Philip Glass withdraws premiere of new symphony from Kennedy Center, saying values are in "direct conflict"
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Composer Philip Glass has called off the premiere of his new symphony at the Kennedy Center, citing the performing arts venue's new leadership, the latest high-profile cancellation since a team picked by President Trump overhauled the center's operations and moved to change the venue's name to the Trump-Kennedy Center. In:
Composer Philip Glass has called off the premiere of his new symphony at the Kennedy Center, citing the performing arts venue's new leadership, the latest high-profile cancellation since a team picked by President Trump overhauled the center's operations and moved to change the venue's name to the Trump-Kennedy Center.
"Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony," Glass said in a statement posted to X on Tuesday. "Therefore, I feel an obligation to withdraw this Symphony premiere from the Kennedy Center under its current leadership."
The symphony, titled "Lincoln," was scheduled to premiere at the Kennedy Center in a mid-June performance by the National Symphony Orchestra.
Roma Daravi, the center's vice president of public relations, told CBS News in a statement: "We have no place for politics in the arts, and those calling for boycotts based on politics are making the wrong decision."
"We have not cancelled a single show," Daravi continued. "Leftist activists are pushing artists to cancel but the public wants artists to perform and create—not cancel under pressure from political insiders that benefit from creating division."
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