Valery Gergiev's July concert marks his first Western performance since 2022 ban, sparking protests from Nobel laureates and ...

More than three years after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the arts remain a carefully scrutinized battlefield, with European institutions typically showcasing anti-Kremlin artists ...

Italy faces internal division over an upcoming performance by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev at a state-backed music festival, with critics arguing the event risks legitimizing Kremlin propaganda ...

A concert in Italy featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who has ties to Putin, is sparking a furor following protests ...

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged Italian authorities Tuesday to cancel a concert by Russian ...

Italy's culture minister joined the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday in condemning an invitation ...

The wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is urging Italy to cancel a concert by a Russian conductor who has ...

Russian opposition activists have also condemned the director's sudden return. The Anti-Corruption Foundation, of the late ...

Valery Gergiev, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin, is set to conduct in Western Europe for the first time since institutions there cut ties over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Gergiev, a world-famous conductor who has been the director of the Mariinsky Theatre for 35 years, has been a strong supporter of Putin and his policies.

Valery Gergiev, a star-Russian conductor and supporter of Vladimir Putin, has been appointed as the general director of Russia's Bolshoi theatre. Gergiev, who also heads the Mariinsky theatre in ...

Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, no longer welcome in Western concert halls since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was named on Friday as director of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre.