ST. PETERSBURG MUSIC HOUSE, PLAYBILL (june, 2018)

June 6, Wednesday at 7 p.m., Music House invites to celebrate the anniversary of Aram Khachaturian. On the 115th anniversary of the legendary Soviet composer at the Mirror Hall of the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace (Nevsky Prospekt, 41) will be performed masterpieces from Khachaturian's musical heritage — Violin and Piano Concerts, Waltz from Suite «Masquerade». In Program «Young Interpreters of Russia» with the orchestra will perform the Winner of Youth Delphic Games of Russia (Vladivostok, 2018) violinist Ravil Islyamov and the Laureate of Tchaikovsky International Youth Competition (Kazakhstan, 2017) pianist Ilya Papoyan.
Audience 6+, Ticket Price 250-300 RUB, Beginning at 7 p.m.
 
June 16, Saturday at 8 p.m., St. Petersburg Music House (Moika Embankment, 122) invites to the solo concert of the French flutist virtuoso and Paris Orchestra Soloist — Vincent Lucas. Program «Evenings in the English Hall» — Mozart, Gober, Bourne and modern authors. The piano part will perform  the Diploma Holder of International Competitions Elena Serova.
Audience 12+, Ticket Price 500-1000 RUB, Beginning at 7 p.m.
 
June 23, Saturday, at the English Hall of Music House (Moika Embankment, 122) will be held the annual piano marathon. In the historical concert hall of Grand Duke Alexei Romanov Palace there will be organized three concert programs lasting 50 minutes each, wherein six pianists - the Music House solists will perform. Information will be announced.
Audience 12+, Begining at 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
 
Festival «Concord of the Muses» - closing of the season at the English Hall
June 25, Thursday at 8 p.m.,  traditional summer festival at the English Hall of St. Petersburg Music House (Moika Embankment, 122) will open with solo concert of the Laureate of International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 2015), cellist Alexander Ramm. The Music House solist will perform colorful pieces of Beethoven, Britten and Schnittke. The piano part will perform the Laureate of International Competitions Anna Odintsova.
Audience 12+, Ticket Price 500-800 RUB, Beginning at 8 p.m.
 
June 26, Tuesday at 8 p.m., Festival week of Music House (Moika Embankment, 122) will continue with performance of the famous St. Petersburg pianist Miroslav Kultyshev.  In Program «Evenings in the English Hall» the Winner of International Tchaikovsky Competition (2007) and Monte-Carlo International Competition (2012) will perform Rachmaninoff`s Preludes and Chopin's Etudes.
Audience 12+, Ticket Price 600-1200 RUB, Beginning at 8 p.m.
 
June 27, Wednesday at 8 p.m.,  connoisseurs of classical music await for performances of young virtuosos: violinist Dmitry Smirnov, pianist Andrei Telkov and clarinetist Nikita Lyutikov.  Violin, clarinet and solo piano will fill the English Hall with exquisite and beautiful music from different countries — from Belgian Ysaÿe`s Sonatas to Stravinsky's fabulous «Soldier's Story».
Audience 12+, Ticket Price 500-800 RUB, Beginning at 8 p.m.
 
June 28, Thursday at 8 p.m., at the English Hall of St. Petersburg Music House (Moika Embankment, 122) for the first time will sound toghether guitar and flute. Recognized virtuosos Maria Fedotova and Dmitry Illarionov will perform music of different styles and moods: lyrics, dances, colorful concert pieces from the XVII century Austria heritage to modern India. 
Audience 12+, Ticket Price 500-1000 RUB, Beginning at 8 p.m.
 
June 29, Friday at 8 p.m,, St. Petersburg Music House (Moika Embankment, 122) invites to the closing of XII season — at the English Hall will be organized musical and poetic evening «Turgenev. Music of the Word», dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the great writer. On the stage — People's Artist of Russia Nikolai Burov, People's Artist of Russia cellist Sergei Roldugin, Honored Artist of Russia Elena Mirtova (soprano). Program - Turgenev's lyrics and musical miniatures.
Audience 12+, Beginning at 8 p.m.

