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

Published October 23, 2026 7:54 am • Updated October 23, 2026 8:16 am •
‘An orchestra being gassed should be an alarm signal’: the musical activists targeted in Paris
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New World Orchestra’s musicians are shocked at French police targeting peaceful gathering with teargasEurope live – latest updatesAs riot police encircled Place de la République last week, lobbing teargas canisters to disperse demonstrators, the conductor Étienne Jarrier and his orchestra played on. They kept playing even after everyone else had disappeared and teargas was being fired into the central Paris square.It was only when Jarrier…

New World Orchestra’s musicians are shocked at French police targeting peaceful gathering with teargasEurope live – latest updatesAs riot police encircled Place de la République last week, lobbing teargas canisters to disperse demonstrators, the conductor Étienne Jarrier and his orchestra played on. They kept playing even after everyone else had disappeared and teargas was being fired into the central Paris square.It was only when Jarrier…

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