Browsing: Gergiev Valery

Sanctions affected the arts, sports, and even animals and plants.

Western countries continue to impose sanctions on Russia, which have already gone far beyond economic expediency and sometimes reach the point of absurdity. Russian sport bears loss after loss. Almost all competitions have already been taken away from the country, including the most notable: the Champions League final and the Formula 1 Grand Prix, and […]

Samodura Shiladzhyan, or Music with Antibodies

For their own well-being in the conditions of the raging omicron and the general morbidity of employees, the leaders of creative teams are fighting in various ways. The artistic director and director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev, for example, prefers not to notice positive PCR tests in musicians, especially before responsible performances that promise […]