My German isn't brilliant, but I think that this open letter from Krystian Zimerman explains why he and Gidon Kremer did not appear together as originally planned at this year's Salzburg Festival.
For those of us who rely on the universal language that is music, here is KZ playing two of Gershwin's Preludes in Japan. I'm told that he also made a substantial speech to the audience - in Japanese - about American politics and the war in Iraq, but that has not as yet made it on to Youtube.
Enjoy.
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Basically he's saying that they planned to do this concert to celebrate the major birthdays of both, but already realised last November that it would not be possible; and notified the Festival immediately.
It seems the concert stayed on various internet pages, and it might look as if they cancelled at short notice or that this was a way to get publicity. In fact, it seems someone else messed up.
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