{"id":39727,"date":"2025-07-23T14:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/renowned-russian-conductor-valery-gergievs-gig-at-italian-palace-canceled-amid-outcry-over-support-for-putin\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:11:22","slug":"renowned-russian-conductor-valery-gergievs-gig-at-italian-palace-canceled-amid-outcry-over-support-for-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/renowned-russian-conductor-valery-gergievs-gig-at-italian-palace-canceled-amid-outcry-over-support-for-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Russian conductor Valery Gergiev&#8217;s gig at Italian palace canceled amid outcry over support for Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Rome<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 A classical music concert in Italy has been canceled suddenly following a public backlash over the Russian conductor&#8217;s support for President Valdimir Putin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russian maestro Valery Gergiev had been scheduled to lead an ensemble of Italian musicians and soloists from St. Petersburg&#8217;s Mariinsky Theatre \u2014 where he&#8217;s the artistic director \u2014 on July 27 at the Reggia di Caserta, an opulent 18th-century palace near Naples.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s national news agency ANSA said the venue had canceled the concert, offering no explanation. A representative at the Reggia di Caserta confirmed the cancellation to CBS News over the phone.<\/p>\n<p>The move came after criticism from Italian lawmakers, human rights advocates and Russian political dissidents.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/23\/a85bcb09-44a9-4184-9b13-e38f105384c1\/thumbnail\/620x413\/c2b1078b7bb8b3874ed68d966ec40084\/italy-gergiev-protest-2225099808.jpg#\" alt=\"ITALY-RUSSIA-UKRAINE-CULTURE-CONFLICT-PROTEST \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/23\/a85bcb09-44a9-4184-9b13-e38f105384c1\/thumbnail\/620x413\/c2b1078b7bb8b3874ed68d966ec40084\/italy-gergiev-protest-2225099808.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/23\/a85bcb09-44a9-4184-9b13-e38f105384c1\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/9c60db4494fa3368100b5a034f97dcfd\/italy-gergiev-protest-2225099808.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Demonstrators hold placards denouncing Russian conductor Valery Gergiev as &#8220;the face of Putin&#8217;s war&#8221; in Ukraine, during a protest in Milan, Italy, July 19, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                PIERO CRUCIATTI\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the most vocal opponents to Italy welcoming Gergiev was Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. She condemned Gergiev&#8217;s public support for the Kremlin and accused the conductor of using his platform to legitimize Russia&#8217;s ongoing war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yulia_navalnaya\/status\/1947246300497363388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">message<\/a> posted on social media, Navalnaya called news of the cancellation, &#8220;not joyful, but good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No artist who supports the current dictatorship in Russia should be welcomed in Europe. It is precisely thanks to regime loyalists like Gergiev that Putin tries to promote his image as a &#8216;respectable person&#8217; in the West,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a small step, but great victories are built from such small steps.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/23\/b01cc739-d756-4ff6-8829-f444a34cb3c6\/thumbnail\/620x443g8\/e71aacfc1a93d5ff3ee8de78cc35b14b\/gergiev-putin-539533316.jpg#\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin Attends Award Ceremony To Mark Russia Day \" height=\"443\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/23\/b01cc739-d756-4ff6-8829-f444a34cb3c6\/thumbnail\/620x443g8\/e71aacfc1a93d5ff3ee8de78cc35b14b\/gergiev-putin-539533316.jpg 1x, 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Europe, where a range of institutions have sought to distance themselves from artists aligned with the Russian government.<\/p>\n<p>Gergiev&#8217;s refusal to denounce Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine has cost him engagements at other top-tier venues, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/valery-gergiev-carnegie-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">including New York&#8217;s Carnegie Hall<\/a><\/span> and Germany&#8217;s Munich Philharmonic, where he previously served as chief conductor.<\/p>\n<p>The cancellation drew sharp criticism from the Russian Foreign Ministry, which on Wednesday accused Italy of cultural censorship and claimed the move was the result of Ukrainian pressure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/23\/07d8cf89-17b5-4aee-b7cd-277216b62160\/thumbnail\/620x455\/97cb5364e829a7455fffebf7db73ad33\/gergiev-putin-167934406.jpg#\" alt=\"The Opening Of The Mariinsky II Theater \" height=\"455\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/23\/07d8cf89-17b5-4aee-b7cd-277216b62160\/thumbnail\/620x455\/97cb5364e829a7455fffebf7db73ad33\/gergiev-putin-167934406.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/23\/07d8cf89-17b5-4aee-b7cd-277216b62160\/thumbnail\/1240x910\/ef9dd2bccd21e0ff8a53715eab5419d1\/gergiev-putin-167934406.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">From left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, singer Placido Domingo and conductor Valery Gergiev attend the opening of the new Mariinsky II Theatre, May 2, 2013, in St. Petersburg, 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