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Lubna Elian Lubna, Her Family, and Her Violin Have Been Silenced Forever

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3 Composers lost to Tyranny Podcast Episode · Classical Breakdown · February 17 · 43m

My recent episode was in memory of Lubna Alyaan, a young violinist who was killed in an airstrike in 2023, along with her family, in the ongoing Palestinian genocide in Gaza.

In this episode we look at 3 composers who were executed during the 20th century.

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She literally sided with ICE, and she won’t condemn GENOCIDE.

We will not let her get another term, NOT ANOTHER ONE.

i feel like so many cd liners have blamed her for his death too, “and we hate her for it!”

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i love that opening sentence, just swinging for the fences, all gas no brakes, i appreciate knowing that upfront

awful to hear, sorry.

concerning

Leadership is completely absent, and Chuck Schumer is failing at a game of checkers. They film themselves in one hand with a gun in the other shooting a woman in the face. ABOLISH ICE.

Unfit for office, and the Baileys told me this personally!

I wish she was for abolishing ICE! That would be amazing.

I truly don’t understand this, I just spoke to her office and they confirmed she is NOT for abolishing ICE. You don’t get this both ways.

Abolish ICE.

There’s no reforming it.

There’s no compromise.

There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

I’m not concerned about you deleting posts that are embarrassing.

But I am EXTREMELY concerned that you won’t call for the abolishment of ICE. You don’t get this both ways, if you weren’t prepared for extremely difficult positions, you should never have run.

These freaks sound like people that have our worst interests in mind and they are in control.

This is where we are, our representatives post music videos as a “battle cry” instead of calling for the abolishment of ICE.

They aren’t against genocide, so why would they be against ICE?

SHE ARRIVES HANDS READY 🥊

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It was fun to be on air this morning filling in for @lindaclassical.bsky.social on WETA Classical.

And I’ll be with you again tomorrow morning from 6am-10am!

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then go back to the radio dial 📻

Carnival of the Animals, a work of genius kept hidden (plus animal facts!) Podcast Episode · Classical Breakdown · 01/20/2026 · 1h 3m

that’s an easy choice! 😂

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i regret to inform you that i still have a job. thank you for your attention in this matter!

CBS News on X: BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition. 10:51 AM

Zero percent chance this is true.

im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons

i honestly don’t know if i would be able to get a degree today if i was going into college. i think there’s a decent chance i just couldn’t do it.

i know, my time over there was a breath of fresh air.

torn apart? no i don’t think so, not by this, it’s the system at work.

the united states has a near zero interest in instrumental/creative/improvisational music, and i THAT could spell a problem in the future.

few/no musician i know would encourage a student to get a performance degree today.

There is a stark difference between musicians in the united states and EU

Last year in a major orchestra, a man turned to me and referred to the conductor (a woman) as a bitch, before she even stepped the podium.

I had a conservatory teacher tell me that queer people don’t deserve equal rights

As you are in London (or Dublin? jealous!) the context will be mostly lost

There are musicians in major orchestras bragging about voting for this administration, its violence, and/or genocide.

I think that has zero place in our art and should be rooted out.

Every musician that has voted for this or praised genocide will face professional consequences.

I also think every musician and man in power (looking at every orchestra brass section, personally) that has stayed silent or supported genocide should face professional consequences as well.

WETA Classical's annual Classical Countdown starts this morning, counting down the top 100 Classical music pieces as selected by listeners. Sporadic countdowns through Wednesday and all day Thanksgiving, with the #1 piece Thanksgiving night -it's not always Beethoven's 9th!

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performs Hailstork's An American Port of Call Podcast Episode · Classical Breakdown · S7 Bonus · 10m

There is a special bonus episode of Classical Breakdown out now featuring the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performing Hailstork!

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if you engage in anti union practices you deserve to choke on your fancy dessert drink and cough up whipped cream all over your steering wheel.