Tag: Dmitry Smelansky

As the war in Ukraine continues to claim civilian lives and devastate infrastructure, a growing chorus of advocates is challenging the nation’s cultural institutions to re-examine their programming choices...

At the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, PEN Ukraine began recording the cases of Ukrainian cultural figures killed by Russia...

A Bolshoi Theatre ballerina was removed from a program in New York, while a Mariinsky Theatre ballerina was denied entry to Sydney...

The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra just announced that tickets for its 65th season go on sale on August 1, with Putin’s violinist Vadim Repin still on the program...

Facing intense backlash from Rachmaninoff enthusiasts and the Ukrainian-American community, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has apologized for using Russian propaganda imagery...

Russian propaganda extends far beyond political rhetoric, TV and social media campaigns; it actively uses culture to whitewash the Kremlin's image...

More than 500 people have already signed a petition launched by Ukrainian Activists of Maryland and endorsed by Arts Against Aggression, demanding that the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra...

U.S. Jazz Artists Paid from Sanctioned Kremlin-Linked Funds at Moscow Jazz Festival 2026 - While Russia Kills Ukrainian Civilians Daily and Decimates Ukraine's Jazz Sector. The U.S. Federal Investigation has been Launched...

Yesterday, Camille Thurman, a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, conducted by Wynton Marsalis, performed alongside the Moscow Jazz Orchestra...