“Today I am forced to make a choice and choose one of my musical family over the other. I am being asked to choose one cultural tradition over the other. I have decided to resign from my positions as Music Director of Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse with immediate effect.”
Tugan Sokhiev, who has “never supported and will always be against any conflicts in any shape and form”, resigns as music director of the Bolshoi Theatre and the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.
Even more moral courage!