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Benjamin Britten

composer
21
june, 2026
19:00, sun
String quintet "Petro Art"
Evgeniya Sheremetyeva (violin)
Natalia Reshetnikova (violin)
Gleb Kuznetsov (viola)
Galina Chmerina (cello)
Kirill Murzin (double bass)
Boys' Choir of the "Galaktika Choral Studio"
Elena Volkova (artistic director)
Conductor - Yaroslav Pavlov
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 "Summer" in G minor, Op. 8; Saint-Saёns: Danse Macabre; Britten: Simple Symphony; Piazzolla: Libertango (Part I); Schnittke: "Tango in a Madhouse" from the opera "Life with an Idiot"; Coulais: Requiem, Kyrie eleison, “Vois sur ton chemin”; Jenkins: Palladio; Rammstein: Sonne; Metallica: Nothing Else Matters; Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall; Queen: We Will Rock You
Organizers: International Youth Center of Musical Art
01
may, 2026
19:00, fri
String quintet "Petro Art"
Evgeniya Sheremetyeva (violin)
Ksenia Grauberger (violin)
Gleb Kuznetsov (viola)
Galina Chmerina (cello)
Kirill Murzin (double bass)
Boys' Choir of the "Galaktika Choral Studio"
Conductor - Yaroslav Pavlov
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 "Summer" in G minor, Op. 8; Saint-Saёns: Danse Macabre; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Britten: Simple Symphony (Part I); Piazzolla: Libertango; Schnittke: "Tango in a Madhouse" from the opera "Life with an Idiot"; Prokofiev: Waltz from the War and Peace; Jenkins: Palladio; Rammstein: Sonne; Metallica: Nothing Else Matters; Pink Floyd: Another Brick in the Wall; Queen: We Will Rock You
Organizers: International Youth Center of Musical Art
05
april, 2026
15:00, sun
Conductor - Anatoly Rybalko; Natalia Entelis - presenter
Dunaevsky: "The Children of Captain Grant", ouverture; Britten: "Sea Interludes" from "Peter Grimes"; Adams: «Short Ride in a Fast Machine»; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
20
december, 2025
20:00, sat
Conductor - Alexander Sladkovsky; Angel Wang - piano
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Overture; Britten: Piano Concerto; R. Strauss: A Hero's Life (Ein Heldenleben), tone poem
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29
november, 2025
19:00, sat
Britten: Cello Suite No. 1, Cello Suite No. 2, Cello Suite No. 3
10
november, 2024
19:00, sun
Britten: Cello Sonata; Beethoven: Sonata No 2 for Cello and Piano; Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata
06
october, 2024
15:00, sun
Conductor - Yaroslav Zaboyarkin; Denis Sukhov - clarinet; Dmitrii Andreev - trombone; Dmitrii Karakhtanov - tuba; Anna Mikhalkova - presenter
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (with reading comments about orchestra instruments); Komitas; Trojan; Snyder; Kleinsinger
29
june, 2024
19:00, sat
Young voices of the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theatres
Irina Sharapova - piano; Yulia Mazurova - mezzo-soprano; Alexander Chernov - tenor; Stepan Zavalishin - bass; Daria Ryabokon - mezzo-soprano; Roman Shirokikh - tenor; Yekaterina Fenina - soprano; Ekaterina Vasheruk - piano; Iana Grankvist - piano; Tikhon Selivanov - piano
Gulnara Maslyaeva - presenter
Glinka: "From Molly"; Dargomyzhsky: "The Old Corporal"; Mussorgsky: , ; Tchaikovsky: "The Gentle Stars Shined for Us", , ; Tcherepnin: ; Grechaninov: ; Medtner: ; Rachmaninoff: "In the silence of a secret night", ; Sviridov: , , "A Russia Flying Away", vocal poem; Brahms: , ; R. Strauss: , ; Tosti:
Organizers: Oksana Fedorova Charitable Foundation
24
june, 2024
19:00, mon
To the 75th anniversary of the Small Hall
Conductor - Yaroslav Zaboyarkin; Denis Sukhov - clarinet; Ekaterina Tarasova - violin; Konstantin Bychkov - viola; Aleksandr Chizhov - viola; Kristina Makarova - harp; Elizaveta Petrova - violin; Arseny Gazizov - double bass
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2; Mendelssohn: Concert Piece No. 1 for violin and viola and orchestra, Op. 113 (author's arrangement) (arranged by I.Ioff); Ravel: Introduction et allegro pour harpe, flûte, clarinette et quatuor à cordes; Piazzolla - Desyatnikov: "Summer" from "Four Seasons in Buenos Aires"; Britten: "Lacrymae"; Bottesini: Double-bass Concerto No 2
15
february, 2024
19:00, thu
St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony Orchestra
Conductor and reciter - Larisa Gabitova; Dmitry Murashev - reciter
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Woods: "The Carnival of the Dinosaurs"
