Featuring Maxim Izmestiev, Elena Yevseyeva, Nikita Zakharov
Soloists: Sergey Davydchenko (piano), Pavel Milyukov (violin)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloists: Martina Frezzotti (piano), Nazia Amineva (soprano), Yelizaveta Mikhailova (mezzo-soprano)
The St Petersburg Northern Sinfonia Orchestra
Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici
Programme: Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Strauss, Anderson, Haydn
Featuring Yaroslav Petryanik, Yaramir Nizamutdinov, Gevorg Grigoryan, Yekaterina Goncharova, Daria Rositskaya, Kristina Gontsa, Nikolai Kamensky, Alexander Timchenko, Stepan Zavalishin
Piano: Yevgenia Isupova
Soloists: Valentin Malinin (piano), Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
The Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Maria Bayankina, Anna Kiknadze, Olga Pudova, Anastasia Kalagina, Dmitry Voropaev, Klim Tikhonov, Vadim Kravets, Nikolai Kamensky, Ilya Bannik, Vladimir Moroz
Hibla Gerzmava, Olga Borodina, Irina Churilova, Yekaterina Goncharova, Anna Denisova, Svetlana Karpova, Evgenia Muravieva, Tatiana Serjan, Darya Tereshchenko, Yuri Vorobiev, Maxim Daminov, Alexander Mikhailov, Yevgeny Nikitin, Gleb Peryazev, Sergei Skorokhodov, Boris Stepanov, Alexander Trofimov, Roman Shirokikh, Vyacheslav Vasilyev,
Viktoria Tereshkina, Kristina Shapran, Elena Bazhenova, Olga Belik, Yevgenia Savkina, Roman Belyakov, Alexander Sergeev, Soslan Kulaev, Aaron Osawa-Horowitz and the Mariinsky Ballet artists
The Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra
Opera soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre named after Alisher Navoi
Honoured State Choir of the Republic of Uzbekistan
National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan
Conductor: Alibek Kabdurakhmanov
Featuring Mikhail Vekua, Irina Churilova, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Vladislav Kupriyanov, Yevgeny Nikitin, Stanislav Leontiev, Sergei Romanov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine, Yevgeny Deryabin
Featuring Albina Shagimuratova, Sergei Skorokhodov, Alexey Markov, Stanislav Trofimov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Andrei Serov, Ilya Selivanov, Irina Shishkova, Elena Karpesh
Featuring Nadezhda Batoeva, Yevgeny Konovalov, Alexander Sergeev
Featuring Oxana Skorik, Timur Askerov, Konstantin Zverev
ballet set to music by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy
Featuring Denis Rodkin, Daniil Potaptsev, Eleonora Sevenard, Semyon Chudin, Vyacheslav Lopatin, Denis Savin, Anastasiya Meskova
Featuring Anatoly Mikhailov, Yekaterina Latysheva, Yaramir Nizamutdinov, Irina Shishkova, Ilya Bannik
Featuring Grigory Chernetsov, Anzhelika Minasova, Roman Shirokikh, Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Miroslav Molchanov
Featuring Askar Abdrazakov, Anzhelika Minasova, Mikhail Vekua, Anastasia Kalagina, Olga Baranenko, Natalia Chasovitina, Lydia Bobokhina
Featuring Denis Begansky, Maria Bayankina, Sergei Semishkur, Olga Pudova, Varvara Solovyova, Tatiana Kravtsova, Elena Vitman
Featuring Maria Bulanova, Elena Svinko, Ruslan Stenyushkin, Kian Manghise
Featuring Maria Khoreva, Maria Shirinkina, Roman Belyakov, Alexei Orohovsky
On 22 May the Chengdu Grand Theatre hosted the premiere of a new production of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, marking the centenary of the opera’s world premiere, which took place at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1926
On 29 May St Petersburg will welcome the ceremonial opening of the Mariinsky Theatre’s largest and most eagerly awaited annual event – the Music Festival Stars of the White Nights. It crowns the theatre season and draws connoisseurs of classical music from around the world. It offers audiences a chance to experience unforgettable performances in the heart of Russia’s cultural capital. Major premieres, rare repertoire, and appearances by leading international artists come together in the unique atmosphere of the white nights. This year the festival runs from 29 May to 24 July and spans all Mariinsky Theatre venues in St Petersburg
The XXV Moscow Easter Festival will take place from 12 April to 10 May. This anniversary season sets a new record both in scale and in duration. The festival retains its traditional strands – Symphonic, Choral and Bell-ringing programmes – as well as its core principles: charitable, educational, and outreach activities that bring together audiences across Russia. The XXV Moscow Easter Festival takes place with the support of the Moscow Government and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, and with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’
From 8 to 14 April the Mariinsky Theatre will present the tenth anniversary edition of the International Flute and Harp Music Festival Virtuosi of the Flute & Northern Lyre. The festival was conceived and created by Sofia Kiprskaya and Denis Lupachev


