The West-Eastern Diwan orchestra performed last night with Daniel Barenboim in Lübeck, birthplace of the Nobel-winning German author. The concert’s soloist was Lang Lang.
Questions are being raised about the orchestra’s purported neutrality after Barenboim’s son Michael apportioned all blame for the Middle East war on Israel.
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