CALGARY – A year ago, Inna Platonova held up Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa as a role model for her seven-year-old son — an aspiring musician who is also of Ukrainian descent.This week, Platonova is organizing protests against the artist who is to perform with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra on Friday and Saturday.”I showed her YouTube videos to my son because he started playing piano at age six and I wanted to encourage him to play better,” says Platonova, who came to Canada from Ukraine in 2003 and now lives in Calgary.”I would never have thought a year later that I …read more
Source: National Newswatch
