February 27, 2022 • 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.

The Idea of Perfection: The Prose and Poetry of Paul Valéry, translated by Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody (image courtesy Farrar, Straus and Giroux) In his 1919 essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” ...

Charms by Paul Valéry, translated by Peter Dale 186pp, Anvil, £11.95 Since his death in 1945, Paul Valéry's reputation has undergone a sea-change, if not exactly into something rich and strange, then ...

He wasn’t central casting’s version of a maestro. Without curly locks like Dudamel’s or Lenny’s silvery hair, Valéry Ryvkin was short and bald-pated and boasted a cherubically rotund stomach. But when ...

Mr. Ponomarev worked with Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for 4 years. With the Messengers, performed at major concert halls, clubs, and festivals all over the world, recorded eleven record albums.

Quote of the Day by Paul Valery: French poet and critic Paul Valery in his quote said the best way to make your dreams come ...

If a week is a long time in football, then two months must turn you grey, wrinkled and nostalgic. Spool forward to the present and he is speaking from western France, Angers, roughly 190 miles away ...

MacDougall’s Russian Art live auction, 15 October 2020, offers an exquisite collection of Russian art, from icons to contemporary. MacDougall’s have proven with the success of their May 2020 auction ...