Boris Berezovsky has expressed assist for Russia’s assault on Ukraine, stunning colleagues and followers throughout the musical world.
(The Mariinsky Theatre)
Famed Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky has shocked the classical world after calling for strain to be elevated on Ukraine by chopping energy to the capital Kiev.
“I’ve a naive query…I perceive that we take pity on them, that we do issues delicately, however may we not cease caring about them, besiege them and reduce off the electrical energy?” Berezovsky requested on a chat present on pro-Kremlin channel Pervy Kanal on March 10.
“What the Western media say is pure lies,” the 53-year-old mentioned.
“We have to win this conflict after which construct one thing good and good at residence on this nation…Ultimately the reality will get to the individuals, I am certain of it. A yr will move and the reality will win,” he added.
Requested concerning the impression of rising vitality costs within the West on account of the battle, Berezovsky mentioned: “I do not care what occurs within the West, they’ll discover their options…I’ll undoubtedly not go there for the subsequent three years so…it isn’t my downside.”
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‘Enormous disappointment’
Winner of the Worldwide Tchaikovsky Competitors in 1990, Berezovsky has performed all around the world for many years.
Many Russian artists, significantly these thought of supporters of President Vladimir Putin corresponding to conductor Valery Gergiev and soprano Anna Netrebko, have been declared persona non grata by Western venues for the reason that assault.
Pianist and conductor Lars Vogt, musical director of the Paris Chamber Orchestra, was amongst these reacting to Berezovsky’s feedback on Twitter.
“I am unable to imagine these phrases from my ex-friend Boris B. However I hear them from his personal mouth. Our friendship is formally over,” Vogt mentioned.
Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montera spoke of her “enormous disappointment” on Twitter, including that “musical greatness and empathy do not at all times go hand in hand”.
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Supply: AFP