PERSON@1 's influence with PERSON@2 was so strong that PERSON@2 even wrote a letter -LRB- at her behest -RRB- to the anti-fascist MISC@1 conductor PERSON@3 , begging him to lead the festival .

PERSON@1 's influence with PERSON@2 was so strong that PERSON@2 even wrote a letter to the anti-fascist MISC@1 conductor PERSON@3 , begging him to lead the festival .
