Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93
Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, ...
A Composer Both Fully Modern and Sincerely Spiritual
Sofia Gubaidulina’s work, with its thorniness and religious themes, put her at odds with the Soviet government.
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Russia's high-flying gas exporter crippled as Europe stays away
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The Return of Spheres of Influence
The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...
Sofia Gubaidulina, composer whose intensity was spurred by the tyranny of the Soviet regime
Sofia Gubaidulina, who has died aged 93, believed that it was Soviet repression which made her so powerful and distinctive a ...