Leonard Cohen would have been 90 today

Roman Yanchishin, solo violinist of the Bolshoi orchestra since 1980, has died in Moscow of an unnamed cause. He was designated Honoured Artist of Russia two years ago. The post Death of a Bolshoi concertmaster […]

There are signs that Russia’s cultural isolation may be easing. The Bolshoi has been invited to Serbia and Thailand next month. Its new chief Valery Gergiev is pulling out all the stops to break out […]

From a press release:  While visiting the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany, Ion Zanca, founder of Dallas String Quartet, discovered a cruel chapter of his own heritage. Amidst the barbed wire and walls of the […]