TORONTO – The Toronto Symphony Orchestra says Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will not be performed tonight and Thursday after it cancelled performances by a Ukrainian-born pianist.The TSO had said Toronto pianist Stewart Goodyear would play the Rachmaninoff piece after Valentina Lisitsa was told her appearance was cancelled due to “offensive, intolerant comments” she made on social media.However, in a statement apparently posted by Goodyear on his Facebook fan page late Tuesday, he said he has been “bullied into declining this engagement.”He said he found himself “in the middle of a social media frenzy” and what was one of the …read more
Source: National Newswatch
