
Russia's Bolshoi Theatre conductor quits after pressure to condemn Ukraine invasion
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A distinguished Russian conductor on Sunday announced he was resigning from a pair of orchestras – the renowned Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and another in Toulouse, France – after he received pressure to speak out against the invasion of Ukraine.
"During last few days I witnessed something I thought I would never see in my life. In Europe, today I am forced to make a choice and choose one of my musical family over the other," Sokhiev wrote on Facebook.
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