Any Northern California dance season graced by the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra is one to cherish, even when what is danced and how it is danced are not in perfect alignment. The St. Petersburg ...

Valery Gergiev has had to endure a good deal of drama so far this season, visible most recently in the heckling of anti-Putin protesters during Thursday night’s concert at Carnegie Hall. On Friday, ...

It was part of a repertoire, which also comprised pieces from Richard Strauss, Antonin Dvorak and several other renowned composers, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Saturday. Earlier on March 4 ...

Designed by Jack Diamond of the Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects, the new 851,575-square-foot, seven-story building expands the institution’s campus in the historic heart of the city: the ...

I felt like I heard two orchestras onstage these past few days: the one that played Tchaikovsky’s second and third symphonies, and the one that played Tchaikovsky’s fourth and fifth. The first ...

On its eighth trip from Russia to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg’s stellar Mariinsky Ballet brought a work from the classical canon that’s dogged with a story many consider beyond ...

The Russian government on Friday named Valery Gergiev, the renowned director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, to also lead Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Gergiev is replacing Vladimir Urin at ...

At the Music Center in Los Angeles, The Mariinsky Ballet of St. Petersburg performed George Balanchine’s “Jewels.” In a very informative pre-performance lecture at the Music Center, journalist and ...

When conductor Valery Gergiev became chairman of the International Tchaikovsky Competition last year he promised to clean house, ridding it of corruption and favoritism while repackaging it for a 21st ...

Iconic not only for its grand architecture, but also for the legendary performances held here, the Mariinsky Theatre is a must-see for fans of opera and ballet. According to some, seeing a performance ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Anthony Tommasini Since becoming the head of the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1988, Valery Gergiev has built the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - History and modern design will come together in a new $629 million (402 million pound), glass-walled concert hall to be built as a futuristic second home for St. Petersburg's 19th ...