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
for me, cancelling performances of this young man i think is extremely unjustified and in fact, what it does, we have to look at the north sea germany burning books, of those a disapproved of. , . so books, of those a disapproved of- so your - books, of those a disapproved of- so your a i of. it s cancelling. so your a passionate of. it s cancelling. so your a passionate anti-putin i of. it s cancelling. so your a passionate anti-putin figure passionate anti putin figure who is saying that cancelling russian artists in the way you just described represents something i can to north sea censorship? something i can to north sea censorship? not to north sea a- roach censorship? not to north sea approach because censorship? not to north sea approach because we - censorship? not to north sea approach because we don t i censorship? not to north sea i approach because we don t burn people, we don t kill people in that way. but what is the difference between them cancelling culture i
and white but more grey areas. there are some individual artists who have been, you could put it this way, cancelled. could put it this way, cancelled.- one| could put it this way, i cancelled.- one of the cancelled. yes. one of the treat cancelled. yes. one of the great russian cancelled. yes. one of the great russian conductors, | cancelled. jazz one of the great russian conductors, he was sacked, fired from his position in munich, many chair that decision. 0thers wondered, evenif that decision. 0thers wondered, even if they didn t like him because he s been a loyalist to put in, there s great evidence to suggest that he s been favoured with great wealth because of his association with putin. some still felt that cancelling an artist wasn t right. what about you? the call reaction outside right. what about you? the call reaction outside of right. what about you? the call reaction outside of russia i right. what about you? the call reaction outside of russia when the war starte
shakespeare, the managing s will have borchard, the russians will have a check on skis to rovinsky, etc, everybody will have their own that represent notjust their culture, they make the culture which is born from the nation itself, from its character, from its way of expressing itself because. from its way of expressing itself because. . . from its way of expressing itself because. the question is, are outsiders itself because. the question is, are outsiders qualified - itself because. the question is, are outsiders qualified in l is, are outsiders qualified in your view to interpret? yes, but one has your view to interpret? yes, but one has to your view to interpret? yes, but one has to make - your view to interpret? yes, but one has to make that i but one has to make that effort. that is the important thing. effort. that is the important thin. ., . effort. that is the important thin. ., ., ., effort. that is the important thin. ., ., ., effort. that is the important thin.