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

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.

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

More than three years after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the arts remain a carefully scrutinized ...

ROME (Reuters) -The wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is urging Italy to cancel a concert by a Russian ...

When the name of Valery Gergiev popped up on a bill for Italy’s Un’Estate da Re festival, it was not simply another summer concert promotion it was an incendiary spark thrown onto the dry wood of ...

An Italian region has invited the pro-Putin conductor, signalling a rehabilitation despite no sign of an end to the war.

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

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

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

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

Italy appoints new museum "super-directors", concert by pro-Putin conductor set to go ahead, and more news from Italy on ...