Béla Fleck is the newest artist to cancel an upcoming look on the Kennedy Heart. The 17-time Grammy-winning banjoist was set to affix the Nationwide Symphony Orchestra for 3 live shows in mid-February.
“I’ve withdrawn from my upcoming efficiency with the NSO at The Kennedy Heart,” Fleck wrote in a social media submit on Tuesday. “Performing there has develop into charged and political, at an establishment the place the main target must be on the music.”
“I look ahead to taking part in with the NSO one other time sooner or later after we can collectively share and rejoice artwork,” Fleck added.
Fleck joins a growing list of artists who’ve canceled scheduled Kennedy Heart appearances following Donald Trump’s takeover. Others who’ve pulled out embody Depraved composer Stephen Schwartz, Rhiannon Giddens, The Cookers, and a touring manufacturing of Hamilton.
