Today, 29 April, saw the start of a tour of Russia by the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev

On 23 April, the birthday of Sergei Prokofiev, in Moscow and St Petersburg there will be a Prokofiev Marathon, which will unite the capitals with a chronological series of concerts marking one hundred and twenty-five years since the composer’s birth

On 23 April, the day that Prokofiev was born, the celebratory programme opens with a matinee performance by the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow (11:30)

The latest Mariinsky Theatre tour to Great Britain runs from 14 to 18 April in London and Cardiff

The I International Far East Festival will run from 30 July to 10 August 2016. This was announced by the festival’s Artistic Director Valery Gergiev during his latest visit to Vladivostok. He stressed that one of the aims of this festival is to bring together participants and fans of classical music from countries throughout the Asian and Pacific Ocean region