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500 French classical musicians call for anti-Le Pen front

500 French classical musicians  call  for anti-Le Pen front

Some leading personalities have added their signatures to a petition to stop the far-right.

Among them are the singers Natalie Dessay, Julie Fuchs and Sabine Devieilhe, pianists Alexandre Kantorow (pic) and Alexandre Tharaud, conductors Debora Waldman and Alain Altinoglu, violonists Antoine Tamestit and David Grimal and the composer Philippe Manoury.

The biggest names are staying silent.

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