On 5 and 6 October Valery Gergiev will conduct two concerts with the World Orchestra for Peace – in St Petersburg at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre (5 October, 16:00) and in Moscow at the Zaryadye Concert Hall (6 October, 19:00). The programme includes Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) by Ludwig van Beethoven and Symphony No 9 by Franz Schubert

On 18 September the Münchner Philharmoniker will open its new season at its home venue – the Gasteig Philharmonie (Munich). The concert series to be conducted by Valery Gergiev will take place from 18 to 20 September. The programme will specifically focus on the symphony music of Anton Bruckner

Immediately following the close of the XXIV Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra will open the season at the Philharmonie de Luxembourg before undertaking two concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris

From 12 to 15 September Rotterdam will host the XXIV Gergiev Festival. This year the festival theme will focus on French music. Participants of the XXIV Gergiev Festival include the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Orchestra, the ensembles Les Lunaisiens and Ensemble intercontemporain, the pianists Arthur and Lucas Jussen, organist Thierry Escaich, harpsichordist Pierre Hantaï and soloists of the Mariinsky Opera and Chorus

On the eve of the opening of the 2019–20 season Valery Gergiev and the Münchner Philharmoniker will be appearing at the Berliner Musikfestspiele (Germany) and at the International Bruckner Festival at Sankt Florian (Austria). Marking 195 years since the birth of Anton Bruckner, the Munich ensemble is undertaking a grandiose project – performing and producing live recordings of all of Anton Bruckner’s symphonies at one of Austria’s oldest and most important monasteries – the Sankt Florian Monastery where the composer is buried