Repertoire

December 2025
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02 December, Tuesday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Shostakovich. Intermissions from the opera "Katerina Izmailova"
Suite from the ballet "Bolt"

Conductor - Felix Korobov
Bizet - Shchedrin: Carmen suite; Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Five orchestral interludes from the opera Katerina Izmaylova, Bolt, Suite from the ballet

02 December, Tuesday 6:00 pm

The Birth of a Masterpiece from Tragic Circumstances
The first Russian composer with world fame, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and the last concert in his life

Marina Monakhova - lecturer

03 December, Wednesday 12:00 pm
Grand Hall
Sightseeing tour of the Great Hall, visit to the "royal rooms"

Presenters are employees of the Philharmonic

03 December, Wednesday 7:00 pm
Grand Hall
Gala concert "Bass Parade"
II F.I. Chaliapin Art Festival "The Gift"

"Northern Sinfonia" Symphony Orchestra
Choir and soloists of the F.I. Chaliapin Musical Theater
Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo
Mikhail Kolelishvili - bass
Dmitry Skorikov - bass
Alexander Bezrukov - bass
Vladimir Vaneev - bass
Mikhail Dzyudze - double bass balalaika
Ilya Finkelstein - contrabass
Arias and duets from operas
Mozart; Rossini; Gounod; Verdi; Glinka; Dargomyzhsky; Mussorgsky; Borodin; Rimsky-Korsakov; Tchaikovsky; Rachmaninoff

03 December, Wednesday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"In the expanses of Latin America"
Jazz Music Evening

Konstantin Maminov - saxophone
Gasan Bagirov - guitar, vocals
Vladimir Kozlov - double bass
Konstantin Kuvaytsev - percussion
Jobim; Piazzolla; Joaquín

04 December, Thursday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
"Symphonic Express"
Music of Russian cinema

Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory
Conductor - Anton Gakkel
Irina Mataeva - soprano
Sergey Romanov - baritone
Dunaevsky: Music from the film "Children of Captain Grant"; Petrov: Music from the film "Beware of the Car"; Zatsepin: Music from the films "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style," "Ivan Vasilievich Changes Profession," "The Diamond Arm," "Sannikov Land"; Dashkevich: Music from the television film "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson"; Poteenko: Music from the film "Night Watch"; Doga: Music from the film "My Sweet and Tender Beast"; Pakhmutova: "Heroes of Sports"; Krylatov: Music from the TV movie "The Adventures of Electronics"

04 December, Thursday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Chamber music evening

Evgenii Ryzhkov - double bass
Dmitrii Khrychev - cello
Vera Vasileva - violin
Vsevolod Lenskikh - violin
Argine Stepanian - violin
Viktoriia Velkova - violin
Aleksei Bogorad - viola
Aleksandr Chizhov - viola
Taras Trepel - cello
Gleb Dyagilev - double bass
Bottesini: Grande Allegro di Concerto (alla Mendelssohn), Concert duet for cello and double bass with orchestra on themes from Bellini’s opera “The Puritans”; Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings

04 December, Thursday 6:00 pm

"I'm writing the story of my life..."
Music of Kiryanovo Manor by E.R. Vorontsova-Dashkova

Anastasia Alexandrova - lecturer

05 December, Friday 3:00 pm
Grand Hall
Sightseeing tour of the Great Hall, visit to the "royal rooms", introduction to the organ

Presenters are employees of the Philharmonic

05 December, Friday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Mozart. Overture to the opera "Le nozze di Figaro"
Flute and Harp Concerto

Conductor - Anatoly Rybalko
Georgii Dolgov - flute
Ekaterina Semion - harp
Mozart: Overture from The Marriage of Figaro, Flute and Harp Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony No.2

06 December, Saturday 3:00 pm
Grand Hall
Concert in the Foyer | Third Concert of the Season

Mikhail Krutik - violin
Mariia Bomshtein - violin
Tatiana Bogodukhova - violin
Nataliia Sheikina - violin
Alexander Kirsanov - viola
Anton Sinyavsky - bass trombone
Nikolai Mazhara - piano
Dmitrii Petrov - comments on the program
Vieuxtemps: "Dedication to Paganini", caprice in C minor for viola solo; Chopin: Five preludes; Debussy: Three Preludes; lebedev: Concert allegro for tuba and piano; Bacewicz: Quartet for four violins, Sonata No. 4 in A minor for violin and piano

06 December, Saturday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Konstantin Raikin
"The most beloved"
On the anniversary of the artist

06 December, Saturday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"Romance Forever" Gala Concert
Opening of the II International Festival "The World of Classical Romance"

