In this first programme, Valery Gergiev takes us into the heart of the Russian countryside. Over the centuries, the traditions of folk culture have been an assertion of the Russian identity and the ...

On a recent summer night, hundreds of young Russians assembled on St. Petersburg’s main street to hear songs that the government had banned. It was the latest gathering of the country’s musical ...

The Kyiv Symphony’s players are building new lives as refugees in a German town. But they face shifting attitudes about migrants and an unending war. Tetiana Martyniuk-Bahrii at home in Monheim am ...

Dozens of young Russians gather in a St Petersburg square and defy Vladimir Putin in full voice. What they are doing is illegal and risks his wrath. It is an unsanctioned musical performance of a ...