Featuring Ayuna Bazargurueva, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Oleg Videman, Vladislav Sulimsky, Mikhail Petrenko, Gennady Bezzubenkov
Featuring Philipp Stepin, Renata Shakirova, Yaroslav Baibordin
Soloists: Ekaterina Mochalova (domra), Zarina Shimanskaya (piano), Vasily Stepanov (cello)
Symphony Orchestra of the Voronezh Concert Hall
Conductor: Yuri Androsov
Featuring Savva Khastaev, Anastasia Donets, Anna Kiknadze, Grigory Chernetsov, Pavel Shmulevich, Nadezhda Vassilieva, Ivan Novosyolov, Regina Rustamova
Featuring Maria Iliushkina, May Nagahisa, Even Capitaine, Kian Mangis
Soloists: Sergei Leiferkus, Valeria Lebedieva, Irina Shishkova, Boris Stepanov, Anatoly Mikhailov, Olga Shiriaeva, Diana Kuramshina
Сonductor: Elena Kurnosenko
Featuring Olga Savova, Vladimir Vaneyev, Alexander Nikitin, Andrei Popov, Alexander Gerasimov, Alexander Timchenko
Featuring Oxana Skorik, Alexandra Khiteeva, Nikita Korneyev, Yevgeny Konovalov
Featuring Yulia Matochkina, Akhmed Agadi, Yekaterina Goncharova, Pavel Yankovsky
St Petersburg TV and Radio Children's Chorus
Principal Chorus Master and conductor: Igor Gribkov
Conductors: Andrei Bondarenko, Valentina Korolyova
Featuring Grigory Chernetsov, Inara Kozlovskaya, Igor Morozov, Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Yuri Vorobiev
Featuring Alexey Markov, Maria Bayankina, Alexander Mikhailov, Zinaida Tsarenko, Mikhail Petrenko
Featuring Yekaterina Osmolkina, Pavel Mikheyev
Featuring Elena Svinko, Roman Malyshev
Soloist: Alexander Kniazev (cello)
The Symphony Orchestra of the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory
Conductor: Alexei Vasiliev
Featuring Renata Shakirova, Timur Askerov, Konstantin Zverev
cantata by Carl Orff
Soloists: Anastasia Kalagina, Andrei Popov, Pavel Yankovsky
Conductor: Konstantin Rylov
Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Alexei Timofeyev, Ramanbek Beishenaliev
Featuring Elena Yevseyeva, Andrei Yermakov, Alexander Sergeev
The St Petersburg Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Soloists and Choir of the Chaliapin Musical Theatre
Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo
Having triumphantly concluded an extensive tour of six cities in China, Valery Gergiev and the artists of the Mariinsky Orchestra now journey to Vladivostok. On 29 October a combined orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, and the Primorsky Stage, under the maestro’s baton, along with leading opera soloists, will open the IX International Mariinsky Far East Festival, which will unfold in two stages: an operatic programme, featuring four productions, will be presented from 29 October to 3 November, followed by a ballet programme from 14 to 17 November
On 27 October a concert by the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev in Macao marked the grand finale of the symphonic programme for their extensive China tour. The celebrated ensemble and maestro graced six cities across the nation: Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Macao as well as – for the first time – Jinan and Shenzhen
On 1 November, at 20:00, Verdi’s Aida will resound through the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre. This concert performance of the Italian composer’s masterpiece marks the upcoming anniversary of the opera’s Russian premiere. The inimitable Elena Stikhina will take on the title role, joined by a constellation of brilliant Mariinsky Theatre soloists: Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Alexey Markov, Anna Kiknadze, Gleb Peryazev and Gennady Bezzubenkov. Gurgen Petrosyan, a laureate of the Rachmaninoff International Competition for Pianists, Composers and Conductors, will stand at the helm of the Mariinsky Orchestra
The Mariinsky Ballet's tour of China concluded today with a captivating performance of Minkus's La Bayadère at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, marking the culmination of a highly successful visit to the country. The tour, which spanned 10 to 26 October, encompassed three cities: Beijing, Nanchang, and Shanghai
From 6 to 9 November the Mariinsky-2 will host a series of performances by the Bolshoi Ballet. This time the renowned Moscow company will grace the St Petersburg stage with a revived masterpiece by composer Sergei Prokofiev, choreographer Leonid Lavrovsky and designer Pyotr Williams – the ballet Romeo and Juliet (1946 production). This celebrated production returned to the Bolshoi Theatre’s repertoire in April of this year