Perhaps that’s why winter has inspired so much Russian music. One of my favourite pieces is the "Snowstorm Suite" by Giorgi Sviridov. Whenever I hear it, the music transports me to that winter ...

Howard Goodall:While the spectacularly successful Tchaikovsky became a friend to the Tsars and famous throughout the ... Howard Goodall:Russian music had arrived. And in the early 1900s it was ...

"Famous Russian musicians have performed in Hong Kong many times. But this is the first time that a Russian classical music concert like this is being held at an open-air venue in Hong Kong," Fu said.