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Exclusive: CBSO’s anti-semitic adviser

Exclusive: CBSO’s anti-semitic adviser

The chief executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Emma  Stenning, has appointed a Community Board of local leaders and activists.

The Board, in her words, is A group designed to build connections with a diverse range of voices across Birmingham and help the orchestra to engage more proactively with communities in the region that are currently under-represented in classical music. The Community Board will meet with CBSO staff and musicians regularly throughout the year to discuss the orchestra’s work and ways in which it can be more relevant and impactful to communities across the West Midlands.

One of the Board’s members is Mukhtar Dar, artistic director of Kalaboration Arts.

The image below is from one of Mr Dar’s artworks.

It shows Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, sitting on a pile of skulls – a classic antisemitic trope.

 

His Instagram page has even more offensive images.

These are some of the ways Ms Stenning apparently thinks the CBSO can be more relevant and impactful to communities across the West Midlands.

The post Exclusive: CBSO’s anti-semitic adviser appeared first on Slippedisc.

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