Controversy surrounds conductor Valery Gergiev’s upcoming concert in Italy, linked to his ties with Putin and recent ...

Yulia Navalnaya* called on the Italian authorities to cancel the performance of the Russian conductor, People's Artist of the ...

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

For Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, the distinction between art and propaganda is as black and white as day and night. “Art is free and cannot be censored. Propaganda, however, even if done ...

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

In just a few hours, the petition launched by the Free Russians Association in Italy has surpassed 16,000 signatures on ...

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

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.

ROME - A concert in Italy by a top Russian conductor shunned in the West since the invasion of Ukraine could send the wrong ...

Valery Gergiev will perform at a festival in Italy, his first European concert since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Tuscan winemakers eye new markets after latest US tariff threat, Italy urged to cancel concert led by pro-Putin conductor, ...

Valery Gergiev, the world-renowned orchestra conductor with links to the Kremlin, prepares to perform at a state-backed music festival in southern Italy on 27 July despite mounting concern over his ...