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By John Helmer in Moscow When Tony de Almeida, the musicial director of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, telephoned in January to say I’d be sure to enjoy his next concert at the Conservatoire, he was doing what Tony did naturally and energetically. He was promoting the orchestra and the music he believed in to those […]

by John Helmer - Saturday, February 22nd, 1997
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Drive north from Moscow, and the road passes Foolish Women Ville (Durikino). Drive east, and you will come upon the village of Silly Lady (Durovo). What misfortune or humourlessness in their rural past induced Russians to fix the stigma of stupidity on their places of living — and put the blame firmly on women? In […]

by John Helmer - Thursday, May 27th, 1993
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Russian food is to Russians as gypsy music is to gypsies — no-one wonders how it is done or whether it is authentic, so long as you can dance to it. This is one of the commo¬nest mistakes made by visitors to Moscow. In the evenings they look for restaurants with good Russian food. When […]

by John Helmer - Sunday, October 21st, 1990
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