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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancels pianist’s performance after dedication to journalists killed in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 188 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's astonishing many organizations in wealthy democracies are terrified of the slightest criticism of Israel's genocide.

[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

Even the Israeli government pretends to be sad that journalists die covering wars. They’re more extreme than this?

[-] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

They are terrified of repercussions from the US.

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[-] obinice@lemmy.world 113 points 2 months ago

I guess we know their stance on killing journalists, then.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 88 points 2 months ago

I just wouldn't go to that symphony anymore. Nothing wrong with supporting not killing journalists. It's not like he went out of his way to espouse his views.

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[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 83 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Here's what they cancelled him for:

for piano

duration: 5'00"

2024

for Jayson Gillham

dedicated to the journalists of Gaza

I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, Traditional Custodians of the lands where I live, work, and create – lands on which First Nations communities have been creating and sharing music, art and culture for thousands of generations. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and I recognise the vital ongoing contributions First Nations communities continue to make on our music and arts scenes. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

I also acknowledge all Indigenous Peoples worldwide, their continued fight for freedom from settler-colonialism and occupation, and recognise the interconnectedness of these, all struggles for justice and work towards a world free from oppression for all everyone.

He didn't even dedicate it to journalists killed, just journalists. The headline is bullshit.

He never mentioned Israel.

EDIT: It just occurred to me that he wasn't canceled for dedicating it to the journalists of Gaza. He was cancelled for calling Aboriginal people victims of settler-colonialism in Australia, which is objectively true...

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 months ago

The article quotes him saying more:

The five-minute piece is dedicated to the journalists of Gaza and was written for Gillham, according to D’Netto’s website. On Wednesday morning, Gillham’s team released the full transcript of what he said while introducing Witness.

“Over the last 10 months, Israel has killed more than one hundred Palestinian journalists,” Gillham told the crowd on Sunday.

“A number of these have been targeted assassinations of prominent journalists as they were travelling in marked press vehicles or wearing their press jackets. The killing of journalists is a war crime in international law, and it is done in an effort to prevent the documentation and broadcasting of war crimes to the world.

“In addition to the role of journalists who bear witness, the word Witness in Arabic is Shaheed, which also means Martyr.”

[-] EurekaStockade@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Nah it wouldn't be that, those sorts of land acknowledgements are very common in Melbourne, especially in the Arts, that would have been perceived as utterly uncontroversial by the MSO

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[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 9 points 2 months ago

He was cancelled for calling Aboriginal people victims of settler-colonialism in Australia

Extremely unlikely. Australia's colonial history and its impact on Indigenous Australians is a very common theme in modern Australian classical music and many concerts I have been to, including one just the other week, have conductors or soloists introduce the piece and specifically cite the context behind it. Unless the MSO is significantly different (which it doesn't appear to be, based on some quick searches of Indigenous-themed concerts) this is not the reason. It was his comments about Israel targeting and killing journalists (what you quoted is not the actual introduction he made at the concert) which led to the cancellation.

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 78 points 2 months ago

Wow, magnificent self-own by the Orchestra manager. Dedicated to journalists killed in Gaza - not Palestinians or Israelis or Hamas or the Israeli far right or IDF, but journalists in the broadest sense of the term. Who fucking cancels a show over that?

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 49 points 2 months ago

People who don't want you to know that Israel is slaughtering everything in Gaza

Ain't it great to see US political leadership tuck their dicks for Israel after IDF slaughter US nationals in west bank or Gaza?

MoSt PoWERFuL CuNTrY

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[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 28 points 2 months ago

Because everyone knows who is killing journalists in Gaza

[-] Custodian1623@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

it was pretty specific if you read the article

[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

It wasn't actually that broad, he specifically mentioned that Israeli armed forces have targeted and killed journalists in Gaza.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 2 months ago

Which is a actual true comment. Isn't an opinion, it's a statement of fact.

What sort of brain dead organization cancel somebody over the statement of a fact?

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[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 76 points 2 months ago

The MSO has already backed down and is rescheduling the concert.

[-] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago

it made "an error"

spineless cunts

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[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 37 points 2 months ago

Pussies twice over.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 26 points 2 months ago

Extremists always think that everyone agrees with them. They usually are unprepared for the scenario in which this is not the case.

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 30 points 2 months ago

What a bunch of fascists.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Sad Violin.mp3

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