If you listen to you Eve
"I feel like some jazz today," says American singer Eve Corneliuos. She is simply too cool to manifest her limitless love for jazz in a matter of fact tone.
Flugtag event attracts record crowd in Moscow
Moscow has hosted the Red Bull Flugtag event for the second time in three years.
Master of impressions
A selection of works by the leading Russian impressionist painter whose works fetch seven-figure numbers at auctions across the world, Konstantin Korovin, has been unveiled in St. Petersburg.
Presidential residence opens doors to photographers
St.Petersburg`s historic neighbour, Strelna, is hosting a photo display which lifts the lid on life inside the presidential residence - the Constantine Palace.
Say your piece in "War and Peace"
That quintessential work of Russian literature, Leo Tolstoy’s "War and Peace", will be made much of in the historic city of Angers in France`s Loire Valley, where a public reading of his epic drama will take place.
Moscow Metro comes to Berlin
"Metronaut Expo" - an exhibition offering a fascinating insight into the historic Moscow Metro - is set to open in the German capital on Monday.
Australian electro-pop duo head to Russia
An Australian duo formed in 2006 stormed the world far from immediately. However, the impact has been massive. On August 3, idols of the modern youth Empire of the Sun will play a gig in Moscow.
The art of the landscape
This weekend is the perfect time to set out on a trip to a land of phantasmagoric art deep in the woods as the village of Nikola-Lenivets in Kaluga region once again opens its famous festival of landscape objects.
Solzhenitsyn stories to appear in English
A collection of nine stories by maverick Russian wordsmith Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, written by the author of The Gulag Archipelago in the early 1990s and considered to be some of his best works, are to be published in English for the first time.
Giving voice to victory
American tenor Rene Barbera and South African soprano Pretty Yende have won the top honors at one of the world`s most prestigious international singing forums, Operalia.
Diaghilev ballets` second life
World ballet star Andris Liepa plans on reviving all the great creations of Sergey Diaghilev`s legendary ballet company`s repertoire, with the next one to be presented in Paris.
New Holland Island in St. Petersburg opens to public
An artificial island in the delta of the Neva River in St. Petersburg, long closed while the city authorities were deciding its reconstruction`s fate, has opened to the public for the summer.
Underground art for real adventurers
An exhibition of literally underground art has taken place in one of the deserted underground reservoirs in the Russian capital.
This job makes you mad - French actress
One of France`s most promising actors, Lou Doillon, has cinema in her blood and often picks up roles that scare the living daylights out of her, enjoying life in the fast lane.
Spiritual singing session
A triple treat. That is what Tecora Rogers` fans call her. A singer, a songwriter, and a TV host, Ms. Rogers has her own gospel band, the Chicago Spirituals.
Stars on the horizon
One of the world`s most prestigious international singing forums, Operalia, the brainchild of the legendary Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo, will kick off on Monday and take place in Russia for the first time in nearly two decades.
Mammoth revived on screen
Mammuth, an ironic French drama starring maverick actors Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani, will be released in Russia next week.
Alex Jones reveals gay rituals of Bohemian Grove
Forget about Bilderberg. America hosts its own top-secret pow-wow every summer in the woods of California, and some of the past participants at the all-male Bohemian Grove party have included presidents, foreign royalty and Hollywood elite.
Chekhov Festival meets Spain`s contemporary dance icons
The Spanish National Dance Company has brought its one-act ballets to Moscow within the confines of the Chekhov Theater Festival’s next edition. Nacho Duato`s productions feature in the program.
Great cellist to be embodied in stone in central Moscow
A monument to RussiaÜs top conductor and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich is due to appear in central Moscow next year.
Montreal to see film by ex-aide to a Russian president
A Russian film titled Africa: Blood and Beauty has entered the competition program of the Canadian Montreal World Film Festival in the World Documentary category.
Red Square`s jewel marks 450th anniversary
One of Moscow`s landmark architectural marvels Saint Basil the Blessed Cathedral, also known as Pokrovsky Cathedral, on Moscow`s Red Square, is celebrating its 450th anniversary on July 12.
Hollywood helps rescue Russian children
Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Sophia Loren, Isabella Rossellini, Carol Bouquet, Orlando Bloom... what looks like a line-up of VIP guests to an A-list film festival turned out to be a roster of participants of a charity concert in Moscow.
Royal boxes in public eye
Over 100 masterpieces by the greatest Russian jeweller of all time, Carl Fabergé, will go on public display in a large-scale exhibition at the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace.
Russian drama travels overseas
What do Anna Karenina, Carmen Suite and The Little Humpbacked Horse have in common? All of the above have made it to New York where the signature Russian ballets will be presented at the summer festival.