On Sunday, March 14th, the 63rd Grammy Awards took place in Los Angeles. DJ from Kazakhstan Imanbek Zeykenov received an award for the remix, becoming the first Kazakhstani nominee and laureate of this award, as well as the first musician from the CIS and the former USSR to receive ...
In Germany, the prestigious Echo music award was abolished after a scandal involving the awarding of an award to a rapper duo whose lyrics included lines deemed anti-Semitic. We are talking about the duet Kollegah (pseudonym of Felix Bloome) and Farid Bango, who received the prize in the category “Best Hip-Hop...
Crimean Tatar singer Jamala will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. The results of the national selection were announced on Sunday, February 21. ForumDaily found out who else from the post-Soviet countries has already decided on the performer and composition for Eurovision 2016. Ukraine In the Ukrainian final for...
The famous Soviet and Russian composer, pianist and teacher Andrei Eshpai died at the age of 91 in Moscow on Sunday. This was reported by the Union of Composers of the Russian Federation. Eshpai died from the consequences of a stroke. Andrey Eshpai - People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the Lenin...