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A look at some major composers who did not receive any formal musical training and followed their own non-traditional paths into Western classical music.

The LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor talks about his passion for two titans of Russian and Soviet music – and how to decode Shostakovich’s more cryptic and troublesome symphonies.

The iconoclastic Spanish director talks about a new production of Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina in Geneva – and the messy, anarchic, utopian struggle of directing opera.

Performances by English Touring Opera and the London Philharmonic Orchestra are the highlights of an autumn season at Saffron Hall with a distinctly theatrical vibe – alongside major Baroque and chamber offerings.

Marking the 50th anniversary of Stravinsky's death, Vasily Petrenko and Vladimir Jurowski discuss the influences of Rimsky-Korsakov on the young composer.

Our Winter Wonderland takes us to snowy Russia for an exploration of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov.

Hanging around in graveyards isn’t just the reserve of goths: here are the places classical fans of a morbid persuasion should go.

Ahead of her Paris Opéra debut in a new production of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden, we speak to Aida Garifullina about Operalia and her favourite Russian repertoire.