Malvenuto wrote:
> Jan W. Tromp wrote:
>
>> BTW his popularity did not rise either from the fact he played with his
>> Russian orchestra for the Russian troops in Abkhazia... The least one can
>> say that such a move (maybe) proves that musicians better stay with music
>> and keep away from politics.
>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/arts/music/08gerg.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Gergiev&s\
t=cse
Here is the NYTIMES article from their archives,
Yoël