Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, ...

One of the first modern women composers to reach international acclaim, Gubaidulina wrote bold music, inspired by Eastern and ...

Sofia Gubaidulina, who has died aged 93, believed that it was Soviet repression which made her so powerful and distinctive a ...

Sofia Gubaidulina’s work, with its thorniness and religious themes, put her at odds with the Soviet government.

Russian pianist and composer Leonid Matsuev died at the age of 78. This was announced in his telegram channel by his son, ...

Born in Christopol in 1931, Gubaidulina’s intensely spiritual music marked her out as the most important Russian composer of the contemporary period.

By the Party’s orders, Pig iron must be got! Last week it looked as if all Soviet composers might soon be setting similar gems to music. The Party’s witch-hunting Central Committee ...

Shostakovich was a 20th Century Russian composer and pianist, who spent most of his career working under the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. After studying at music college, Shostakovich embarked on ...