Russian maestro Valery Gergiev is known to hvae close ties with Vladimir Putin.
FRANKFURT: Germany’s Munich Philharmonic fired Russian conductor and Kremlin loyalist Valery Gergiev on Tuesday after he failed to denounce Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, while a top Russian soprano withdrew from concerts as the fallout from the war engulfed artists.
Gergiev, 68, has come under pressure from classical music institutions across Europe since Russian forces entered Ukraine last week, and has already been dropped from a slew of prestigious concerts.
“With immediate effect, he will no longer be conducting concerts of the Munich Philharmonic,” Munich mayor Dieter Reiter said.
The move came after Gergiev ignored a Monday deadline to publicly distance himself from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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