Organizers: "Tchaikovsky" Musical Culture Center
05
february, 2024
19:00, mon
Boys choir of the Glinka choral college
Vladimir Begletsov (artistic director and conductor)
Alexei Goribol - piano; Olesya Petrova - mezzo-soprano; Nail Bakiyev - viola; Rustam Komachkov - cello; Ivan Sizov - baritone; Andrey Storozhev - tenor
Britten: Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Cello Sonata, Charm of Lullabies, “The Golden Vanity“, Aria of Billy Budd from Billy Budd; Desyatnikov: "The Secret Land"
25
november, 2023
19:00, sat
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata for Cello and Piano; Britten: Cello Sonata; Barber: Cello Sonata
21
november, 2023
19:00, tue
CIS Youth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Sergey Skripka; Conductor - Rasul Klychev; Conductor - Rakhat Osmonaliev; Conductor - Murtuza Byulbyul; Albina Tonkikh - soprano; Eleni Gvritishvili - soprano; Karina Khovalyg - soprano; Medea Chikashvili - mezzo-soprano; Igor Onishchenko - tenor; Zhasur Khaidarov - bass
Thomas, de Falla, Offenbach, Dvořák, Britten, Schubert, Mozart, Brahms, Grieg, Tchaikovsky
Arias and ensembles from operas
16
march, 2023
20:00, thu
Conductor - Mikhail Leontiev
Rachmaninoff: "The Rock", Fantasia for Orchestra; Britten: "Sea Interludes" from "Peter Grimes"; Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 "Classical", Lieutenant Kijé, suite, Pushkin's Waltzes
11
november, 2022
19:00, fri
Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo; Sandra Shinder - violin; Pavel Shnipov - tenor; Dmitrii Sorokin - corni
Irina Teplyakova - concertmaster
Schubert: Rondo for violin in A major, Symphony No. 2; Britten: Serenade for tenor, french horn and strings; Haydn: Symphony No 49 "La passione"
15
april, 2022
19:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - viola
Akhunov: The Four Seasons for Violin and Strings; Britten: "Lacrymae"; Schumann: Cello Concerto (author's version for the violin); Mendelssohn: Two Concert Pieces
10
january, 2022
18:30, mon
Nika Ryabchinenko - harp; Tatiana Repnikova - harp
Demian Gorodnichin - double bass
Posse, Corelli, Charpentier, Britten, Chopin, Handel, Debussy; Alyabyev-List; Walter-Kuhne; Cabezon; Hagen
Organizers: SALVI-LYON & HEALY MUSIC,IP Repnikov Alexey Anatolyevich
07
december, 2020
19:00, mon
St.Petersburg Conservatory Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and conductor - Arkady Steinlucht; Vera Chekanova - soprano
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, 'Les Illuminations'' for high voice and strings excerpts; Purcell: "The Fairy Queen"
Cancelled concert
07
november, 2020
19:00, sat
Artistic director and conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo
Britten: Simple Symphony, ; Bartók: Divertisment; Elgar: Serenade for string orchestra
10
may, 2020
19:00, sun
St.Petersburg Conservatory Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and conductor - Arkady Steinlucht; Vera Chekanova - soprano
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, 'Les Illuminations'' for high voice and strings; Purcell: "The Fairy Queen" excerpts from opera
Cancelled concert
10
april, 2020
19:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff
J.-S. Bach - Desyatnikov: Sarabande; Britten: "Lacrymae"; Pelecis: "Revelation" for Voice, Piano, Trumpet and Strings
Cancelled concert
11
march, 2020
20:00, wed
Conductor - Yaroslav Zaboyarkin
Tchaikovsky: Elegy in G Major for String Orchestra; Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra; Britten: Simple Symphony; Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony (version of R.Bershay); Mahler: Adagietto
17
november, 2019
15:00, sun
With a demonstration of animated film on the screen
Conductor - Simon Chalk (UK)
Anna Mikhalkova - presenter
Grieg: "Nocturne", "Troll March", "Evening in the mountains", "Lullaby", "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"; Britten: "Soirees musicales" Suite for orchestra (after Rossini) (March, Canzonetta, Tiroise, Bolero, Tarantella); Blake: "The Snowman" With a demonstration of animated film on the screen
15
september, 2019
20:00, sun
Choir of the Novaya Opera Theatre
Conductor - Jan Latham-Koenig ; Miroslav Kultyshev - piano; Alexei Antonov - bass
Britten: "Sea Interludes" from "Peter Grimes"; Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Paganini Theme for Piano and Orchestra; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Shostakovich: "The Execution of Stepan Razin" for bass, choir and orchestra
