Sofia Gubaidulina: her music was labelled ‘irresponsible’ by the Soviet authorities for its exploration of unorthodox tunings - Marcello Mencarini/Lebrecht Music & Arts/Alamy Sofia Gubaidulina, who ...
About a decade ago, music producer Vik Sohonie was in New York and stumbled upon an old record. VIK SOHONIE: I came across this really dusty 45 by the band Original. (SOUNDBITE OF ORIGINAL SONG, "SEN ...
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By reviving Soviet-era music contest, Russia flaunts its defiance of Western isolation
Opening the 2025 Intervision Song Contest in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin framed the event as a celebration of unity through music. But the spectacle carried another message: Russia is ...
A well-connected dealer in the Cold War Soviet Union could get an enterprising music fan some of the good stuff — American jazz, pop and early rock 'n' roll — for the right price. At a time when ...
In Philadelphia, in Manhattan and over the radio, Conductor Leopold Stokowski had his Philadelphia Orchestra play all-Russian programs last week. Stravinsky, Skriabin, Prokohev and Moussorgsky are ...
The first Soviet artist of stature to perform in the U.S. since Composer-Pianist Sergei Prokofiev’s visit 34 years ago is Emil Gilels, who comes as Soviet Russia’s “foremost pianist.” Following the ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vitalii Bardetskyi, a Ukrainian DJ and music journalist, about a new compilation of music from that country called "Even the Forest Hums." There are the sounds of war in ...
I spent much of my childhood attending celebrations at many of L.A.'s Russian-speaking post-Soviet banquet halls. Today, though, those banqueting halls are slowly disappearing, as assimilation, ...
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