The American conductor Gavriel Heine worked at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg for 15 years. He has staged hundreds of classic plays such as Swan Lake and The Rite of Spring. But referring to the war in Ukraine, the American leaves the Russian theater, according to The New York Times.

The son of the outstanding Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Ignat found his calling in the USA. He lives in New York and is a renowned pianist and conductor. Since 1998, Ignat Solzhenitsyn has been the chief conductor of the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra, as well as the chief guest conductor of the Moscow Symphony...

James Last, the conductor of a pop orchestra that was especially popular in the 1960s and 70s, has died in Florida. The 86-year-old German-born musician died “peacefully surrounded by loved ones,” his manager said. The hallmark of the James Last Orchestra was cheerful music or, as...