Culture‘An orchestra being gassed should be an alarm signal’: musical activists targeted in Paris

The New World Orchestra continued playing at a peaceful demonstration in Paris’s Place de la République as riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. Conductor Étienne Jarrier said canisters landed among instrument and music-stand cases and caused fires; he stopped the performance after noticing musicians were being directly targeted.

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TThe Guardian★★☆☆☆2026-10-23 11:57Original