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valery gergiev, who was the chief conductor of the munich philharmonic in germany. and he was dropped by his management because of his close ties to president putin, and he s been removed from performances all around the world for not condemning the war. do you think that s a fair outcome? it depends on the person. i m not authorised to judge gergiev, it s. what he s doing is what he s doing. but some people have their hands clean, and they should not be refused the possibility of doing what they re doing. i mean, i ve known ukrainian ballet dancers who cannot dance the music, the ballet by tchaikovsky, which is, you know, stupidity, but it happens.
and being a cultural icon, such as yourself, inevitably you are getting drawn into the politics of the ukraine war. and i m thinking of people like russia s star conductor valery gergiev, who was the chief conductor of the munich philharmonic in germany. and he was dropped by his management because of his close ties to president putin, and he s been removed from performances all around the world for not condemning the war. do you think that s a fair outcome? it depends on the person. i m not authorised to judge gergiev, it s. what he s doing is what he s doing. but some people have their hands clean, and they should not be refused the possibility of doing what they re doing.