When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in the winter of 2022, the rock group Bi-2 was on a nationwide tour. The group, a stalwart of the Russian music scene for more than two decades ...

Rome — A classical music concert in Italy has been canceled suddenly following a public backlash over the Russian conductor's support for President Vladimir Putin. Russian maestro Valery Gergiev had ...

Music director Fabio Luisi conducted the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the National Symphony Orchestra and oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk on Thursday at the Kennedy Center. (Scott Suchman/Kennedy Center) Review by Michael Andor Brodeur “I didn’t ...

Banished from Eurovision, Russia will launch the final of its own international song contest at President Vladimir Putin’s behest on Saturday, with a Soviet-era name and acts intended to promote ...

Lithuania’s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky’s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia. Then a new minister expressed fondness for the Russian composer ...

With cheering crowds, glowing lights, a hint of political intrigue and a winning act in Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc, Russia’s answer to the Eurovision song contest – “Intervision” – gave off similar ...