The composer and pianist Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (1871-1915) was a striking representative of the early modern school of Russian music. The romantic symbolism of his late work often obscures his genuine innovations. Alexander Scriabin was born...

It's hard to pinpoint when it was that Ken Russell drifted over the line into self-parody. There's always been an air of parody about his films, which I put down to two reasons. First, he refuses, more or less on principle, to adopt a...

Lights become instruments in Scriabin piece MSO to stage 'Prometheus' as composer had intended By ELAINE SCHMIDT Special to the Journal Sentinel Thursday, April 27, 2000 When the lights come up on tonight's Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performance, both players...

Set on a knoll overlooking an oxbow bend in the Moscow River, the hallowed ground of the Novodevichy Cemetery holds the remains of scores of engineers, artists and politicians who helped shape Russia's tormented past century.They include the loved and the loathed, the tragic and...