About a decade ago, music producer Vik Sohonie was in New York and stumbled upon an old record. VIK SOHONIE: I came across this really dusty 45 by the band Original. (SOUNDBITE OF ORIGINAL SONG, "SEN ...

Sofia Gubaidulina: her music was labelled ‘irresponsible’ by the Soviet authorities for its exploration of unorthodox tunings - Marcello Mencarini/Lebrecht Music & Arts/Alamy Sofia Gubaidulina, who ...

The Herut movement said today that it reserved the right to take any action it deemed appropriate within the framework of non-violent protest against the treatment of Soviet Jews when the Soviet Music ...

A LMATY (Reuters) -For two decades, Andrei Klimenko has been amassing a collection of Soviet-era reel-to-reel tape recorders ...

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In Philadelphia, in Manhattan and over the radio, Conductor Leopold Stokowski had his Philadelphia Orchestra play all-Russian programs last week. Stravinsky, Skriabin, Prokohev and Moussorgsky are ...

The U.S. would like to see the Soviet Union’s politics confounded, but it likes Russian music. Such contemporary composers as Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Kabalevsky are frequently played ...

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Russian music download site Allofmp3.com has said it will resume business soon, after a Moscow court ruled its operation is in accordance with Russian law. No music is currently on sale, but a ...

The discovery of one old record is breathing new life into a genre of Soviet-era music that hasn't been widely heard overseas for decades. About a decade ago, music producer Vik Sohonie was in New ...