Principal Conductor and Musical Director Bolshoi Theater of Russia Tugan Sokhievwho at the same time is the musical director of the French National Orchestra of the Capitole of Toulouse, left both posts.
Sokhiev explained his decision by the fact that in connection with what is happening in Ukraine, he is forced to make an “impossible” choice and “prefer one member of his musical family over another”, as well as “choose between two cultural traditions”.
“Being forced to face an impossible choice between my favorite Russians and my favorite French musicians, I decided to leave,” Sokhiev summed up.
The Bolshoi Theater called the dismissal of Sokhiev “a very serious problem.” “It is not clear how the situation will develop further,” the director of the theater said. Vladimir Urin.
Tugan Sokhiev has led the National Orchestra of the Capitole of Toulouse since 2008, and he became the chief conductor and musical director of the Bolshoi Theater in 2014.
Formerly Russian conductor Valeria Gergieva fired from the post of chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra for refusing to “clearly and unequivocally distance itself” from the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
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