Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Paul Hindemith: two Russians and a German, one a repatriated son of Mother Russia and two permanent exiles from their homelands. These three important 20th ...

Sergei Prokofiev was a composer with an abundance of genius but little luck. In the Soviet Union (he went into exile after the Revolution but returned in 1934) he had to endure a series of criticisms ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In his Concert Overview for The Cleveland Orchestra performance at Severance Music Center on Wednesday evening, January 17, music director Franz Welser-Möst wrote: “Tonight’s program ...

I SEE myself sitting in the hall of the St. Petersburg Conservatory (or was it in the Great Hall of Nobility?) at a concert to the memory of Scriabin. This was a concert given by Rachmaninoff for the ...

Lise Davidsen’s recital at the Met Opera, Gustavo Dudamel leading “Romeo and Juliet,” and a violinist’s personal program are among our selections. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this opera ...

Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf' and 'Carnival of the Animals': The Sight of Music Rebecca Boggs Roberts reviews books Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf retold by Janet Schulman and Carnival ...