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The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has excluded renowned vocalist Glykeria from an upcoming performance astatine the Kallimarmaro Stadium, honoring the 100th day of composer Mikis Theodorakis’ birth, owed to her scheduled show astatine a festival successful Israel.
The tribute concert, organized by KKE’s Central Committee and Theodorakis’ family, volition diagnostic salient Greek artists, including Christos Nikolopoulos, Pitsa Papadopoulou, Stelios Dionisiou, Eleanna Papaioannou, and Katerina Tsiridou. However, Glykeria’s information was revoked pursuing backlash implicit her planned quality successful Israel amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
Several artists primitively acceptable to execute successful Israel’s Meridiano Festival person since withdrawn, citing humanitarian concerns. Stelios Dionisiou, speaking connected the show Super Katerina, explained: “We booked this performance successful Israel 4 months ago, during a ceasefire. As a group, we decided to cancel our June 16 performance. Glykeria was scheduled for a antithetic date—I don’t cognize if she’ll inactive go. Everyone has their perspective—both artists and the public. From what I see, galore Greek performers are inactive going to Israel.”
KKE’s General Secretary, Dimitris Koutsoumpas, volition present a code astatine the event, highlighting Theodorakis’ bequest and activism. Meanwhile, Glykeria has not publically addressed her exclusion, contempt dense disapproval connected societal media.
The contention underscores the polarizing statement implicit taste engagements successful struggle zones, with artists facing unit to instrumentality governmental stances. The tribute performance proceeds without Glykeria, arsenic tensions implicit planetary creator collaborations proceed to rise.
(Sources: Greek media reports, societal media reactions)
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