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‘I was to play Rachmaninoff, not preach politics’ – fired pianist Valentina Lisitsa to RThttp://rt.com/news/247677-lisitsa-interview-ukraine-canada/The Ukrainian-born pianist Valentina Lisitsa has become even more famous than she's already been among the online community, after her political views cost her a job with a Canadian orchestra. And she doesn't plan on being silenced, she told RT.
"I always separated music from politics and tried to keep enormous distance between the two," the pianist told RT's 'In the Now' host Anissa Naouai on Tuesday, after news of how she's been treated by Canada's Toronto Symphony Orchestra has spread globally.
The hashtag #LetValentinaPlay surged in popularity on social media, and thousands of supporters spoke out for the artist, who was offered to be paid not to play.
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"I never expected my music to be silenced," the pianist said, adding that she's "totally for freedom of speech, freedom of discussion and freedom of heated argument."
"That's what I've been doing on Twitter," she said, explaining her extensive tweeting on Ukraine on the social platform, with her point of view not falling in line with the popular Western narrative, allegedly costing her a job.
"I always thought that things like that could only happen somewhere in the countries known to be undemocratic," the ethnic Ukrainian, who has lived in the United States for 20 years and has both American and Ukrainian passports, said.
"I tried to have a conversation with the Symphony through the management, but the only way they would talk to me is through their lawyer, [from whom] I got quite offensive letters," Lisitsa said, adding that those letters contained accusations of her having "come close to committing a crime by inciting hatred [by posting] inflammatory tweets."
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http://rt.com/news/247297-canada-orchestra-pianist-ukraineLada Ray's comment to the news, in a reply in one of her latest posts :
Lada Ray | April 8, 2015 at 4:34 pm
Yes, I heard about Valentina Lisitsa sacking by Toronto Orchestra. She is one of the world’s best and most well-known contemporary classic pianists. The sacking by the democratic, neutral, fair and wonderful Toronto, CA, of the master of such class… what can I say. Nothing good, obviously.
This is a war between 2 opposing world views and it has been going on for a long time. Now, during the Earth Shift, it has intensified.
Incidentally, ‘lisitsa’ means ‘female fox’ in both Russian and Ukr. which again brings us back to the fact that both are one people and one language, with variations.
Bravo to Lisitsa for speaking up! She isn’t the only one: Anna Netrebko donated money to the destroyed Donetsk Opera and she was also bashed in the West. Then, this girl Marianna – the power lifting champion – had trouble in competition in the US for doing charity work in Donbass.
What can I say, we are dealing with the democratic, tolerant and compassionate West.