A personal statement from Anton Belov, founder and proprietor of www.RussianArtSong.Com:

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I was born in Moscow and lived there until the age of 16. I treasure my heritage, I treasure Russian music, poetry, and art. I spent most of my professional career propagating Russian culture in the United States by performing and teaching its great vocal literature. Yet today, I feel deeply ashamed and deeply saddened. The indiscriminate murder in Ukraine is simply unfathomable!  It is a war that pitted a brother against brother, a war that is as irrational as it is unprovoked, and it is simply evil. I stand with Ukraine and its heroic, Putin-defying people. I urge everyone to do whatever they can to ameliorate the plight of the Ukrainian people and to donate to the refugee relief agency of their choice.      

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FANS of RUSSIAN ART SONG: perhaps now, is not the best time to program Russian vocal literature. In fact, I encourage you to explore Ukrainian Art Song, a rich and almost entirely unknown repertoire! You can find more resources here:

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  https://www.ukrainianartsong.ca/