13, 14 and 15 June, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the English Hall of Music House (Moika Embankment, 122) will be held public master classes under the Project «Higher Music Performance Courses». The Professor of Parisian Higher National Conservatory  and Paris Orchestra Soloist Vincent Lucas (flute) will disclose the secrets of mastery skills to flutists.
Teachers, students and pupils of music schools are welcomed to visit this event.
Applications for Participation are accepted unti 2 p.m., May 29, 2018.
Audience 12+. Ticket price for Listeners - 100 RUB
 

5, 7, 14, 19 and 21 June (Tue, Thu) at 4 p.m. 26 and 28 June (Tue, Thu) at 2 p.m., will be organized Regular Tours over the state rooms of Alexeevsky Palace (Music House) - the Residence of the Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov, younger brother of Emperor Alexander III and beloved uncle the last Tsar Nicholas II.  
 Audience 12+, Ticket Price — 350 RUB. 
 
10 June, Sunday at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., the Music House inivites to Weekend Tours dedicated to  the Russia Day.
Audience 12+, Ticket price —  800 RUB.
 
June 23, Saturday at 7 p.m, will be organized  Weekend Tours for those who can not attend the Music House during weekdays.
Audience 12+, Ticket price —  800 RUB.
High Heels Shoes, Photo and Video Recording are Prohibited!
Attention! Music House is closed in July and there are no any guided tours.

Nizhny Novgorod – Ufa
 
June 17, Sunday at 6.30 p.m., "Musical Team of Russia" will again perform at Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic – the final concert of St. Petersburg Music House in this season will take place. One of the rarely performed Beethoven masterpieces – Triple concerto – will be performed by the People's Artist of Russia Sergey Roldugin (cello), as well as the triumphants of Tchaikovsky International Competition of various years Pavel Milyukov (violin) and Miroslav Kultyshev (piano) with the Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor is the People's Artist of Russia Alexander Skulsky.
Nizhny Novgorod, Kremlin 2. Ticket Price is 1700-2000 rub.

June 20, Wednesday, 7 p.m. the «Musical Team of Russia» will perform in Ufa represented by one of the leading Music House soloists – laureate of International Tchaikovsky Competition (2015) violinist Pavel Milyukov. With the Bashkortostan National Symphony Orchestra the brilliant soloist will perform the romantic masterpiece – Bruch’s First Concerto – composer’s 180 anniversary was celebrated this January. Conductor – Honoured Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan Raushan Yakupov.
State Concert Hall «Bashkortostan». Ticket price – 300-600 rub.

To Russia Day: Ljubljana – Nova Gorica – Tashkent – Belgrade – Novi Sad – Hanoi – Danang – Ho Chi Minh City – Chisinau – Tiraspol – Brussels
 
3 and 4 June, Sunday and Monday, the tour of the "Embassy of Musical Mastery" dedicated to Russia Day will begin in Slovenia. The artist of Mikhailovsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra  Aleksandr Petrov (flute) and pianist Alexander Kashpurin, who won the 2013 Chopin Golden Ring International Contest (Radovlitsa, Slovenia), will perform on 3 June at one to the largest state museums – the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana, and 4 June – at the Music School in Nova Gorica.
Concert on June 3: Beginning at 4.30 p.m., Free Admission. Ljubljana, Puharjeva ulica 9.
Concert on June 4: Beginning at 6.30 p.m., Free Admission. Nova Gorica, Cankareva Street 8.
 
June 5, Tuesday at 5 p.m. Tashkent will again host the "Embassy of Musical Mastery". On the Victor Uspensky Lyceum stage to Russia Day will perform the artist of St. Petersburg State Capella Orchestra Dmitry Krylov (trombone) and the laureate of International Schumann Competition (Düsseldorf, 2017) Vladislav Fedorov (piano).
Tashkent, Tarakkiyot Street 71. Adimission by Invitation.
 
