By Susanne Neumayer-Remter

BERLIN (Reuters) -Berlin’s famed Konzerthaus stepped in at short notice to host Israeli conductor Lahav Shani after his invitation to a Belgian festival was rescinded because of the Gaza conflict.

Shani had been due to conduct the Munich Philharmonic, his new orchestra, in Ghent next week until the Flanders Festival said that his current job as Chief Conductor of the Israel Philharmonic had given them pause.

“Lahav Shani has spoken out in favour of peace and reconciliation several times in the past,” the festival said in a statement. “But in the light of his role as the chief conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra we are unable to provide sufficient clarity about his attitude to the genocidal regime in Tel Aviv.”

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