The Mariinsky Theatre’s recording company has released its latest disc featuring works by Prokofiev. These include the Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Symphonies and Piano Concerto No 5 performed by the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev with soloist Sergei Babayan

Maestro Gergiev will be conducting a marathon of Prokofiev concerts at the BBC Proms in London

The traditional cultural invasion of the International Music Festival in Baden-Baden by the Mariinsky Theatre has caused a veritable furore in the international press

On 23 July Valery Gergiev, Denis Matsuev and Daniil Trifonov will be performing with the orchestra of the internationally acclaimed Swiss festival
The international star of opera speaks about her new solo programme at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, her favourite roles and her recording of Aida
On 19 July Valery Gergiev will be visiting Monaco for a performance with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo as part of the extensive cultural programme The Year of Russia in Monaco 2015

William Barton, one of the finest didgeridoo players in the world, speaks about this instrument and the work Kalkadungu for didgeridoo and orchestra that he composed together with Matthew Hindson

In the new season Rossiya-Kultura TV’s project Grand Ballet will feature two couples from the Mariinsky Theatre – Nadezhda Batoeva and Ernest Latypov and Renata Shakirova and Kimin Kim will meet with colleagues from other Russian theatres at the competition
Australian conductor Daniel Smith gave an interview before his concert with the Mariinsky Youth Orchestra that will take place at the Mariinsky Concert Hall on 19 July

Soprano Albina Shagimuratova speaking about the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan (16 and 17 July)