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'Putin' Out: Maestro Valery Gergiev Issues Statement to Hans-Georg KÃ¼ppers on Munich LGBTQ Rights

“For the city of Munich it applies that any exclusion, discrimination or harassment of people because of their gender, origin, color, religion, disability or sexual orientation must not occur. Ways of behaviour that contradict these principles will not be tolerated.” -- Valery Gergiev

By Logan Young

'UPDATE: Stream Gidon Kremer's Putin Protest Concert, "To Russia with Love"

UPDATE: Gidon Kremer's concert for true justice in Vladimir Putin's Russia is being streamed world-wide via the Franco-German Arte TV channel--featuring music of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Sofia Gubaidulina.

By Logan K. Young
'"Tchaikovsky Was Gay...So What?" -- Russian President (and Alleged Homophobe) Vladimir Putin

"Tchaikovsky was gay--although it's true that we don't love him because of that--but he was a great musician and we all love his music. So what?," Putin said in an interview with Russian state Channel 1 television aired on Wednesday.

By Classicalite Newsdesk

'Putin' Out: Maestro Valery Gergiev Issues Statement to Hans-Georg KÃ¼ppers on Munich LGBTQ Rights

'UPDATE: Stream Gidon Kremer's Putin Protest Concert, "To Russia with Love"

'"Tchaikovsky Was Gay...So What?" -- Russian President (and Alleged Homophobe) Vladimir Putin

'Gidon Kremer's Putin Protest Concert, "To Russia with Love," Nabs Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim, Emmanuel Pahud and Many Others

'Violinist Gidon Kremer to Stage Protest Concert Aimed at Putin’s Russia

'UPDATE: Sergei Filin Returning to Bolshoi Ballet After Acid Attack

'Forbes Lists Valery Gergiev, at $16.5 Million a Year, as Russia's Highest-Paid Musician