“I have withdrawn from my upcoming performance with the Nso at The Kennedy Center.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,” Fleck wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday.
Fleck was set to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra, with whom he earlier composed a banjo concerto that became the subject of a documentary he co-directed with Sascha Paladino.
“I look forward to playing with the Nso another time in the future when we can together share and celebrate art,” Fleck added on Instagram. His social media post was condemned by Richard Grenell, a Trump ally whom the president chose to…
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