During the II Far East Festival Mariinsky, which runs from 15 July to 13 August, the Mariinsky Theatre will be presenting a vivid international programme

For Xander Parish, the 234^th season will conclude with a career promotion: he has reached the highest echelon of the ballet company's hierarchy, becoming a principal dancer

Valery Gergiev to perform at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan

The Mariinsky Ballet returns to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden (London, the United Kingdom) with the Mariinsky Orchestra from July 24 to August 12. The company will present another three-week season of many spectacular ballets such as Swan Lake, Don Quixote, La Bayadère, Anna Karenina, as well as the programme of one-act pieces Contrasts

The Mariinsky Opera, Choir and Orchestra are set to perform at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Summer Festival (Germany) from July 20 to July 23. The festival itself runs from July 6 to July 23. The traditional music forum held at one of the largest opera and concert houses in Europe will close with a programme of symphony and opera productions under the direction of Valery Gergiev

In July, at the XXV Stars of the White Nights Festival, the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre will host a series of symphonic concerts featuring young talented pianists

Valery Gergiev is scheduled to give several performances with the Munich Philharmonic and the Orchestre national de France from July 13 to July 16

The II International Mariinsky Far East Festival at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre opens in Vladivostok on July 15. The Festival will run till August 13 and will include more than 40 performances and concerts at 7 venues in the Far East, including Vladivostok, Ussuriysk, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

The Mariinsky Orchestra is to perform under the baton of guest conductors from Germany, Spain, and Poland on July 13, July 16, and July 18

The expert panel for the Atkins Young Artists Program (an international Mariinsky Theatre-based educational project) has announced the names of the six artists selected for its 2017-2018 Fellowship Program. The fellows were chosen from 114 applicants representing 13 countries on a competitive basis