Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shchedrin (1997): serene, subtle and quietly witty - Jack Mitchell/Getty Rodion Shchedrin, the composer who has died aged 92, was ...

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

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 ...

ST PETERSBURG, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A teenage Russian street musician was jailed for 13 days on Thursday after she played a banned anti-Kremlin song on St Petersburg's central avenue. Diana Loginova, an ...

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 ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc won the inaugural Intervision song contest in Moscow taking home 30 million rubles, approximately $360,000 U.S. dollars.

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 ...

Tallinn Music Week is Estonia’s annual celebration of its music. This year though, Russia’s continued presence in Ukraine ensures the event has taken on a significance no one would have wished for.