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San Fran Symphony threatens to ban concertgoer

San Fran Symphony threatens to ban concertgoer

An audience member who held up a rude sign in Finnish during an Esa-Pekka Salonen concert ten days ago has been threatened with disciplinary acction by the orchestra management.

Laura Leibowitz brandished the sign below. Loosely translated from the Finnish it means ‘F*ck the board’.

Impractical and unpleasant as this may be, Ms Leibowitz was contacted by senior director of operations Andrew Dubowski and warned about her ‘disruptive and offensive’ action.

‘Displaying of any signage inside Davies Symphony Hall is not permitted,’ the senior flak informed her, adding: ‘Should this conduct occur again, you will be subject to further disciplinary action, up to and including removal from Davies Symphony Hall and/or suspension of privileges to enter and attend activities of the San Francisco Symphony.’

This amounts to a new orchestra management strategy: don’t like the feedback? change the audience.

Doncha just love the and/or?

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