Israel uses stolen classical music as a soft power to legitimise its existence as a state, and even the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra can’t hide that.
This episode compares it with Japan’s use of soft power post WW2, and calls for the industry to hold Israeli musicians to the same standards we held Russian ones too.
Grma x
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Intro music: Rhythm=Power by Spodo Komodo. Used with permission. All rights reserved by the creator.
Chapters:
00:00 - Ed “The Brit” Sheeran
03:25 - Lebrecht and Noiberg
08:29 - Japanese Soft Power Rebrand
17:39 - Musician’s Still Gigging in Israel
18:36 - The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra#
23:39 - Kathryn Needleman
