Daria Piltyay
1/5
I would put a zero if it was possible. One of the most disappointing experiences I have had as a musician. Never have I seen such a lack of culture and respect. We were invited to play a concert at this "theater", and shout at in front of the audience by the owner of the place (who, by the way doesn't speak a word of English) because we changed the order of the pieces (!) noted in the program. Apparently printing the programs was considered a bigger effort than playing a concert so it was ok to humiliate us in front of the public. I won't even mention the fact that there was no air conditioning and it was strictly prohibited to open the windows, so we felt like playing in hell. In the front row a person took off her shoes right in front of cello player and was sitting like that for the entire concert. We were not offered water and were called unprofessional for the same reason of changing the order of the program. After playing for almost two hours we were not payed, because no publicity was made before the concert and apparently no people outside of the association came (a fact that we can't confirm of course). We've played in a lot of places: France, Italy, Germany, Spain but we would never expect this treatment in one of the capitals of classical music and in the center of so called "good old Europe". This place is an embarrassment for musical world and culture in general. Obviously, we're never coming back.
