The ballet has announced the death of Yuri Grigorovich, its all-powerful director from 1964 to 1995. No large stage in the Soviet Union was untouched by his productions. His most performed choreographies included Prokofiev’s Ivan […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Lukas Foss was a classmate of Leonard Bernstein’s at the Curtis Institute and a lifelong friend, though never an equal. While Bernstein blazed to national glory in his […]
Paraguayan classical guitarist Berta Rojas has been fulfilling a dream to explore the guitar’s history and evolution in Latin America starting with the 15th century, from the arrival of the vihuela and early guitars brought by […]