{"id":385378,"date":"2025-08-30T16:16:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T16:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/385378\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T16:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T16:16:14","slug":"pro-palestinian-protesters-interrupt-melbourne-symphony-orchestra-performance-in-london-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/385378\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian Protesters Interrupt Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Performance In London | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Updated:August 30, 2025, 20:01 IST<\/p>\n

The Jewish Artists for Palestine interrupted the performance at the Royal Albert Hall for more than 10 minutes on Friday night, accusing the organisation of “silencing artists”\"font\"\"The<\/p>\n

The Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted a performance by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) at the BBC Proms in London on Friday, accusing the organisation of \u201csilencing” the artists who have publicly criticised Israel\u2019s military offensive in Gaza.<\/p>\n

The Jewish Artists for Palestine group interrupted the performance at the Royal Albert Hall for more than 10 minutes on Friday night, according to The Guardian. Some members shouted from the upper stalls, claiming that MSO \u201csilenced artists” and \u201csilenced protest”.<\/p>\n

Videos surfaced online showing some members of the group carrying a sign reading, \u201ccomplicit in genocide”, while a man was heard shouting, \u201cThe MSO has blood on its hands.” The MSO has not immediately responded to the interruption.<\/p>\n

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EVERY MINUTE EVERYWHERE\u203c\ufe0fJewish Artists for Palestine disrupt the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra\u2019s performance at theBBC Proms over Zionist funding and censorship.<\/p>\n

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In a statement, the Jewish Artists for Palestine said, \u201cWe reject Zionist funding, censorship and complicity in our cultural institutions.” It also criticised the MSO for silencing Jayson Gillham, who is suing the organisation over a cancelled Melbourne concert he was contracted to perform at last year over his stance on the Gaza war.<\/p>\n

Angela Tanner, one of the audience members, told the BBC that it took security \u201cquite a while” to remove the protesters. \u201cThe whole programme had to start again and has been put into a different order after the piano was put on to the stage and taken off again,” she said.<\/p>\n

MSO Denies Discrimination Against Israel Critic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prior to his cancelled concert, Gillham performed in a piece composed by Australian multimedia artist Connor D\u2019Netto, dedicated to journalists who lost their lives in the Gaza conflict. During the concert, Gillham said over 100 Palestinian journalists had been killed in the Gaza crisis, and called it a \u201cwar crime”.<\/p>\n

In an email, the MSO said Gillham would no longer perform on August 15, 2024, because of \u201ca series of introductory remarks” made without the organisation\u2019s \u201capproval”. The group said Gillham was not allowed to use personal views that had caused \u201cdistress”.<\/p>\n

Later, the organisation issued a statement denying Gillham had been discriminated against because of his political views, saying the action taken against the artist was \u201cnot and never has been about free speech”. However, it admitted to making \u201can error” in cancelling the performance.<\/p>\n

In May, the federal court ordered Gillham\u2019s case to proceed to trial, which is scheduled to begin on December 1.<\/p>\n

\"authorimg\"Aveek Banerjee<\/a><\/p>\n

Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international…Read More<\/p>\n

Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international… Read More<\/p>\n