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Melbourne Orchestra Cancels Jayson Gillham Performance After Pianist Dedicates Piece to ‘Journalists of Gaza’


The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has canceled an upcoming performance by pianist Jayson Gillham over his comments about the war in Gaza.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has canceled a Thursday performance by classical pianist Jayson Gillham following his comments during a concert on Sunday about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Australian artists’ union the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance said that the MSO’s actions amounted to censorship and described the backlash as “a crisis of its own making.” “On Sunday [Gillham] played a short, reflective instrumental piece that has been composed in response to the deaths of more than 100 journalists since the war began last October.

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