The New York Times: Call to Artists on Crimea Echoes Soviet Ways

Boston Globe: Russian musicians’ support for Putin not playing well

Atlantic Council: Why Are Taxpayers Funding a Russian Propaganda Concert in Washington?

Haaretz: Conductor Unbecoming: Portrait of the Artist as an Ugly Man

WQXR: Protesters Greet Valery Gergiev on First Night of U.S. Tour

Open Letter to the Artists Who Support Putin’s Actions in Ukraine by Dalia Stasevska, violinist and conductor

“Why I, a musician, will protest against conductor Gergiev” by pianist Pavel Gintov