VALERY GERGIEV

Many prominent Russians could face financial sanctions if the U.S. Senate passes, and President Biden signs, a new House bill that targets 200 high-level Kremlin-friendly figures in media, culture, business and government.

Milan’s famed La Scala opera house has announced the celebration of next season’s gala premiere with the Russian opera “Boris Godunov.”.

Since 2014, this small but dedicated crew has stood outside theatrical venues, condemning performers who support the Kremlin.

Brave Russian artists have been the backbone of opposition to the country’s autocrats for centuries. The West should not cancel them.

As the Biden administration seeks to punish oligarchs aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin, records show that many U.S. charities and cultural institutions have long accepted large donations from them.

Celebrity couple Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help Ukrainians aiming to raise $30 million and match it up to $3 million.

After years of sleepwalking through Russian aggression, Europe is finally stirring.

The conductor’s close ties to the Russian regime were brushed aside for too long, but imposing a moral test on musicians is a hazardous path.

Soprano Anna Netrebko withdrew from her future engagements at the Metropolitan Opera rather than repudiate her support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, costing the company one of its top singers and best box-office draws.

Soprano Anna Netrebko withdrew from her future engagements at the Metropolitan Opera rather than repudiate her support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, costing the company one of its top singers and best box-office draws. “It is a great artistic loss for the Met and for opera,” Met General Manager Peter Gelb said in a statement Thursday. “Anna is one of the greatest singers in Met history, but with Putin killing innocent victims in Ukraine, there was no way forward.”

The Venice Biennale art exhibition says it is working to make sure the artist representing Ukraine can come to Italy and show his work.

The Venice Biennale art exhibition, which has already seen members of the official Russian pavilion quit to protest the invasion of Ukraine, said Wednesday that it was working to make sure the artist representing Ukraine can show his work. In a statement Wednesday, Biennale organizers said they were working to make sure Makov could come to Italy and present his work as planned, despite the war in his homeland. It was the latest show of solidarity in the arts world with Ukraine, and a corresponding cultural blacklisting of Russia and people linked to the government, that has found a parallel in much of the international sporting world.

The cultural backlash against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is intensifying.

The cultural backlash against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensified Tuesday as the Cannes Film Festival said no Russian delegations would be welcome this year and the Venice festival announced free screenings of a film about the 2014 conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. The announcements by Europe's two premier film festivals came on the heels of other high-profile protests in the arts, including Hollywood's decision to pull films scheduled for release in Russia and the Munich Philharmonic's decision to fire chief conductor Valery Gergiev.

Valery Gergiev, a prominent classical music conductor, was removed from Munich Philharmonic on Tuesday.

A renowned Russian conductor has been fired from his post with the Munich Philharmonic because of his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin and for not rejecting the invasion of Ukraine.

Valery Gergiev has been fired as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic because of his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin and for not rejecting the invasion of Ukraine, the German city's mayor said Tuesday. Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter announced the decision after Gergiev didn't respond to Reiter's demand that the 68-year-old Russian conductor change course. “I had expected him to rethink and revise his very positive assessment of the Russian leader,” Reiter said.

Valery Gergiev, a supporter of President Putin, failed to condemn the invasion of Ukraine.

The Met vowed to cut ties with artists or institutions that support Putin "until the invasion and killing has been stopped, order has been restored, and restitutions have been made."

The Verbier Festival says conductor Valery Gergiev resigned as music director at its request.

Star performers at the famed New York opera house, including soprano Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev, have been closely associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Star performers at the famed New York opera house, including soprano Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev, have been closely associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Valery Gergiev had been represented since December 2020 by Munich-based Marcus Felsner, who started his own management company that year after leaving Opus3.

Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been dropped by his management company over his ties to Russia President Vladimir Putin.

Invading Russian forces are closing in on Ukraine’s capital.

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter has threatened to remove Valery Gergiev as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic unless Gergiev publicly says by Monday that he does not support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Valery Gergiev, a conductor who is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will not lead the Vienna Philharmonic in a five-concert U.S. tour that starts at Carnegie Hall on Friday night.

Valery Gergiev, who has been closely allied with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, is due to take part in a three-concert series at Carnegie Hall.

The Royal Philharmonic became the first international orchestra to tour the U.S. since February 2020, completing a 14-concert, nine-city U.S. tour at Carnegie Hall.

Carnegie Hall will resume performances in October following a 1 1/2-year closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic but with a limited schedule of recitals and small ensembles until large orchestras return in January.