Daria Terekhova - soprano
Alexey Tikhomirov - bass
Albert Zhalilov - baritone
Agunda Kulaeva - soprano
Joseph Nikitenko - tenor
Yaramir Nizamutdinov - tenor
Ramiz Usmanov - tenor
Georgy Migunov - piano
Maria Chernova - piano
Irina Soboleva - piano
Debussy: Pierrot; R. Strauss: "Cecilia"; Alyabyev: "Nightingale"; Dargomyzhsky: "The Old Corporal"; Rachmaninoff: "Fate"; Mussorgsky: "Serenade" from the cycle "Songs and Dances of Death", "Flea"; Glinka: "Passing song", Romance "In the blood burning fire of desire"; Rubinstein: The Night; Rachmaninoff: "Well here"; Tchaikovsky: "Was I not a blade of grass in the field?", "Does the day reign"; Schubert: "Ave Maria"; Glinka: "I remember the wonderful moment"; Rimsky-Korsakov: "The flying ridge of clouds is thinning"; Tchaikovsky: "I would like to put it in one word"; Rimsky-Korsakov: "Not the wind, blowing from the heights"

06 December, Saturday 12:00 pm

From Urban Romance to "Ode to Joy": Music in the Works of F.M. Dostoevsky

Maria Mikhnovets - lecturer

07 December, Sunday 3:00 pm
Grand Hall
"The Golden Key"

Children's choir of TV and radio of St.Petersburg
Igor Gribkov - choirmaster
Conductor - Pavel Bubelnikov
Anna Mikhalkova - presenter
Weinberg: "The Golden Key", suite No. 4 from the ballet based on the fairy tale of the same name by A.N. Tolstoy; Tchaikovsky: Fragments from The Nutcracker

07 December, Sunday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
XIV St. Petersburg Embankments International Music Festival

Symphony Orchestra of the Leningrad State Regional Philharmonic
Women's Chamber Choir "Rimsky-Korsakov"
Sergey Ekimov - artistic director
Maria Safaryants - violin
Vladislav Sulimsky - baritone
Chiara Taigi - soprano (Italy)
Raffaele Abete - tenor (Italy)
Mikhail Gantvarg - violin
Federico Mondelci - saxophone
Helen Egiazaryan - soprano (Armenia)
Sergey Slovachevsky - cello
Ilia Papoian - piano
Hovhannes Nersesyan - bass
Stanislav Soloviev - piano
conductor - Mikhail Golikov
Mozart: Overture to Die Zauberflöte; Haydn: Violin Concerto in C Major; Mascagni: Santuzza's Romance from the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana", Duet of Santuzza and Turiddu from the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana"; Babadganian: "Nocturne"; Verdi: Aria from "Rigoletto", Duet of count di Luna and Leonora from "Il Trovatore"; Vitali: Chaccona; Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Puccini: Aria of Rodolfo from the opera "La Boheme"; Lara: Granada; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 2; Iorio: "Sagra d'Estate" for saxophone and orchestra; Legrand: Fantasy on themes from movies for violin and saxophone with orchestra

07 December, Sunday 3:00 pm
Small Hall
Voices of the Academy

Graduates and soloists of the International Academy of Music Elena Obraztsova
Vocal music by Russian and foreign composers

07 December, Sunday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"Brahms. Personal motives"

Artists of the "Divertissement" Chamber Orchestra

Vyacheslav Agabekov - viola
Serafim Volkov - cello
Varvara Kastorskaya
Ilya Ioff - violin
Lydia Kovalenko - viola
Stanislav Soloviev - piano
Artem Vargaftik - author of the idea and presenter
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1, String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Selected Songs

08 December, Monday 7:00 pm
Grand Hall
Opera Gala
"Galina Vishnevskaya Festival"

Orchestra of Vishnevskaya Opera Center
Conductor - Alexander Soloviev
Albina Latipova - soprano
Svetlana Lachina - soprano
Valentina Pravdina - soprano
Julia Vakula - mezzo-soprano
Julia Shavarina - mezzo-soprano
Sergey Polyakov - tenor
Elchin Azizov - baritone
Konstantin Brzhinsky - baritone
Alexey Tikhomirov - bass
Arias, duets and scenes from operas
Verdi; Puccini; Gounod; Massenet; Saint-Sa¸ns; Leoncavallo; Cilèa; Rossini; Borodin; Tchaikovsky

08 December, Monday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"Northern Sinfonia" Symphony Orchestra


Artistic director and conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo
Olesia Tertychnaia - flute
Dvořák: Serenade for Strings; Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1, Symphony No 36 "Linz"