Culture – Freiburg im Breisgau – conductor Hengelbrock: politics thinks too short with Corona – culture

Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – The conductor Thomas Hengelbrock criticizes the ban on cultural events and calls for a different strategy in dealing with the corona pandemic. “Politicians think too briefly,” said the director of the Freiburg Balthasar Neumann Choir and Ensemble of the “Badische Zeitung” (Friday). You believe that with the partial lockdown you will achieve a “tax-bubbly Christmas business”. He assumes that the number of infections will rise again in December. Then you will be faced with the same situation again in January.

The development has been overslept since the summer. Like many other actors in culture, the ensemble has invested a lot of time and money and developed protection concepts. “And it is shocking to see that you are completely ignoring these efforts and are ready – I deliberately say it so sharply – to sacrifice an entire industry.” The Balthasar Neumann Choir and Ensemble will be performing in the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden this weekend. From Monday on, concert halls, among other things, have to remain closed until the end of November, entertainment events are prohibited.

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