The concert’s title, “A Tribute to Freedom,” was also a tribute to those whose vigilance and courage make freedom of belief and expression possible, said Corea.
The jazz master is an eloquent spokesman on the subject, having experienced discrimination first hand. “I have been a professional musician since the 1960s, traveling the world composing, performing, recording and teaching music,” he said. “For the first time in all my experience, I was denied the right to perform my music in Germany in 1993 due to my personal religious beliefs.”
A long-time member of the Church of Scientology, Corea is not alone in experiencing discrimination in Germany. Others have suffered denial of the right to perform, boycotts of performances and threats, intimidation and vilification.
“First the right of a jazz musician to express his art is denied. Then what?” asked Corea. “The novels of a Jewish writer? The exhibitions of a Buddhist painter? The poetry of a Jehovah’s Witness?”
Corea said he has always recognized that it is only a small minority who stir up intolerance, and will continue performing in Germany and encouraging Germans to respect freedom and human rights.
A Tribute to Freedom continued...
    
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