Béla Fleck is the most recent artist to cancel an upcoming look on the Kennedy Heart. The 17-time Grammy-winning banjoist was set to hitch 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“I’ve withdrawn from my upcoming efficiency with the NSO at The Kennedy Heart,” Fleck wrote in a social media put up on Tuesday. “Performing there has turn out to be charged and political, at an establishment the place the main focus must be on the music.”
“I look ahead to taking part in with the NSO one other time sooner or later once we can collectively share and rejoice artwork,” Fleck added.
Fleck joins a rising listing of artists who’ve canceled scheduled Kennedy Heart appearances following Donald Trump’s takeover. Others who’ve pulled out embrace Depraved composer Stephen Schwartz, Rhiannon Giddens, The Cookers, and a touring manufacturing of Hamilton.
