Overview
- The Israel Philharmonic concert led by Lahav Shani with pianist Sir András Schiff at the Philharmonie de Paris was halted three times, twice due to smoke flares, before concluding.
- The venue condemned the incidents as serious threats to safety and confirmed it has filed a complaint after evacuations allowed the performance to resume.
- Paris prosecutors report four people in custody, including three suspected of participation in a group formed to commit violence or damage and one for organizing an undeclared protest.
- Video circulating online shows a flare‑holding disruptor being struck by other spectators as confrontations erupted in the stands.
- Security had been reinforced before the show, and reactions included condemnations from the interior and culture ministers and calls for sanctions by CRIF, while LFI figures declined to condemn the disruptions and MP Sophia Chikirou urged the detainees’ release.