The Danbury Savings Bank of Connecticut is to be known from today as the Ives bank, after the town’s most famous son. The bank was founded in 1849 by George Ives, grandfather of the composer, […]
The Edinburgh International Festival has just ended with its best box-office in a decade. The final tally was 88 percent ticket sales to 111,000 spectators from 91 countries. The Fringe did less well, albeit on […]
The buildings that house the Rachmaninoff Museum and its refular concerts on Bolshaya Ordynka have been reclaimed by the city authorities after the museum’s lease expired. The collection, founded by pianist Viktor Merzhanov, is now […]