Jerusalem Quartet uønsket i Edinburgh?

Den ærver­dige Edinburgh-festivalen får i år besøk av med­lem­mer av Pale­sti­nian Natio­nal Thea­ter, som frem­fø­rer et stykke av Mah­moud Dar­wish. Ingen pro-israelske orga­ni­sa­sjo­ner har pro­te­stert mot dette.

Deri­mot har det falt Scot­tish Pale­stine Soli­darity Cam­paign tungt for brys­tet at fes­ti­va­len i år også har inn­budt Jeru­sa­lem Quar­tet, som reg­nes som sin gene­ra­sjons fremste strykerkvartett.

Blog­ge­ren Adam Hol­land har denne kommentaren:

In case anyone has any doubt about the bigo­try behind this boycott, they should be aware that Kyril Zlot­ni­kov, the Jeru­sa­lem Quartet’s cel­list is a stu­dent and fri­end of musi­cian and peace acti­vist Daniel Baren­boim. In fact, Baren­boim has loaned Jac­que­line Du Pre’s ‘Sergio Per­res­son’ cello to Kyril Zlot­ni­kov for this tour. Zlo­tini­kov is also a mem­ber of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. This orchestra, foun­ded by Baren­boim and Edward Said and mana­ged by the Barenboim-Said Foun­da­tion, inclu­des both Arab and Israeli musi­ci­ans. Its rea­son for being is to cam­paign for peace and coope­ra­tion between Arabs and Jews through arti­s­tic coope­ra­tion. With that in mind, would some­one remind me of the rea­son for being for the group boycot­ting the concert?

(Len­ker via Harry’s Place)

Jeg lar natur­lig­vis ikke anled­nin­gen gå fra meg til å lenke opp Jeru­sa­lem Quar­tet fra Yout­ube. Her frem­fø­res sis­te­sat­sen av Dvor­aks kvin­tett i A-dur. Pia­nis­ten er øster­ri­ke­ren Ste­fan Vladar.