Pressed on Ukraine war, Bolshoi conductor Tugan Sokhiev resigns
The Bolshoi Theatre’s music director and principal conductor Tugan Sokhiev has announced his resignation, saying he felt under pressure due to calls to take a position on the war in Ukraine.
The Russian said in a statement on Sunday that he was resigning “with immediate effect” from his post at the Moscow theatre as well as his equivalent position at France’s Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.
Sokhiev, 44, was appointed by the Bolshoi in 2014. He was brought in as part of moves to improve the theatre’s image after scandals including the 2013 acid attack on its then-artistic director Sergei Filin.
Internationally known Russian performers have been under pressure to take a stand ever since the invasion by Russia on February 24.
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