The Saxon Staatskapelle Dresden and chief conductor Christian Thielemann also give back ir classical echoes. He agrees with attitude of his orchestra, said Thielemann. The musicians had published a message stating: “A price that puts sales figures on everything and on Holocaust Commemoration Day grants a live appearance that is like a mockery of victims of Third Reich becomes a symbol of cynicism, For which we do not stand. “
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Freedom of art and artistic means of provocation do not bind at any time of responsibility and rules of good taste. This is subject of artists, “but here also distributors of Echo prize.”
The Saxon Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann dissociate mselves from @ECHO_Musikpreis and return ir 2009 or 2004 received awards to organizer.
— StaatskapelleDresden (@StaatskapelleDD) April 20, 2018
Thielemann had received classical Echo in 2004, and his Orchestra received award five years later for recording of Ninth Symphony by Anton Bruckner with Fabio Luisi. Several Musikerinnnen and musicians have already returned ir echo to protest against award of rapper Kollegah and Farid Bang. The two musicians had received Echo for ir album Young, brutal, handsome 3, which is criticized as anti-Semitic.
The annual echo is most important German music award. In most categories, award is based on result of sales and a subsequent jury vote. In contentious cases, an advisory board is called. In case of rap album, it was said before award that artistic freedom was “not so materially overstepped” in text that an exclusion would be justified. In meantime, Federal Association of music industry has announced that it is organizer to revise concept.
