On 28 February at 20.00 at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre there will be a celebratory concert marking the birthday and the fiftieth anniversary of a life dedicated to art of Larisa Abisalovna Gergieva, People's Artist of Russia and Director of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers
The Mariinsky Theatre is honouring the outstanding Russian composer and friend of the theatre Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, who celebrates his eighty-fifth birthday this year
On 23 February at 15.00 at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre there will be a premiere of Hans Krása's children's opera Brundibár mounted by Mstislav Pentkovsky (semi-staged version)
On 18 February the ballet Raymonda will be performed in honour of the remarkable Kirov-Mariinsky Theatre prima ballerina and coach Tatiana Terekhova
In February Valery Gergiev will be presenting a marathon of works by Sergei Rachmaninoff with the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Münchner Philharmoniker. Soloist – Daniil Trifonov
On 9 February at 20.00 the Mariinsky II will be hosting the premiere of a new production of Richard Strauss' one-act opera Salome staged by Marat Gatsalov
On 5 February in Washington (USA), the Mariinsky Ballet's annual tour has come to a close amid great acclaim. This year the programme consisted of seven performances of Rodion Shchedrin's ballet The Little Humpbacked Horse with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, which delighted the critics with its mood, colours and freshness
From 20 to 26 February the Mariinsky Theatre will be hosting the Maslenitsa in Song international choral festival for the second time
Valery Gergiev will be performing with two of Italy's great orchestras – from 2 to 4 February there will be a series of concerts with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, and on 6 February there will be a concert with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala in Milan
On 2 February the opera Eugene Onegin and on 8 February the ballet Swan Lake will be performed in honour of Ariy Pazovsky to commemorate the one hundred and thirtieth anniversary of his birth. The Dress Circle foyer of the historic Mariinsky Theatre will host an exhibition of documents and photographs from the theatre's archives