to denounce russia s military aggression. when does solidarity turn into censorship? my guest is the world renowned soviet born conductor semyon bychkov. is art the loser when politics takes centre stage? semyon bychkovjoins me now, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are like all of the great musical maestros, you re peripatetic, your career takes you all around the world, you are constantly travelling. is there one place you can point to and say that has done the most to define you as a person and an artist? no, i don t think so, maybe because my destiny made it so that i was born in russia. i lived there 22 years before emigrating to america. leningrad was a city, when it was called leningrad. leningrad today, st petersburg. the dna, the roots are there, i ve always been, always will be. but then what happens is that i come to america, i live five years, my first five years in new york, and then i conduct grand rapid symphony in michigan, and buffalo philharmonic, so alt
transgender athletes in elite women s events. from now on, transgender swimmers are required to have completed their transition by the age of 12. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. russia s war on ukraine has turned culture into a battleground in countries supportive of ukraine s resistance to put in his invasion, some russian artists, musicians and dancers have been stripped of their platforms or they ve been asked to denounce russia s military aggression. when does solidarity turn into censorship? my guest is the world renowned soviet born conductor semyon bychkov. is art the loser when politics takes centre stage? semyon bychkovjoins me now, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are like all of the great musical maestros, you re peripatetic, your career takes you all around the world, you are constantly travelling. is there one place you can point to and say that has done the most to define you as a person and an arti
covid, a golden opportunity to hit the guy when he has down and some abettor to replace him. and boy, biden is down dampier the latest quinnipiac poll an all-time low 31%. and the washington post is giving the green light to this. quit joe, quit! and save the midterms with a one term pledge. chris christie summing up the president s situation this way parents because there were 54% of your own party said the year and a half into the presidency thanks but no thanks. that does reflect, i agree with you, the frustration of democrats because some don t think he s done enough and some because they think he s done too much. joe biden is in no-man s-land. that is an awful place to be as an office holder when you don t have anybody. jesse: as the president finds himself in a more political peril, he is running out of allies. his chief of staff ron klain with a lame explanation for the poles. it is a reflection how people feel about what is going on in the country. some things i
we ll dig deeper. in russia, the 29-year-old daughter of a putin ally whose father is known as putin s brain was killed in a fiery car explosion outside moscow with the kremlin accusing ukraine for being responsible for what russia is calling a contract killing. with ukraine celebrating its independence this weekend also marking six months since the russian invasion, i ll be talking to retired general david petraeus. and congress members jerry nadler and caroline maloney are locked in a bitter intraparty primary battle in new york city tomorrow thanks to redistricting. we ll discuss that race. and i ll take a look at the rise in anti-semitic groups across america after leafletting in a small new jersey town this weekend just days after similar leaflets were seen on long island, new york. joining me is ken delanian and brandon buck. you ve got the new nbc news poll with some major headlines. voters are angry, frustrated. they re saying for the first time that threats to
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