Stjepan Hauser’s gig in Lithuania has been axed after he posted his ‘Kalinka’ rendition online as part of a ‘Music Unites the World’ series
Croatian cellist Stjepan Hauser has had a concert cancelled in Lithuania after he posted a video of himself playing the Russian folk song ‘Kalinka’ on social media, the local LRT broadcaster has reported. The musician performed it as part of his ‘Music Unites the World’ project, in which he plays well-known tunes from different countries.
Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Russian artists have faced event cancellations in a number of EU member states. Performers from other nations who are believed to have sympathy for Russia have likewise been discriminated against.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that attempts to “cancel Russian culture” in the West are doomed to fail.
In an article on Thursday, the Lithuanian media outlet quoted representatives of the concert agency LTips as saying that “Hauser’s performances in the Baltic states are cancelled,” without elaborating further.
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