The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has been plunged into controversy this week after it emerged on Monday that it had dropped one of its star performers because of her controversial tweets about the conflict in Ukraine.
The orchestra cancelled three performances of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto this week which were to feature the Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa, citing “ongoing accusations of deeply offensive language by Ukrainian media outlets”.
Speaking to the New York Times by phone, TSO President & CEO Jeff Melanson’s explained that his staff had asked Valentina Lisitsa to explain dozens of “inflammatory tweets”.
Lisitsa has frequently turned …read more
Source: Newsweek
