The mayor of Munich threatened on Monday to remove Russian conductor Valery Gergiev from his post as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic on the grounds of Gergiev’s outspoken support for President Vladimir Putin. “I have made my attitude clear to Valery Gergiev and called on him to distance himself unambiguously and unmistakeably from the war of aggression that Putin is waging against Ukraine and in particular our partner city Kiev,” Dieter Reiter said. “If Gergiev has not taken a clear stand by Monday, he cannot remain chief conductor of our Philharmonic,” the mayor added. Gergiev, 68,…