Pianist Fox did not expect that she will not be allowed to speak because of views

The pianist of Ukrainian origin Valentina Lisitsa, whose leadership of the Symphony orchestra of Toronto for his verbal artist blogs against the actions of Kiev, didn't expect her gift to give, and believes that had every right to Express their opinion.

"I have always separated the music from the policy, always tried to keep between them a great distance. But I think in some ways, this was a mistake because now I charged the same content of my tweets - I'm all for freedom of speech and free discussion, let it be a heated discussion, and this is just what I did on Twitter - I was expressing a different view, But I didn't expect that in response to Me a gift to give, " said the Pianist in the interview to Russia Today.

She added that she was to perform with the Toronto Symphony orchestra with a concert of Rachmaninoff, and not to promote any political views. In her expressions, all the tickets were sold out, But, anyway, she was banned from performing.

"I think I had every right to write what I wrote, and I wouldn't change the content written even now. Of course, discussions on Twitter have the ability to ignite ambiguous, I used to own the tweets exaggeration and sarcasm, But I was expressing an alternative point of view on what is happening, and it seems to Me, regarding me have been taken such action, because I felt in some way dangerous for those who have a different political agenda, " said Fox.

The actress stressed that, despite the fact that she has an American passport, She kept Ukrainian citizenship." Ukrainian society is much more of a group of people, which has put pressure on the Symphony orchestra of Toronto, also anonymously - that is, I don't know who has made an accusation against me - and forced the management of the orchestra, really, to pay Me for something that I didn't speak, " said She.

Valentina Lisitsa added that since December the orchestra management talking to her only through lawyers, She gets letters " very offensive ", for example in the 1st of them is a line: "She has committed a crime, or was close to his transgression - She published incite a strong dislike of the message in Twitter.

"we have freedom of speech. I have lived in the U.S. for 20 years, I've learned. I believed that we live in a democratic society, and always thought that something similar could happen only in some non-democratic country, " explained Fox. Speaking about the barrage of negative comments in the spirit of " go Back to your Russian Federation ", the Pianist says he would love to come to Russia, where She has never performed.

"I got places to go to concerts, tour so I never deprive. I will always play for the people, and the music, in the end, will prevail against the war, " She added.


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