For Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, the distinction between art and propaganda is as black and white as day and night. “Art is free and cannot be censored. Propaganda, however, even if done ...

A concert in Italy featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who has ties to Putin, is sparking a furor following protests ...

Yulia Navalnaya* called on the Italian authorities to cancel the performance of the Russian conductor, People's Artist of the ...

ROME (Reuters) -The wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is urging Italy to cancel a concert by a Russian ...

ROME - A concert in Italy by a top Russian conductor shunned in the West since the invasion of Ukraine could send the wrong ...

How is it possible that in the summer of 2025, three years after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Valery Gergiev, Putin’s accomplice and a person included on the sanctions lists of several ...

In the polemical debate sparked by the inclusion of Russian Maestro Valery Gergiev's performance in the 'Un'Estate da Re' lineup scheduled for Sunday, July 27 in Caserta, former director general ...

A cultural event in Caserta risks becoming an international incident. The complaint published in the pages of Repubblica ...

Valery Gergiev, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin, is set to conduct in Western Europe for the first time since institutions there cut ties over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Valery Gergiev will perform at a festival in Italy, his first European concert since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged Italian authorities Tuesday to cancel a concert by Russian ...

Ukrainian organizations in Europe have joined the protest of Radical Europe, which is trying to cancel the performance of ...