Britain's energy policy is often ascribed to 'Red' Ed Miliband and his amanuensis Miatta Fahnbulleh, who has succeeded him as ...

Conductor Alain Altinoglu brings weight and purpose while the instrumental solos are piquant and precise. If the Leningrad was Shostakovich’s official response to the second world war, the Eighth ...

The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) is excited to announce their 2027 program of national tours, immersive festivals and special collaborations.

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Most of us have used the sniff test to decide whether a slightly expired bottle of milk or a week-old box of takeout is still good to eat. But while the human nose can be quite astute, it doesn’t ...

Some influencers on sites like TikTok are recommending people put raw garlic cloves up their nose to relieve congestion. However, science suggests this might do much more harm than good. Dramatic ...

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Scientists have finally cracked one of the biggest mysteries in the senses: how smell is organized. By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose aren ...

When guns speak, the muses keep silent, says an old Russian proverb. Last winter, as he listened to the roar of German artillery and watched the sputtering of German incendiaries from the roof of ...

La Scala Gala Crowd Cheers Premiere of Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth' Once Censored by Stalin MILAN (AP) — The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich ...

It was 100 years ago that Dmitri Shostakovich, as a young music student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, completed his First Symphony. He finished the work in April 1925, and did not turn 19 years ...

Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - Sean Lewis, Producer, Engineer - Malmo Opera Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Mark Fitz-Gerald, Conductor, Arranger, MainArtist - DSCH Publishers, Moscow, ...