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Valery Gergiev, seen in 2013, is no longer part of the Vienna Philharmonic’s U.S. tour. Valery Gergiev, a conductor who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will not lead the Vienna Philharmonic in a five-concert U.S. tour that starts at Carnegie Hall on Friday. Politics Full coverage: Russian troops advance toward Ukraine capital of Kyiv Russia pressed ahead with …
NEW YORK — Valery Gergiev, a conductor who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will not lead the Vienna Philharmonic in a five-concert U.S. tour that starts at Carnegie Hall on Friday night. The move came after Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala sent a letter to Gergiev asking him to make a clear statement in favor of a peaceful …
