Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sofia Gubaidulina: her music was labelled ‘irresponsible’ by the Soviet authorities for its exploration of unorthodox tunings - ...
From state-approved spectacles to underground bootleg culture, Soviet musicals mirrored the nation’s political tides and cultural yearnings. They celebrated collective ideals on screen while hidden ...
The discovery of one old record is breathing new life into a genre of Soviet-era music that hasn't been widely heard overseas for decades. About a decade ago, music producer Vik Sohonie was in New ...
You remember, of course, my dear Ulysses, the meeting of a group of American composers with Soviet composers and the round-table discussion at the RCA Building in New York. This was a very friendly ...
Most Russian composers of the past century have been politically engaged, whether they wanted to be or not. Aaron Copland may have been gay and dangerously left-wing at a time when neither orientation ...
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 19, 2009) -- As leading diplomats, military officials and scholars made their way into the Russian Embassy March 17, none of them quite knew what to expect. They ...
Like American music, Russian music is the product of a bubbling melting pot — one that combines influences and traditions from far beyond Putin’s so-called ‘Russian World.’ One of Vladimir Putin’s ...
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 ...