ITL #32: From Kyiv With Love
ITL is back with a 100% topical episode: after a quick review of the new West Side Story movie, Chris and Sridhar chat about the politics of music as it pertains to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. They discuss the cancellation of Russian music and musicians in wartime, music as propaganda, musicians who enable and benefit from Putin, and much more.
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Useful links:
Neil Gaiman - A View from the Cheap Seats
Erik Hoel - CGI did, in fact, ruin movies
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Borys Lyatoshynsky - Symphony no. 3 in B Minor, "Peace Will Defeat War"
Borys Lyatoshynsky - wikipedia
Alexander Malofeev - wikipedia
NPR article on Malofeev's cancelled concerts
Malofeev plays Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
Malofeev plays Rachmaninoff: Lilacs
Summary of Navalny's report on Gergiev's illegal activities
Putin's War Conductor - Navalny's report in Russian on Gergiev
Navalny singles out Gergiev for sanctions - Reuters
Life in a Day - Valery Gergiev
Gergiev checks the Chelsea score
Alex Ross - Listening to Russian Music in Putin's Shadow
Zachary Woolfe - Putin's Maestro, and the Limits of Cultural Exchange in Wartime
Netrebko posing with flag of Novorossiya