Conductor: Wilson Hermanto Soloist: Olga Volkova (violin)
Script Author and Host: Natalia Entelis
Conductor: Shizuo Z Kuwahara
Soloists: Olga Volkova (violin), Oleg Sendetsky (cello) Conductor: Christian Knapp
Programme: Rachmaninoff
On 16 January (19:00), the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre hosts a gala concert of prize-winners of the International Television Contest for Young Musicians The Nutcracker
On 24 January (19:00), the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre hosts the world premiere of David Krivitsky’s opera Doctor Zhivago based on Boris Pasternak’s eponymous novel. The Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers’ soloists and ensemble under the baton of Larisa Gergieva will take part in the concert performance. The Mariinsky Orchestra will be conducted by Nikolai Khondzinsky
On 7 January, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre open the international cultural project Russian Seasons, which will take place in Germany in 2019
Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor premieres at the Mariinsky II on 29 December. The new production is prepared by an Italian team that has already staged Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and Falstaff at the Mariinsky Theatre. Music Director and Conductor: Valery Gergiev
On 22 December, the XIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival will open at two venues of the Mariinsky Theatre with recitals of Sergei Babayan, Denis Matsuev, and Alexandra Dovgan accompanied by the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev
