Featuring Maria Iliushkina, Even Capitaine
Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov, Alexey Markov, Yevgeny Akimov, Yuri Vorobiev, Roman Shirokikh, Andrei Popov, Miroslav Molchanov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici
Programme: original works and arrangements for cello ensemble
Featuring Yevgeny Nikitin, Alexander Mangutov, Alexander Morozov, Gamid Abdulov, Andrei Zorin, Vyacheslav Vasiliev, Yakov Strizhak
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Stanislav Trofimov, Dmitry Golovnin, Yuri Vorobiev, Gamid Abdulov, Andrei Popov, Alexey Markov, Mikhail Kolelishvili
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloists: Daniil Tyurin (piano), Pavel Milyukov (violin)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Ilya Papoyan (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Maria Shirinkina, Minchul Jeon
Featuring Viktoria Tereshkina, Roman Belyakov
Featuring Andrei Zorin, Yakov Strizhak
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Sergey Davydchenko (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Featuring Ildar Abdrazakov, Yevgeny Akimov, Yuri Vorobiev, Roman Shirokikh, Andrei Zorin, Alexey Markov, Miroslav Molchanov
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Olga Kotlyarova (organ), Elena Serova (harpsichord)
The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Soloist and conductor: Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici
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, 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
On 9 and 10 June the Mariinsky Ballet Company will tour the Armenian capital of Yerevan. The performances will take place on an open-air stage in Tumanyan Park. On the first evening the programme will feature one-act ballets by Michel Fokine; on the second evening audiences will enjoy a ballet divertissement drawn from masterpieces of the world repertoire. The tour will feature stars of the St Petersburg ballet stage alongside rising young artists. The Mariinsky Orchestra will be conducted by Arseny Shuplyakov
In June and July the Mariinsky and Bolshoi theatres will embark on a major series of reciprocal tours in St Petersburg and Moscow. First, however, on 9, 10 and 11 June the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev will perform at the Zaryadye Moscow Concert Hall. In this anniversary year celebrating the 185th anniversary of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s birth, the orchestra and maestro will present a lavish programme devoted to the composer’s works. Across three evenings the complete cycle of Tchaikovsky’s numbered symphonies will be performed
Each year the Music Festival Stars of the White Nights brings audiences unforgettable appearances by world-renowned artists. Among this June’s special guests will be the brilliant Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto. This season he has prepared a very special gift for St Petersburg audiences: on 15 June the singer will give a solo recital, and on 17 June he will return to the Historic Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre to perform the title role in Massenet’s Don Quichotte
Today, on 22 May, the Mariinsky Theatre opens the XXXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights with a grand celebration. Year after year the festival draws the attention of audiences from around the world who cherish musical and theatrical art. Stars of the White Nights remains one of the most prominent and anticipated cultural events of the Mariinsky Theatre – the culmination of its entire season. This year’s festival runs from 22 May to 3 August, with events scheduled across all of the theatre’s St Petersburg stages
The Mariinsky Theatre mourns the passing of the legendary choreographer Yuri Grigorovich, who died today at the age of 98. With his departure, an entire era in the history of ballet draws to a close. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues at this time of profound sorrow


