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...The Munich Philharmonic sacked Valery Gergiev, probably the best known Russian conductor, after he made statements supporting the war....
...Mamadou Koné’s sticks clacked over a dry calabash; Valery Assouan’s bass punctuated with sullen thumps. After two Saharan numbers, Koné moved behind a drum kit and Touré took up an electric guitar....
...Valéry feared the artist of the future would be “a specialist officially clad in white, rubber-gloved, keeping to a precise schedule”....
...Even so, when they arrive home, the LSO’s musicians may still feel as Charles Turner did in 1912....
...“There’s a good chance that Ukraine can continue to deepen and develop its democracy and move closer to Europe,” Leigh Turner, Britain’s ambassador to Kiev, wrote on his blog....
...Since 1984, the Turner Prize has been awarded to support the development of contemporary art; artists under 50 are eligible....
...Painting does not get much more triumphalist than in Turner Whistler Monet....
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