Overview
- The Dec. 4 recital at Muziekgebouw Eindhoven was dropped after a review of the pianist’s recent activities in Russia.
- The hall cited VSCD recommendations that limit cooperation to Russian and Belarusian artists who have not expressed support for Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.
- It pointed to her appearance at a Moscow theater that distributed free tickets to servicemen and their families, saying circumstances left no alternative and lamenting the disappointment to audiences.
- No response from Elizaveta Leonskaya was reported, and the venue did not signal any potential reversal.
- Russia’s embassy in the Netherlands condemned the cancellation as politically driven, and Dutch venues have made similar decisions this year, including The Hague’s Laaktheater dropping Altro Coro in April.