From 12 to 18 February the Mariinsky Theatre will be hosting the III International Festival Maslenitsa in Song. During Shrovetide Week the Mariinsky Theatre’s venues will host performances by choral ensembles from Europe and from St Petersburg, there will be vivid opera productions and an a cappella marathon

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra are undertaking a major European tour. From 5 to 17 February the musicians will present twelve concerts in Austria, Germany, Spain and Italy

In February the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers directed by Larisa Gergieva will present two premieres

On 29 January, Gegam Grigorian's birthday, Yerevan will host the grand unveiling of a monument to the famed opera singer, stage director, Artistic Director of the Armenian National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, People's Artist of the Republic of Armenia and Honoured Artist of Lithuania

Dear Friends,
We are pleased to invite you to a press conference dedicated to the XVII Moscow Easter Festival. Artistic Director of the Moscow Easter Festival Valery Gergiev will present the touring schedule and reveal the details of the forthcoming music forum

On 26 January at 15:30 the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day will host the opening of the historical documentary exhibition Forgotten Victims.
Entry for the press to the opening of the exhibition will be via the main entrance of the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre (37 Dekabristov St) from 14.30.
Accreditation is mandatory

From 20 to 27 January Valery Gergiev and the Münchner Philharmoniker will be appearing at concert halls in Munich, Paris, Cologne, Amsterdam and Hamburg

On 19, 20 and 21 January the National State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Northern Ossetia-Alania, part of the Mariinsky Theatre's branch, will host the first premiere of the 2018 season – Twelfth Night staged by Alain Maratrat (France) and performed by the company of the Digora State Drama Theatre

From 17 to 21 January the Mariinsky Theatre (historic stage) will again host a tour by the ballet company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre (Vladivostok)

From 11 to 16 January the Mariinsky Opera and Orchestra will be appearing at the Tchaikovsky Festival at the Auditorium Parco della Musica of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Italy). The festival is being held as part of the major cultural project Russian Seasons, which was initiated by the Government of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation