Hello, and welcome to the Mariinsky e-newsletter, the first one in the new season!

► The new season is now open
► Launching the new organ at the Mariinsky Concert Hall
► “Artist of the month”: Vladimir Feltsman
► Mariinsky on tour in October

227th season kicks off at both the historical stage and the Mariinsky concert hall.

Joint forces of opera, ballet, chorus and orchestra under the leadership of Maestro Valery Gergiev perform some most beautiful works during the first three days of the season.

Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Mon 28 Sep, 8:00pm
Tchaikovsky Iolanta

Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre
Tue 29 Sep, 7:00pm
Yarullin/Yacobson Shurale

Last season premiere of the Tchaikovsky's opera. Although only a few runs have been given at the Mariinsky, the production was already successfully toured to Germany and very well received at the prestigious Summer Festival at the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus.

Additional opera runs:
Wed 7 Oct & Tue 24 Nov (double bill with Rachmaninov's opera Aleko)

This is a revival of a well-known work that was premiered at the Mariinsky (the then Kirov) in the 1950s. A bright performance in generous and colourful scenery, arranged to the music based on oriental themes. This ballet is one of the cornerstones in the Mariinsky history.

Concert, Mariinsky Concert Hall
Tue 29 Sep, 7:00pm
Berlioz Requiem

Opera in concert, Mariinsky Concert Hall
Wed 30 Sep, 6:00pm
Berlioz Les Troyens

We opened the new concert season with French music. This concert also marks the start of our subscription series Eternal Music that features some sacred works by Mozart, Schubert, Berlioz, Brahms and Verdi. There’s still a chance to secure the best seats for all these concerts by purchasing a series. Don’t miss!

Learn more about the Eternal Music series.

For the first time we perform the Berlioz's epic opera in one evening, which is an enormous effort. We are planning to premiere a fully staged production on 25 December 2009. The work comprises lots of beautiful orchestral passages, elegant vocal roles as well as picturesque ballet scenes. Keep an eye on our updates.

Start of the new season also marks a great technical upgrade in our Concert Hall. Over the summer break we completed the works on installing the organ. This was a long anticipated thing, since it gives us an opportunity for extending our performances in many unusual ways. We expect to give more massive works that require enormous resources such as a large choir and an organ. We also have ongoing plans of inviting famous organists to perform in the Hall. This way we ensure that our audiences can explore a rich variety of music genres.

Watch more about the new organ on our YouTube channel

Organ inaugural concert

Thu 1 Oct, 9:00pm
Learn more

Organ recitals @ the Mariinsky Concert Hall

Thu 5 Nov, 7:00pm

Mon 9 Nov, 7:00pm

Mon 23 Nov, 7:00pm

Sun 29 Nov, 8:00pm

In January 2009 we started an ambitious initiative Artist of the month that is targeted at bringing the most sought after artists to perform at the Mariinsky Concert Hall. In a series of concerts (usually three) within a month you get a chance of exploring the art of a particular performer. Previously, such famous artists as Alexei Volodin, Denis Matsuyev, Sergey Khachatryan and Yuri Bashmet were in focus of our project. Both we and our guests take this collaboration extremely seriously, which means that we carefully select the works that present an artist from multiple perspectives.

This month we are proud to host a distinguished Russian pianist Vladimir Feltsman who will perform in three evenings together with the Mariinsky Orchestra as a soloist as well as conductor and also in a piano solo recital.

Vladimir Feltsman as a soloist with the orchestra
Mariinsky Concert Hall
Tue 1 Oct, 6:00pm
Dvorak, Grieg, Brahms
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Vladimir Feltsman in piano recital
Mariinsky Concert Hall
Sat 3 Oct, 7:00pm
Bach, Beethoven, Mussorgsky
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Vladimir Feltsman conducts
Mariinsky Concert Hall
Thu 8 Oct, 7:00pm
Mozart
Explore this concert

As usual, touring forms an important part of our activities. This way we reach our audiences all over the world. This is a part of our cultural mission.

This month sees orchestra trips to Moscow and the UK.

We start our touring from a short visit to Moscow. The Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev and Igor Gruppman performs works by Grieg and Rachmaninov along with Denis Matsuyev, who is a distinguished Russian pianist working closely with the Mariinsky. Later this season we are releasing a new recording of Rachmaninov’s concertos performed by Denis on our new Mariinsky Label recording studio.

Moscow, Grand Hall of Conservatory
Fri 2 Oct
Grieg, Rachmaninov
More info

Wales

England

Scotland

In October both operatic and orchestral forces under Valery Gergiev join each other on tour to the United Kingdom. This time we visit its all four parts: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We are enjoying our long-term connection with the UK audiences and really look forward to performing there again with a wide selection of works.

In Birmingham we will be also joined by the CBSO Orchestra and Chorus to perform massive works by Berlioz and Prokofiev.

Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre
Fri 9 Oct
Sat 10 Oct
Sun 11 Oct
Wagner, Verdi, Tchaikovsky
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Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Wed 14 Oct
Thu 15 Oct
Berlioz, Prokofiev
More info

Belfast, Waterfront Hall
Fri 16 Oct
Dutilleux, Shostakovich
More info

Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
Sun 18 Oct
Dutilleux, Shostakovich
More info

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