Girl playing the violin. File photoMOSCOW, March 9 British readers were shocked by the decision of the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra to remove the Pyotr Tchaikovsky overture from the programme. 
Russian exodus. Europe will be left without the best musicians and athletesComments with mockery appeared in social networks under the publications of The Independent, The Guardian and a number of others. «And what does Tchaikovsky have to do with it?» — one of the readers asked. 03/c321102b44122153c698f3fe9f9855c0.jpg» />Russia needs import substitution in the field of culture»I can't be the only one who thinks this is ridiculous? We should also ban everyone from reading Tolstoy!» — another was indignant. «This is the biggest stupidity I've heard this week,» the reader admitted. this is not the first example of oppression of cultural figures associated with Russia in the West. So, in early March, the Bavarian State Opera broke off relations with opera singer Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev because they «did not sufficiently distance themselves» from the Russian special operation in Ukraine. Also, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra stopped cooperating with Gergiev.
