London’s The Telegraph referred to the performance of Romeo and Juliet with Diana Vishneva and Vladimir Shklyarov in the title roles as “a radiant start”

On 28 July the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra open their three-week season at the Royal Opera House in London, Great Britain

Thursday 24 July will see Valery Gergiev return once more to the annual series of BBC Proms concerts held at the Royal Albert Hall

Mariinsky Theatre artistes Olga Esina, Yulia Stepanova, Xander Parish and Pavel Bubelnikov have been nominated for the Taglioni Prize

On Sunday 20 July maestro Gergiev will be conducting the World Orchestra for Peace for the fourth time as part of a series of BBC Proms concerts held annually at the Royal Albert Hall in London

On Wednesday 17 July the Mariinsky Opera, Chorus and Orchestra will be performing in Riga under the baton of Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev is continuing his Stravinsky series in the Bavarian capital; on 8 and 9 July the maestro will be conducting the Münchner Philharmoniker at the Gasteig centre

Respected international music publications have lavished praise on discs released by the Mariinsky Theatre’s recording label. A recording of Shostakovich’s Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Symphonies released on the Mariinsky label on 2 June this year received five stars – the highest recommendation of leading British magazine Classical Music

On 23 July at the Mariinsky-II a ballet evening will mark 110 years since the birth of George Balanchine. The programme for the evening includes the ballets Serenade, Apollo and Symphony in C

On 11 July Paavo Järvi, a representative of the Järvi conducting dynasty, one of the most acclaimed conductors of the present day and recipient of a Grammy award and the Echo Klassik prize in the category “Best Conductor of 2007”, will be conducting the Mariinsky Orchestra