In a new album, the Ukranian-born, New York-based pianist and composer Vadim Neselovskyi channels the horror and hope he's ...

A Russian court on Tuesday sent an 18-year-old street musician who performed anti-war songs to jail for a third time. All public criticism of Moscow's military ...

But that fateful weekend in August marked a significant change for the Soviets. Suddenly, thousands of rock lovers were listening to rowdy music, screaming expletives, and even dancing in front of ...

His country was invaded on 24 February. This outdoor performance is in Estonia’s capital city Tallinn, in the main square of the former industrial district Telliskivi. He says “we have a common value ...

For anyone who loves free-form avant-jazz, Hyphen Dash’s new album, Basement 626, will strike the proverbial experimental chord. Over its 17 tracks, drummer Myshko Birchenko and guitarist/loops player ...

Dozens of young Russians gather in a St Petersburg square and defy Vladimir Putin in full voice. What they are doing is illegal and risks his wrath. It is an unsanctioned musical performance of a ...

Russia will launch the final of its own international song contest on Saturday having been banned from Eurovision. The new competition, which comes at the behest of President Vladimir Putin, intends ...

He drew on Russian literature for his stage works and was an eager experimenter, inspired by folk tales, religious mysticism and melodrama. By Jonathan Kandell Rodion Shchedrin, a leading Russian ...

Thomas Sondergard conducts and pianist Kirill Gerstein performs Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev, but it’s the absence of Dudamel that feels notable. Idyllic weather makes for one of those lovely summer ...

Russia will hold its "Intervision" music competition in September, organisers announced on Wednesday, after authorities revived the Soviet-era competition that was meant to rival Eurovision. The ...

Growing up in Tambov, Russia, Vladimir Dubyshkin wasn’t exactly surrounded by a robust electronic music scene. Instead, he relied on external influences, like the Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers, and ...