The Idea of Perfection: The Prose and Poetry of Paul Valéry, translated by Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody (image courtesy Farrar, Straus and Giroux) In his 1919 essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” ...

Mr. Ponomarev worked with Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers for 4 years. With the Messengers, performed at major concert halls, clubs, and festivals all over the world, recorded eleven record albums.

IN STATURE and bearing my father, Paul Valéry, resembled the French foot soldier: he was short and well-proportioned, spare and lively; nothing mannered or affected. He did not like tall men — not ...

There are a lot of rumors, but officials of the Sochi Olympics are being tight-lipped about what's in store for the opening ceremonies. Among the artists expected to perform are leading classical ...

February 27, 2022 • Star performers at the famed New York opera house, including soprano Anna Netrebko and conductor Valery Gergiev, have been closely associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

If a week is a long time in football, then two months must turn you grey, wrinkled and nostalgic. Spool forward to the present and he is speaking from western France, Angers, roughly 190 miles away ...