they ve been asked to denounce russia s military aggression. when does solidarity turn into censorship? my guess is the world renowned soviet born conductor semyon bychkov. it is our the loser when politics takes centre stage? my guest is semyon bychkov. semyon bychkov, a very warm welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are like all the great musical mic stressors, you are peripatetic, your critics are all around the world, you are constantly travelling put up is there one place you can point to and say, that has done the most to define you as a person and an artist?. and an artist?. no, i don t think s0- and an artist?. no, i don t think so. maybe and an artist?. no, i don t think so. maybe because l and an artist?. no, i don t l think so. maybe because my destiny made it so that i was born in russia. i lived there 22 years before emigrating to america. . ., , ., . , america. leningrad was a city, when it was america. leningrad was a city, when it was called americ
with the censorship of an entire culture. i with the censorship of an entire culture. with the censorship of an entire culture. i totally agree with that position. entire culture. i totally agree with that position. i - entire culture. i totally agree with that position. i could i entire culture. i totally agree| with that position. i could add to these examples the fact that when the war started up house in warsaw cancelled performances of moves us key. first of all, it has been composed in 19 century. for two secondly, it is about the tsar, which is about the absolute power of a monarch and the price he has to pay for that and his people. if those people who cancelled this performance to do with the upper was about, they would decide to perform at ten times a day. ten times a day. because it would be ten times a day. because it would be actually ten times a day. because it. would be actually illustrative of the very problem. it is would be actually illustrative of the very pr
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