The first concert was held on Tuesday at the Wonderland Hong Kong open-air concert venue holding about 1,000 spectators HONG KONG, December 17. /TASS/. The Chinese people love Russian music, so it is ...
On the morning of August 21, 1968, Warsaw Pact tanks rolled into Wenceslas Square, in Prague, completing an overnight Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. Alexander Dubček, the liberal-minded leader ...
With the death of composer Rodion Shchedrin, Russian classical music ended. This was announced on August 29 by Sergey Bezrukov, People's Artist of Russia and artistic director of the Moscow Provincial ...
Some tragedies can never be averted -- like the fate of Romeo and Juliet. But in the Russian National Ballet Theatre's adaptation of the ballet based on Shakespeare's tale, it all happens a lot faster ...
Mr. Mauceri is the author of “The War on Music — Reclaiming the Twentieth Century.” There is a trope often heard in discussions about culture that classical music is irrelevant — an elite and moribund ...
After warming up with Chris Botti and Pink Martini, the Oregon Symphony officially opens its season this weekend with a concert of classical Russian music awash in melody and beauty: Mikhail Glinka's ...
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Trio Voronezh is three classical trained musicians who play Russian folk instruments. They join Fred in NPR's Studio 4A for some Russian music. They play a polka from a ballet score called "The Bolt," ...
It’s possible that more people might have come to great music through Chopin than from any other composer. It’s equally likely they came to Chopin through his 24 piano preludes, the ultimate in ...