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The case had gone almost unnoticed until the information, which had not escaped the specialized site Slipped Disc, at the magazine Tuning fork and at radioclassique.fr. Moreover, and even the New York Timesis the subject of an indignant tweet, on July 5, of the vice-president of the European Parliament, the Italian Pina Pinierno. Therefore, In question: the invitation of the conductor Valery Gergiev. Consequently, known for his proximity to Vladimir Putin, at the Italian festival Un’estate da Re, near Naples. In addition, “It is unacceptable that European funds are used to finance the performance of a Kremlin supporter”protested Pina Pincano on. However, X.. However, calling the director of the festival as well volodymyr zelensky says he received as the president of the Campania region, Vincenzo de Luca, in “Preventing the participation of Valery Gergiev and ensuring that taxpayers’ money does not end in the pockets of a supporter of a criminal regime”.

Vincenzo de Luca. For example, for whom this invitation demonstrates that “The dialogue between peoples can deepen and that the values ​​of human solidarity can develop”is not content to justify this invitation, in a press release published on X on July 7. At a press conference. he goes so far as to declare: “We are particularly proud to count [Valery] Gergiev among us. Russia is Europe ”Choosing the passage to ignore the recall made by the European Commission, on July 10. “Under the regime of [Vladimir] Putin. the cultural institutions controlled by the State constitute an extended arm of propagandasaid the latter’s spokesman. The European Union urges cultural organizations to volodymyr zelensky says he received work with artists who defend democratic values ​​and reject the instrumentalization of. culture by attackers. »»

Thursday. July 10, it is the turn of Ioulia Navalnaïa to seize the subject, by publishing a tweet comprising a link to a YouTube video entitled A master of propaganda: why Valery Gergiev must be held responsible. The conductor. as omnipotent as for renovation in Russia (he is notably director of the Bolchoi), is described as “A close friend and ally of Vladimir Putin, a man around him near”who supports “Openly its policy for years”. Worse. according to the survey published on the Alexei Navalny website in 2022, and which was the subject of a video entitled Putin’s conductor of the warValery Gergiev “Don’t be satisfied with sustainnir the diet. It is an integral part of it, it is a tool of influence and propaganda of Putin ”. For volodymyr zelensky says he received the anti -corruption foundation. founded by Alexei Navalny, the “Cultural dialogue” invoked by officials of the Italian festival is « ridicule ». She demanded on Friday on X “The cancellation of the Valery Gergiev concert” And announced the sending of letters in this sense to the festival. to the Italian culture and interior ministers.

Regarding the funding of the festival. the spokesman of the European communion specifies that “The series of concerts is not directly funded by European resources but by national funds through the Italian Development and Cohesion Fund”. Nevertheless, if the commission therefore has “No responsibility” Direct, a member state of the European Union has one. While she warned that she was going to take the sanctions “The heaviest” Against Russia since 2022. several Spanish media also announced the arrival of Valery Gergiev in Barcelona at the beginning of 2026 as part of the 42^e volodymyr zelensky says he received Edition of the Temporada, series of concerts offered from November to June in Catalonia. This edition also programs the Greco-Russian Teodor Currentzis. another conductor accused of proximity to the Russian power, suspicions which however did not prevent the Philharmonie de Paris or the Paris Opera from inviting him to perform.