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Pioneers of Russian chanson
In the Russian music industry of the 1990s, the concept of “Russian chanson” was a substitute for the inconvenient term “blatant song”. But in the first half of the 20th century, Russian chanson was understood as foxtrots and tangos far from the criminal theme, as well as emigrant, pop, gypsy songs and urban romances. We recall the great performers who stood at the origins of Russian chanson. Continue reading
The most famous Russian operas abroad
Rare theater today does without the Russian repertoire: classical operas by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Modest Mussorgsky and Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitry Shostakovich are staged. Portal “Kultura.RF” studied posters of different years in search of domestic works, loved by the West – from the XIX century to the present day. Continue reading
NARKOMFIN conducted the first audit
“We got together with the guys a couple of weeks before the concert … There were only a few rehearsals, all great professionals. After two albums it was not clear, after all, this is not a Selfieman at all. We did not know how people would perceive what was happening … ”, says Stravinsky about his new project. Continue reading