Russia’s anti-gay stance has posed a dilemna surrounding attitudes towards at least one of its iconic figures.
The Russian government is to fund a biopic about Peter Tchaikovsky which will ignore his sexuality. The Russian Minister for Culture has denied what has long been considered fact hat Tchaikovsky was gay.
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and a humourous look at revisionism from Tom Service of The Guardian
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The March issue of our increasingly popular free monthly newsletter, SoundsClassic is due out next week. Together with the website ClassicMelbourne.com.au SoundsClassic brings you some of the best of classical news from our two cities. If you;re not already a subscriber, make sure you’re on our mailing list by submitting your details via the…
Earlier this month, clarinet player Lloyd Van’t Hoff from Brisbane, won the prestigious 2015 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Award, playing Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Fritzsch at Federation Concert Hall in Hobart. As the dust settles from his career-making win, Lloyd admitted to SoundsLikeSydney what he thought…
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