The festival defends decision not to cancel Teodor Currentzis’s appearance despite links to ‘Putin’s private bank’
could be life-threatening to him and his musicians, adding that as a private orchestra the ensembles lacks the protection a state orchestra would enjoy.
Currentzis, he said, has signalled his anti-war stance having recently planned to give a benefit concert for Ukrainian refugees in Vienna’s Konzerthaus, which was cancelled after protests by, among others, Ukraine’s ambassador to Austria, who accused Currentzis of being “part of System Putin”, and the Red Cross.
Solway has denied wrongdoing. But after it failed to meet a deadline set by the festival’s president, Kristina Hammer, to respond to the allegations in a “detailed, objective and transparent review”, she announced earlier this month that she would cut ties with the company, which had sponsored the festival’s children’s programme.
“We know that Putin is utilising culture as a propaganda weapon,” he said in an interview with broadcaster NDR.
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