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Music
Traditional and modern music from Russia
Zemfira - Progulka
Zemfira Ramazanova is the leader and lead vocalist of the Russian band Zemfira (popular in Russia and former Soviet republics) - watch the video with the song Progulka.
Behind The Scene Of Eurovision
Find out who has written a controversial song, who has almost been excluded from the list of the participants and who has all the chances to win.
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The 54th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the Russian capital Moscow and over 40 countries are expected to be represented.
Anna Netrebko - A Russian Doll
Anna Netrebko, one of opera’s most popular and glamorous divas, tells Jasper Rees about returning after the birth of her first baby. Away from the stage she is all giggles and gurning, flirtation and mischief.
Seryoga — Show Must Go On
Theme song for Russian celebrity boxing TV show “King of the Ring”. Seryoga is the first musician in the world who obtained the right to use a sample from Queen’s “Show Must Go On”.
Seryoga - Gangsta No More
Sergej Parhomenko is a popular Russian rapper and the owner of “KingRing” record label. His music became a unique combination of Russian folk music with modern beats and original lyrics.
The Male Choir
The Male Choir of St. Petersburg consists of 25 professional musicians. Russia’s finest composers - Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Chesnokov, Arkhangelsky - are featured in their songbook.
World’s Most Expensive Violin
The most expensive musical instrument in the world was played in public for the first time for more than 70 years in Moscow. Maxim Viktorov invited the Moscow society to a concert at Pashkov House.
Ballet Prodigy Impresses Russia
A 15 year old teenager has impressed audiences with a premier at the Kremlin of a ballet he wrote and conducted. Alexander Prior’s passion for music stood out from a very young age.
Hitler’s Music Collection
Who could have thought that Adolf Hitler, the man synonomous with Jewish and Russian hatred, owned a collection of records by great musicians of both nations, which he himself had banned?