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What does a Russian soul sing about?

February 1, 2012 Sofya Rayevskaya
Russian songs are popular the world over – maybe because of their overwhelming emotional recounting of universal themes

11 Russian bands that surprised critics in 2011

January 11, 2012 Daria Gonzales
From horror surf to space disco, the Russian music scene had an eventful year

Music without borders

January 10, 2012 Daria Gonzales
“Far from Moscow” is a free resource designed to promote, catalog, and consider new music from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, together with the Baltic nations (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia)

Music within the law

January 6, 2012 Daria Gonzales
Street musicians in the Russian capital face new regulations, supposedly intended to bring Moscow in line with major Wester cities

Russia’s sacred music reaches the Potomac

December 23, 2011 Nora FitzGerald
The Ural Philharmonic performs with the Washington Choral Arts Society in a program that repeats on Christmas Eve

Dreaming of the Genius of Irving Berlin

December 12, 2011 Yelena Fedotova, Smena magazine
Irving Berlin, the embodiment of American culture, was actually born in a far-flung corner of Siberia

Terem Quartet: Why the balalaikas?

December 11, 2011 Polina Mokhova
The members of the Terem Quartet could be called cosmopolitans with a Russian soul. When they first performed at the Leningrad Music Teacher Training College in 1986, the audience would not let them go, giving them a standing ovation

From ritual village songs to the Sugar Plum Fairy

December 6, 2011 Phoebe Taplin
London is full of Russian music this Christmas. You can hear everything from balalaikas in a Camden club to Prokofiev at the Festival Hall. Churches, mansions, colleges and opera houses are humming with well-loved tunes and obscure symphonies

From punk rocker to holy fool

November 10, 2011 Vladimir Ruvinsky
Actor and musician Pyotr Mamonov, an iconic figure in Russia, began his creative life in counter-culture and the avant-garde and ended up an Orthodox hermit

Young Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov begins his conquest of the world

November 8, 2011 Ayano Hodouchi
At 20, pianist Daniil Trifonov is winning global recognition for the fanatic fervor he expresses toward his music.

Mozart in Perm

October 3, 2011 Polina Surnina
European opera stars take over the Ural city in a production of Mozart’s opera "Cosi Fan Tutte"

“I lived in a volcano of geniuses”

September 2, 2011 Francisco Martinez
Interview with Russian music critic Artemyi Troitsky

Eugene Hütz: Music is life-giving electricity

August 26, 2011 Anton Makhrov
Gogol Bordello's founder discusses concerts in the Russian regions, Brazilian rap and ethno-rock

A Caucasian Bjork called Tusia Beridze

August 10, 2011 Francisco Martinez
"Modernity is pretty ugly everywhere," says the singer, describing her worldview

Kourentzis making Perm and its music a destination

August 10, 2011 Polina Surnina
Conductor Theodoros Kourentzis is the latest to join Perm Governor Oleg Chirkunov's cultural revolution

The call of the wild: Empty Hills-2011

June 21, 2011 Russia Beyond the Headlines
The annual music festival rocked the town of Yukhnov from Jun. 9-13

Karelia’s musical ambassador

June 13, 2011 Jacob Gordon
Wunderkind Marius Stravinsky brings English music and a young sensibility to the Karelia Philharmonic

Denis Matsuev's life in music

April 7, 2011 Alena Tveritina
The virtuoso recalls the struggles of his early career in 1990s Moscow

A red-haired Texas soprano delights Moscow opera buffs

October 4, 2010 Dmitry Zaika
Laura Claycomb has a rare voice; she also has a gift for teaching Russian students to sing better.

Maslenitsa - Russian Pancake Day Arrives in London

February 3, 2010 Nadia Kidd
A chance for native Londoners and their friends to enjoy the company of the best performers of Russian folk, pop and rock music who arrive from Russia specially for the event
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