Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Listen: New York Philharmonic, London Musicians Pay Tribute to Charlie Hebdo

In New York, London, Paris and other world cities, classical music organizations have honored the 12 victims of the terrorist attack against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and defended the freedom of expression.
At Avery Fisher Hall on Thursday night, New York Philharmonic music director Alan Gilbert appeared on stage at 7:35 pm to announce that the evening's concert was being dedicated to the victims "and to the fundamental principal of freedom of speech." More