Composer Alexander Manotskov fiercely disputes the image of a Russian regime closely watching and restricting artistic freedom, which is a familiar and longstanding trope in the West. Instead he ...

Hershey Felder's one-man show explores the life — and paradoxes — of the 19th-century Russian composer ... have celebrated the lives and works of classical giants Ludwig van Beethoven ...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. New York's Musical Courier was not so far from the mark when it reported in 1897: ...

Alexandra Pakhmutova was a popular 20th century Russian composer known for writing hundreds of songs. Her lyrical and ...

Dmitri Shostakovich and four other outstanding Russian composers will visit the University Saturday afternoon as part of a month-long tour of the United States, under the cultural exchange program ...

The Chinese public really likes Russian classical music. Such composers as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and many others, are very well-known here. And Russian pieces are always performed at the ...

History has it that the most uproarious classical performance of all time happened on 29 May 1913 in Paris. It was the premiere performance of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.