The American International Music Fund has joined the boycott of UNESCO-affiliated activities. Mrs. Serge Koussevitzky, president of the Fund, said today: “For the past quarter of a century the Fund created by Serge Koussevitzky was benefiting composers, remaining clear of any political implications. Today the neutrality of our activities on behalf of composers of one world is affected by UNESCO’s action in Paris. We therefore protest.”
All the directors of the Fund, which was UNESCO’s principal musical affiliate in the United States, have signed the statement of the Musicians’ Committee of Concern for UNESCO. The directors are: Mrs. Koussevitzky, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Howard Hanson, Walter Piston, Seymour N. Siegel and Carleton Sprague Smith. On April 24, the AIMF will sponsor a benefit performance of the New York Philharmonic, with Leonard Bernstein conducting and Mstislav Rostropovich as cello soloist. Both men have signed the UNESCO boycott statement.
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