Following questioning on why Valery Gergiev is not on the European sanctions list, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra of the Dutch Parliament said he did not meet the criteria. The Minister said in response to parliamentary questions from D66, “He now meets ‘insufficiently’ the criteria and ‘the objective of the sanctions.” In his response, the minister couldn’t say whether Gergiev had {…}

Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited the Artistic Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Valery Gergiev to unify the Bolshoi Theatre and Marrinsky Theatre. In a press conference, the Russian ruler mentioned that the Directorate of Imperial Theaters was under single governance under the Russian Empire from 1786 to 1917. He said, “Valery Abisalovich, we {…}

Valery Gergiev is selling $150 million worth of property in Milan. According to the Corriere della Serra, the Russian conductor, who has been fired from all his European contracts, has put at least 20 properties for sale. The properties include a villa on the Amalfi Coast, complete with Roman ruins and an Aragon tower in the garden, the Palazzo Barbarigo {…}