Australian newspaper The Age reported on its front page that the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra became a target due to political issues during a concert in London.
During a concert at the London BBC Proms, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was disrupted by protesters.
These protesters were angry about the orchestra canceling a performance by a pianist who publicly opposed the killing of a Palestinian journalist. "The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has blood on its hands," shouted a woman in the crowd, and this video was recorded by an audience member and uploaded to social media.
"You silenced Jason Gillam! The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is complicit in genocide! You suppress artists! The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is complicit!" A clip from this concert was posted on Instagram by accounts including investigative writer and activist Andrew Feinstein, actress Maxine Peake, Khalid Abdul Jelil, and climate and political activist Greta Thunberg.
It remains unclear whether these people are members of the "Palestinian Jewish Artists" organization, or who exactly the members of the organization are.
In August 2024, after pianist Gillam made a statement supporting a Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza before a performance, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra canceled his concert. The orchestra also canceled Gillam's next scheduled event with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and issued a statement saying his remarks were inappropriate and an "improper intervention of personal political views." An organization calling itself "Palestinian Jewish Artists" claimed responsibility for disrupting the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's live broadcast performance at the Royal Albert Hall for BBC Radio 3, interrupting the music and forcing the concert to restart.
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