Flight risk: Why the world’s leading musicians are facing airport confiscations
Those animals are now protected, but many of the older instruments constructed with their materials, like cellos and bassoons, are still played today. You can see how that might lead to trouble.One famous stand-off occurred in 2014, during an international crackdown on the ivory trade. Officials at Kennedy Airport in New York confiscated several bows belonging to the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s string players because they contained ivory tips, even though they were made before that was illegal.The bows were later returned, but questions about protected materials in instruments persist.
- ▪Those animals are now protected, but many of the older instruments constructed with their materials, like cellos and bassoons, are still played today.
- ▪You can see how that might lead to trouble.One famous stand-off occurred in 2014, during an international crackdown on the ivory trade.
- ▪Officials at Kennedy Airport in New York confiscated several bows belonging to the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s string players because they contained ivory tips, even though they were made before that was illegal.The bows were later return
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| Publication time | Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +1000 |
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