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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra votes to kick out senior leadership due to treatment of pro-Palestine pianist (archive.is)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18719806

The musicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra have sensationally passed a vote of no confidence in their senior management, after an acclaimed pianist was removed from a performance because he spoke in support of journalists who died in Gaza.

“We believe it is the duty of senior management to lead and manage in accordance with the MSO’s Values and Behaviours, however it has become apparent that these values no longer appear to be aligned with those of the Orchestra and staff,” the letter read.

At a concert on Sunday, Jayson Gillham dedicated a solo to journalists in Gaza — then had his following concert on Thursday cancelled.

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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 21 points 3 months ago

This is tremendous news. Good on them. Music has been about giving a voice to the voiceless since its inception.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 months ago

Hopefully some other management types take notice of what happened here and think twice before trying to silence people calling to end the violence.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

this is good news and i'm glad to hear it since the news cycle of the last few weeks have featured victories for isreali lobby money successfully getting their congressional candidates elected.

[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Aw hell yeah!!!! Do it.