
Concert by Putin ally Gergiev cancelled in Italy
The Russian conductor has been barred from Western stages since the invasion of Ukraine.
BBC News
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is currently general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre and of the Bolshoi Theatre and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. He was formerly chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Munich Philharmonic.
The Russian conductor has been barred from Western stages since the invasion of Ukraine.