It was only in the spring that the Philharmoniker parted ways with star conductor and Putin friend Valery Gergiev. Now concertmaster Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici is leaving the orchestra, a part-time job in Russia – although permissible – led to resentment.
After star conductor Valery Gergiev, concert master Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici has now also left the Munich Philharmonic. After 30 years, he will devote himself to other artistic tasks, confirmed the culture department of the city of Munich on Thursday Bavarian Radio. The collaboration ended on August 31. The city declined to comment on the reasons.
The city thanked Nasturica-Herschcowici “for 30 valuable years as concertmaster of the Munich Philharmonic” and wished him all the best for the future.
Nasturica-Herschcowici had accepted a – permissible – part-time job in the Mariinsky Orchestra some time ago. Its conductor is now Valery Gergiev, the former chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic. He is considered a friend of Vladimir Putin and was fired in the spring because he had not distanced himself from the Russian President and his policies after Russia invaded Ukraine, despite public requests from Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD).
Reiter had on Wednesday in an interview with the picture-Zeitung explains that the separation from Gergiev did not cost the city a cent, and that the star conductor had not taken any legal action against the ejection.