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Folk band breathes new life into peasant ritual music
May 14, 2012
Yelena Potapova
Six young Muscovites have teamed up to form White Light, a folk band that is attempting to resurrect a musical tradition that is now nearly extinct – the ritual chants of Russian peasants
Trapped in a Nightmare
March 23, 2012
Ayano Hodouchi
Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-Ki Joo could have been successful chamber musicians, but they combined their musical talents with their love for comedy
Eurovision: Granny boom
March 22, 2012
Daria Gonzales
A short history of Russia’s love-hate relationship with Eurovision
Russian pop-rock is out to conquer Europe
March 14, 2012
Veronika Dorman
Although she has dominated the Russian pop-rock scene from the outset, Zemfira, referred to by music critics as ‘Kurt Cobain in a skirt’, is currently exporting her cracked voice and dark lyrics to Europe, and is performing in London on 15 March
Grannies go to Eurovision
March 13, 2012
Svetlana Borisova
The folk group from the Republic of Udmurtia in central Russia will represent the country on Eurovision contest
What does a Russian soul sing about?
February 1, 2012
Sofya Raevskaya
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
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