Munich will host Valery Gergiev’s 360 Degrees festival for the third time, from February 22 to February 25. This year’s festival is dedicated to Igor Stravinsky

On 19 February, upon the completion of a major European concert tour with the Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev will conduct the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

From 8 to 12 March, the Mariinsky Theatre will host the Virtuosi of the Flute festival for the second time. The Concert Hall and chamber venues of the Mariinsky II will see the performances of flute music from various eras and styles, ranging from the Baroque to contemporary opuses

From 8 April to 9 May 2018 there will be an eagerly anticipated event in Russia's cultural calendar – the XVII Moscow Easter Festival. It is being held with the support of the Moscow City Government, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation and with the blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All the Russias. The seventeenth festival will be one of the greatest and lengthiest in the festival's history – this record music marathon will run for 32 days!