The conductor François-Xavier Roth, implicated in the press in 2024 for sending text messages of a sexual nature, will remain excluded from the group he created, Les Siècles, at least “ until June 2026″, indicated the general delegate of the orchestra.
Last May, François-Xavier Roth also stepped down from his duties at the head of the Cologne Orchestra and Opera in Germany, after the publication of an article in Chained Duck reporting testimonies from musicians who received urgent messages from the maestro in which he allegedly showed his genitals.
The other group that he had created in and had led since 2003, the Les Siècles orchestra, had also decided to replace him. “ M. Roth is excluded from the 2024-2025 season and the 2025-2026 season, said this Monday its general delegate, Enrique Thérain, heard by the National Assembly commission on violence committed in the artistic and media sectors.
Testimonies refute a sexualized atmosphere within the orchestra
Enrique Thérain explained that an internal investigation had been carried out after the publication of the article, entrusted to two lawyers and open to all the musicians of the orchestra, even occasional ones, which made it possible to collect 80 testimonies in five months. “ A very small minority, three, concern the sending of messages of a sexualized nature. The other 77 did not mention this,” he added.
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-These testimonies remained confidential and did not give rise to complaints to the orchestra administration, he added, without specifying whether they targeted François-Xavier Roth or not. On the other hand, ” all the testimonies refute a sexualized atmosphere, as well as the abuse of power. We have no identified victims (of violence) within the orchestra »he further affirmed.
Until the article of Chained Duck, published in May 2024, “ in twenty years of existence of the orchestra, there has never been any report of assault or sending of messages of a sexualized nature,” assured Enrique Thérain.
Philippe Gault (with AFP)
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