Melbourne Symphony Orchestra backs down on concert cancellation which followed pianist's Gaza comments
A concert featuring Australian-British pianist Jayson Gillham will be rescheduled after the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra says it made an "error" in cancelling the performance over the musician's comments about the killing of journalists in Gaza.
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