The entire world of Russian music seemed a little daunting for a newly transplanted festival. So in planning the weeklong celebration that opens in San Francisco on Sunday, Irina Shachneva decided ...

Back in 1939, Winston Churchill described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma” — which I found an apt description of the glories and the mystery of Russian choral music ...

Russian conductor and Slavyanka Artistic Director Irina Shachneva, an authority on Russian choral music, will lead the concerts. San Francisco, CA (June 25, 2015) ...

The choral music of Russian composers — both well-known and not — is a vast and largely untapped legacy, at least in this country. So the second iteration of the Festival of Russian Choral ...

The Clarion Choir will continue their cherished annual tradition of performing Russian choral music for New Year's with Rachmaninoff's 'Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom' on December 31 and January 1 ...

Bruffy has special insight into Russian choral music, having made it a defining part of his musical career. In 1988, during his first season as music director of the Kansas City Chorale, he ...

Just when you thought “Get Lucky” couldn’t get any more universal: Earlier today, the Russian Police Choir delivered an incredible rendition of the Daft Punk disco smash as part of the ...

"I've been singing Russian music for years," she said. "I can't live without doing this music." Arapoff, whose father was a painter, grew up in a home surrounded by Russian culture.

The speeches were interspersed with Russian choral music and traditional spirituals, as well as psalms set to music. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers included prominent Fort Worth names such ...