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    Tembe mum on pro-Putin pianist

    Oct 21, 2023 2 minutes
    KZN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
    duncan.guy@inl.co.za

    Guest pianist Valentina Lisitsa earned much applause and standing ovations at this week’s concert marking the opening of the World Symphony Series Spring Season at the Playhouse.

    The name of the controversial pro-Putin artist was conspicuously omitted in a welcoming speech by KZN Philharmonic Orchestra CEO Bongani Tembe. Last year, she played in the ruins of Mariupol on

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