6 and 7 June, Wednesday and Thursday, "Embassy of Musical Mastery" will arrive to Serbia. To Russia Day will perform the winner of International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition (St. Petersburg, 2017) Adelina Tazieva (flute) and the winner of International Piano Competition in Bremen (2016) Elizaveta Ukrainskaya. On June 6 soloists will perform in Belgrade, on June 7 – in Novi Sad.
Concert on June 6: 6 p.m. Russian Center of Science and Culture in Belgrade Queen Natalia Street 33 Free Admission.
Concert on June 7: 7 p.m. Matica Srpska (Novi Sad, Matice Srpske 1). Free Admission.
 
6, 7 and 8 June big tour of the "Embassy of Musical Mastery" will be held in Vietnam to Russia Day. This time the young soloists will be hosted by concert halls in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh – the festive program will be performed by the diploma holder of International Grieg Competition (Norway, 2016) Anna Grot (piano) and the Winner of Agustin Aponte International Competition (Spain, 2016) Polina Borisova (violin).
Concert on June 6: 7 p.m. Hanoi Conservatory (77 Hào Nam, Đống Đa, Hà Nội).
Concert on June 7: 7 p.m. Nguyen Hien Dinh "Tuong" Theatre (Danang, 155, Phan Chu Trinh, TP Đà Nẵng).
Concert on June 8: 6 p.m. Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory (Quận 1, 112 Nguyễn Du)
Free Admission to all concerts.
 
11 and 12 June, Monday and Tuesday, Chisinau and Tiraspol will celebrate the Russia Day hosting concerts of the "Embassy of Musical Mastery". The laureate of International Violin Competition Henri Marteau (Germany, 2017) Stepan Starikov and the Winner of Pianale International Competition (Germany, 2016) Timofey Dolya (piano) will perform on June 11 at the Lunkevich National Philharmonic with chamber program, and June 12 – with the PMR State Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the People's Artist of the PMR Grigory Moseyko.
Concert on June 11: Beginning at 6 p.m., Adimission by Invitation. Chisinau, Strada Mitropolit Varlaam 78.
Concert on June 12: Beginning at 6 p.m., Free Admission. Tiraspol, Strada 25 Octombrie 96.
 
June 14, Thursday at 7 p.m. the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Brussels will host the concert under the "Embassy of Musical Mastery" project. The pieces by Chopin, Ravel and Rachmaninoff will be performed by young pianist, the laureate of International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (Kazakhstan, 2017) Ilia Papoian.
Brussels, 21 Rue du Méridien. Free Admission.
 
 
Vienna – Linz – Paris
 
June 6, Wednesday at 6 p,m. St. Petersburg Music House together with the Ministry of Culture of Russia invites to the Russian Embassy in Austria for concert under project "Embassy of Musical Mastery". The guests of this evening will enjoy listening the winner of International Saxophone Competition (Lubeck, 2014) Vladimir Ustyantsev, the soloist of Moscow Philharmonic Philipp Kopachevskiy (piano), as well as the laureates of XV Tchaikovsky International Competition Aleksander Ramm (cello) and Pavel Milyukov (violin). Piano – laureate of international competitions Anna Odintsova.
Vienna, Reisnerstrasse 45-47. Adimission by Invitation.
 
12 June at 7.30 p.m., in Linz will be held the final "Russian Tuesday"  in this season. On the Brucknerhaus stage virtuoso program will be performed by soloists who have already caught the fancy of listeners: the laureate of International Violin Competition Tibor Varga (Switzerland, 2015) Dmitry Smirnov and the Grand Prix Winner of the Jazeps Vitols International Piano Competition (Riga, 2013) Andrei Telkov.
Linz, Untere Donaulände 7. Ticket Price is 7-18 EUR.
 
June 21, Thursday at 7.30 p.m. Paris will host the last concert of the "Embassy of Musical Mastery" in this season. In Russian Center for Science and Culture the recital of the outstanding Russian violinist, the winner of Tibor Varga International Competition (Switzerland, 2015) Dmitry Smirnov will take place. Piano – laureate of international competitions Liudmila Nabok.
Paris, 61 Rue Boissière. Admission by appointment. crsc.paris@gmail.com