One of the world’s most renowned classical pianists and a UNESCO artist for peace, Elisso Bolkvadze is preparing for a new role, as an MP with a vision for the role of culture in her home country of Georgia. Elisso Bolkvadze is in ebullient mood as...
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For those of us who claim to have “spotted her early”, 2020 was the year Kosovo’s finest and probably emerging Europe’s biggest ever pop star Dua...
In 2017, when Belarusian musicians Egor Shkutko, Roman Komogortsev and Pavel Kozlov formed Molchat Doma (Молчат Дома, Russian for Houses Are Silent) they probably didn’t...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Atmosphere, by Polish musician Wojtek is the world’s first carbon-neutral music album. But is it any good? Sustainability is a big topic these days, with companies...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
A Georgian-British singer beautifully combines two different cultures. “That run-through was one of the most extraordinary performances I’ve ever witnessed”. With these...
System of a Down have unexpectedly released two new songs, delivering a strong message connected to the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Inspired by the recent...
For music, as for much else, 2020 has been a bleak year. Festivals – ranging from large to small and everything in between – have been cancelled en masse...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Some of the most valuable belongings of the Polish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman will be put up for auction later this month at the Warsaw-based auction house...