2023-10-23 18:44:43
Juliette De Banes Gardonne Published on October 23, 2023 at 8:44 p.m. Modified on October 23, 2023 at 10:35 p.m.
While he was expected in Geneva on Wednesday evening, the pianist Fazil Say, originally from Ankara, has just paid the price for tweets not really to the taste of the organizers of Migros-Classics, who preferred to replace him. In question, several opinion messages published by the artist on his social networks relating to the conflict in the Middle East. In a first long video dated October 13, the pianist took the time to explain his point of view on the situation. In this message subtitled in English, he strongly condemned the Hamas attack, while also criticizing the policies of Prime Minister Netanyahu, before calling for peace between Israel and Palestine. A second tweet, four days later, seems to have strained the artistic direction of Migros-Classics.
Re-sharing on this unprecedented atrocity in Gaza,” Fazil Say added the following comment: “I totally agree. Thank you for this common sense statement. Everyone should do something to stop this war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be tried for war crimes, genocide and massacres.” Then added: “Freedom for the Palestinians. For Humanity. Enough of this atrocity.”
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