Overview
- The Philharmonie de Paris said the performance was halted three times, twice due to flares, before the hall was cleared and the concert finished.
- Paris prosecutors reported four people in custody, including three on suspicion of joining a group intent on violence or damage and one for organizing an undeclared protest.
- Footage from inside the Grande salle Pierre Boulez shows scuffles in the stands, including an activist with a flare being struck by spectators.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Culture Minister Rachida Dati condemned the disruptions, CRIF urged exemplary sanctions, and MEP Manon Aubry declined to condemn the protest.
- The event followed weeks of calls to cancel or contextualize the program, highlighting a broader European dispute that previously saw conductor Lahav Shani deprogrammed in Belgium.