23–31 December 2023
Founders of the festival: Valery Gergiev and Mira Yevtich
Opening of the XVIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival
Cycle All of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerti
Soloist: Sergey Davydchenko (piano, prize-winner of the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition, 1st prize)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Denis Matsuev (piano)
Featuring Natalya Pavlova, Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Dmitry Voropaev, Mikhail Petrenko
The Mariinsky Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Soloist: Sergey Davydchenko (piano, prize-winner of the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition, 1st prize)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Haoran Li
Programme: Rameau, Beethoven, Schumann, Kapustin
The XVIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival
Classical and Jazz
Programme: Prokofiev, Khachaturian, Mendelssohn, Lyapunov, Rachmaninoff, Kreisler – Rachmaninoff, Balakirev, improvisations on jazz standards
The XVIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival
Cycle All of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerti
Soloist: Sergey Davydchenko (piano, prize-winner of the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition, 1st prize)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Masha Starodubtseva, Dobrynya Butsenko, Sofia Orlova, Yaroslav Chervonnykh, Elina Trufanova, Anna Krushinova, Maria Karzova (piano)
Soloists: Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Rublyov (piano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Programme: Bach, Kodály, Dunayevsky
Programme: Brahms, Franck, Liszt, Schubert – Liszt, Wagner – Liszt, Verdi – Liszt
Close of the XVIII Mariinsky International Piano Festival
Cycle All of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerti
Soloist: Sergey Davydchenko (piano, prize-winner of the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition, 1st prize)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev