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Stormy piano maestro hits town with Stadler
Spring has come to St Petersburg, and so have Russian violin maestro Sergei Stadler and controversial British piano genius Peter Donohoe.

Opera hopefuls from all over to sing at Mariinsky
Local opera lovers will have a ball this month as the Second International Rimsky-Korsakov Opera Competition will bring together singers from all over the world.

Tamga Club rises artistically from TaMtAm roots
The director of the building that houses St Petersburg's oldest alternative venue has branched out by launching a new club oriented towards art and theater.

Techno oasis in St Petersburg suburbs
A dazzling oasis of white light in the middle of St Petersburg's drab Ladozhskaya outskirts, the new club Candyman must be one of the biggest clubs in Russia's northern capital.

Old film master's reworking of Chekhov classic an embarrassing and absurd failure
Vladimir Motyl screened his long-awaited new movie in St Petersburg but the famous director's latest effort met with confusion and disappointment.

Oh, to be in Vilnius in springtime
KGB museum a mute testament to decades of terror

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