getting petty, shabby, and vindictive.


17 posted on 03/10/2022 2:01:13 PM PST by Iowa Slim
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He should burn a Russian flag and apply as a refugee…


18 posted on 03/10/2022 2:01:40 PM PST by Hypo2
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To: kiryandil

Pidor Putin is your dictator.


19 posted on 03/10/2022 2:02:52 PM PST by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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Stupidity


20 posted on 03/10/2022 2:02:58 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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