Does not pay attention to maestro

On Thursday evening, LGBT activists interrupted the performance of the Mariinsky Theater orchestra led by Valery Gergiev in Carnegie Hall, reports Artsjournal.com. When the conductor rose onto the stage, screams of protesters against violation of the rights of LGBT communities in Russia were heard in the hall. "Gergiev, your silence kills Russian gays!" - Activists from the organization Queer National Ny shouted.

Gergiev was forced to postpone the concert. The performance continued after the participants of the action were taken out of the hall. Some of the spectators supported the protesters, while others embarrassed them. The concert program included three ballets of Igor Stravinsky - "Firebird", "Parsley" and "Spring Spring".

Before the concert, activists stretched a giant rainbow banner at the entrance to Carnegie-Hall with the inscription "support Russian gays." They held posters and handed out leaflets.

Queer National activists turned to the director of Carnegie Hall Clive Gillinson with a demand to condemn the persecution of gays in Russia. He refused, explaining that "musical performances are not suitable for political statements."

In September, LGBT activists held protests at the Lincoln Center, where they gave Eugene Onegin, and at the opening of the season in the metro-soldier. Gergiev spoke at both concerts.

The Russian homophobic law caused wide protests abroad. Thus, the Minister of Justice of Germany Sabina Loytha-Schnarrenberger repeatedly urged his countryto boycott the Olympic Games in Sochi. Other German politicians expressed the same thought. Nevertheless, on Tuesday, the German ambassador to Russia Ulrich Brandenburg said that Germany would not boycott the games.

On August 11, the rally for the boycott of the Olympics was held in London. About 2 thousand people took part in it, including the famous LGBT activist Peter Thatchell and actor Stephen Fry. Later it became known that Fry met with British Prime Minister David Cameron and convinced him of the need for the boycott of the Olympics .

On August 2, the American LGBT -organization Human Rights Campaign sent Hollywood to the heads of the largest film studios - Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner Brosers, as well as the American Association of Cinemas, a letter of claim to combat the fight against Russian homophobic law . Her President Ched Griffin expressed the hope that the top managers of these firms during negotiations on the promotion of their films in Russia will use their influence to achieve the abolition of the homophobic law. “Few industries are able to help observe the rights of LGBT in Russia like yours,” the social activist said. “In the past, you have never had failures. Now I ask you to speak again, and possibly soon - until the wrong law has broken life for even more Russians.”

A number of foreign artists refused to participate in Russian events in connection with the homophobic policy of Moscow.