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Blowback for Russian artists in the West amid war in Ukraine
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Russian maestro Valery Gergiev was sacked from the Munich Philharmonic after he failed to denounce Russian aggression.
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BEIJING - Lu Xin, one of China's top cellists, has been passionate about classical music for the most part of his life.
He's been studying it since he was five, teaching it and playing at concerts for more than a decade.

