"I have withdrawn from my upcoming performance with the NSO at The Kennedy Center,"
"Performing there has become charged and political, at an institution where the focus should be on the music."
"I look forward to playing with the NSO another time in the future when we can together share and celebrate art,"
Béla Fleck, a 17-time Grammy-winning banjoist, withdrew from an upcoming engagement with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. He had been scheduled to join the NSO for three concerts in mid-February. He announced the withdrawal in a social media post, saying that performing there had become charged and political, at an institution where the focus should be on the music. He said he looks forward to playing with the NSO another time in the future to share and celebrate art. Fleck joins other artists who have canceled Kennedy Center appearances following Donald Trump's takeover, including Stephen Schwartz, Rhiannon Giddens, The Cookers, and a touring production of Hamilton.
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