Sur le site de la BBC de Londres, nous apprenons que la transmission du concert de l'Orchestre phiharmonique d'Israël, dirigé par Zubin Mehta, invité à Londres à l'occasion de son 75e anniversaire dans le cadre des 'Proms',a dû être interrompue en raison d'une manifestation orchestrée par un groupe de musiciens et chanteurs pro Palestiniens. Le web francophone est muet sur la chose, tandis que de nombreuses vidéos sur YouTube détaillent l'incident survenu le 1er septembre au Royal Albert Hall.
Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14756736
Tandis que des bannières pour la libération de la Palestine flottaient dans la salle, Bernarda Fink, soprano, a chanté l'Ode à la Joie en changeant les mots, tandis que des choristes tenaient des mouchoirs 'Free Palestine'.
à lire : Un groupe de musiciens demandent le boycott du concert :
http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/08/musicians-call-on-bbc-to-cancel-israel-philharmonic-prom.html
Les musiciens ont une conscience politique comme tout le monde.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/proms/8736402/BBC-Proms-radio-broadcast-pulled-after-Israel-protest.html
'' Mr Mehta, who is the same age as the orchestra which gave its first concert in 1936, gave an interview before the Thursday night's performance.
He told the interviewer that the Arab Spring has thrown up new challenges, and new opportunities, for Israel and his Philharmonic.
"One wonderful thing is nobody is blaming Israel for anything that is happening in those Arab countries – usually it is always Israel's fault," he said from Israel a few days before the Proms concert.
"I hope Israel takes advantage of the new regimes to come close to them and that the new regimes will also try to make a détente with Israel."
And does that possibly include a role for the Israel Philharmonic, as a musical ambassador of the Jewish state?
"We have scaled so many artistic heights but also on the political spectrum we went to India and China 15 years ago when diplomatic relations were resumed ... we went to the south of Lebanon and played in 1982," Mehta said.
"This orchestra has done things that other great orchestras don't have to do, thank God, but because we find ourselves in this corner here we have to take part in the ebb and flow of the life of the country. Hopefully we will play music very soon in Amman."
It is understood the protests were organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.''