The conductor Beatrice Venezi was challenged in Nice. Before the New Year's concert began, some people present began to make noise, showed the audience and musicians a scarf and shouted fascism. The pianist bowed elegantly and confidently to the audience and began the performance. The action was immediately condemned by the President of the Chamber's Cultural Commission, responsible for Culture and Innovation of FdI, Federico Mollicone. “Solidarity and closeness to the director Beatrice Venezi for the protest she suffered. Those in Nice who tried to stop her from expressing her artistic freedom were booed by the audience in the room, as can be seen in the video. The excellence.” “The skill and ability of director Venezi is beyond question and these archaeological finds from the 1970s will not tarnish it,” he explained.
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Even Alessandro Gassmann, a historically left-wing man, commented on the events in Nice, although he did not directly repeat the facts. “I think it is anti-democratic to boo a valuable artist whose political ideas we do not share,” he wrote on his official X profile. “Democracy must allow freedom of expression for everyone, even those with whom we disagree.” And yet it is easy, easy to understand …,” he added, taking sides against all those who protested against it. not to recognize the right to exhibition and artistic expression. But it didn't end there. When a user intervened in the discussion and said that fascists have no rights, the actor typed a few direct words in no uncertain terms: “Your thoughts are fascist.”