Shostakovich lived under constant threat. One wrong note could end his career — or his life. His music carried hidden ...

The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheers the season premiere of Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,' an opera ...

Milan’s Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala season premiere with a Russian opera, Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of ...

Shostakovich’s career was shaped by fear as much as genius. After early works angered Stalin, he lived under constant threat, writing coded dissent into his music while publicly conforming to Soviet ...

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Russia’s composers had spoken their apologies for their past sins of “formalism” and “bourgeois ideology,” and promised they would try harder to stay in the right key. Last week, the big brass of the ...

Maari Selvaraj made heads turn with his debut movie ‘Pariyerum Perumal’ which has found its place as one of the most acclaimed films in the recent years. With his sophomore venture ‘Karnan’ starring ...

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