This may not be the timeliest moment to proclaim Russia’s creative superiority, but the musical facts are incontrovertible. Over the past century, Russia has produced most of the world’s outstanding ...

In can be easily argued that Russian born composer Sergei Prokofiev, who would have been 120 this week, was the most popular 20th century composer. As a sheet-music salesman, we can tell you that only ...

Note: While much if not all of this story is true, some details originate in Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich, as related to and edited by Solomon Volkov. This book, while possibly the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” by Dmitri Shostakovich, a tale of love and betrayal once banned in Soviet Russia, is returning to the Metropolitan Opera. By ...

The equation was simple. A major work by Alfred Schnittke would be performed; we knew we had to be there. Not out of duty. Because something was going to happen, as it always does in Schnittke’s music ...