Valery Gergiev, who is widely regarded as close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, had been expected to lead an Italian ...

The news of the cancellation of the performance by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who is known to be very close to ...

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

More than three years into Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, many Western cultural institutions that had distanced themselves from Russian artists as a gesture of solidarity with Ukraine ...

“Factory hands, volunteers, athletes, staff of major enterprises and people who are simply not indifferent are recording video addresses to Vladimir Putin,” gushed Russia’s government newspaper.

Italy's culture minister had said the concert risked turning into “a sounding board for Russian propaganda”. Read more at ...

Italian authorities have canceled a classical music concert scheduled for Sunday. The decision came following criticism over ...

Organisers of an Italian music festival on Monday cancelled a scheduled performance by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev ...

Italy's Royal Palace of Caserta announced on Monday that it was cancelling a weekend concert of pro-Kremlin maestro Valery ...