Oksana is the Soprano Soloist in this lecture recital discovering how composers lived and worked under the shadow of tsars, revolutions, and dictators—creating masterpieces while navigating censorship, oppression, and fear.

Through music and storytelling, explore how Moscow shaped composers who defied, endured, or were broken by its rule—from Tchaikovsky’s secret suffering to Rachmaninoff’s exile, from Scriabin’s mystical visions to Shostakovich’s coded defiance.