British-Australian pianist's show cancelled over Gaza remarks

Jayson Gillham dedicated a piece of music to journalists killed in Gaza.

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Jayson Gillham premiered Witness at a show at the MSO on Sunday. The piece was penned by another composer as a tribute to the Palestinian press.

The British-Australian was scheduled to perform again on Thursday, but the MSO has said it is reworking the programme after Gillham introduced the piece by saying Israel had killed more than 100 journalists.

A spokesperson for Gillham told the ABC he won't comment on the decision to drop him "out of respect to the MSO and his ongoing relationship with them".

Gillham - who is billed on the MSO website as "as one of the finest pianists of his generation" - was born in Australia but lives in the UK.

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