Organizers: «Foris Art»
17
february, 2019
19:00, sun
Vivaldi: Concerto for two Violins and Strings E-flat major, Concetro for Two Violins and Strings in С minor, Concetro for Two Violins and Strings in С minor; Purcell: ; Britten: Simple Symphony; Corelli: Concerto grosso No. 8
19
january, 2019
19:00, sat
Alexander Boldachev (Russia-Switzerland) - harp; Elizaveta Bokova - soprano; Veronika Kozhukharova - saxophon; - violin; - violin; Alex Doll - choreography; Lilia Burdinskaya
Legrand, Britten, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Brahms, Debussy;
13
january, 2019
19:00, sun
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Vera Chekanova - soprano
Mussorgsky: The Nursery; Britten: Simple Symphony; Schumann: Kinderscenen
14
october, 2018
15:00, sun
Conductor - Evgeny Bushkov
Nikolay Burov - presenter and reciter
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier
21
february, 2018
19:00, wed
Alexander Ramm - cello; Anna Odintsova - piano
Beethoven: Sonata No 2 for Cello and Piano; Grieg: Sonata for cello and piano; Britten: Cello Suite No. 2
05
february, 2018
19:00, mon
Dmitry Zubov - piano
J.-S. Bach, Dvořák, Britten, Haydn, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann
Duets
22
december, 2017
20:00, fri
Liszt: 3 Sonetti del Petrarca; Britten: Sonnets No 1, 3, 7 from "Seven Sonets of Michelangelo" for Tenor and Piano; Respighi: "Fog" ("Nebbie"), "Rain" ("Pioggia"), "Snowfall" ("Nevicata"); Puccini: "Avanti Urania"; Tosti: Lullaby, "4 Canzoni d'Amaranta"; Verdi: Manrico Aria "Ah sì, ben mio" ("Il Trovatore"), Riccardo's Scene and Romance "Forse la soglia attinse" ("Un ballo in maschera"); Cilèa: Mauricio's Aria "La dolcissima effigie" ("Adriana Lecouvreur")
21
december, 2017
19:00, thu
Paulavičius Youth Symphony Orchestra
Artistic director and conductor - Alexei Vasiliev
Artem Vargaftik - commentary
Mozart: "A Musical Joke"; Grieg: From Holberg's Time; Britten: Simple Symphony; L. Mozart: ; Angerer:
03
october, 2017
20:00, tue
Andreyev State Russian Orchestra
Conductor - Dmitry Khokhlov; Alexander Shchipitsin
Asafyev, Andreev, Sarasate, Glazunov, de Falla, Petrov, Stravinsky, Britten, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn;
02
october, 2017
19:00, mon
To the anniversary of Tatyana Melentyeva
String Quartet "Art-Elles"
Olga Artyugina (violin)
Ksenia Muravyova (viola)
Marina Kozlova (violin)
Valentina Dubrovina (cello)
Peter Laul - piano; Andrey Reshetin - violin; Irina Shneerova - harpsichord
Valery Ivchenko - presenter
J.-S. Bach, Manfredini, Tietz, Knaifel, Purcell, Wolf, Stravinsky, Britten, Haydn, Glinka, Schubert, Prokofiev, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky;
Organizers: Philharmonic Society
20
november, 2016
15:00, sun
29
may, 2015
20:00, fri
Conductor - Vassily Sinaisky; Lev Klychkov - violin; Petr Migunov - bass; Svetlana Monchak - soprano; Evgeny Akimov - tenor
Rachmaninoff: The Bells; Britten: Violin Concerto; Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
17
may, 2015
15:00, sun
Conductor - Alexander Dmitriev; Eliane Rodrigues - piano
Natalia Entelis - presenter
Ravel: Mother Goose; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1; Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau orch. by A.Dmitriev
13
january, 2015
20:00, tue
Wagner, Britten, Ravel, Mendelssohn
Conductor - Anatoly Rybalko; Petr Zakharov - baritone
Alexander Malich - presenter
Mendelssohn: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt; Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer; Britten: Storm, Interlude from "Peter Grimes"; Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan; Dunaevsky: Overture to "The Children of Captain Grant"; Petrov: Music from "Amphibian Man"; Badelt - Zimmer: Music from the "Pirates of the Caribbean"; Zatsepin, Ptichkin: Music from films
14
december, 2014
20:00, sun
Olga Peretyatko - soprano (festival debut)
Elgar: "Cockaigne" , Concert Overture, "Enigma", variations on an Original Theme; Britten: 'Les Illuminations'' for high voice and strings
16
february, 2014
15:00, sun
True stories and tales about history of musical instruments. Lecture-concert
Griboyedov, Frederick II, van Eyck, Banchieri, Shakhanov, C. P. E. Bach, Britten, Chopin, Vivaldi, Mozart
05
february, 2014
19:00, wed
To the 100th anniversary of composer
Britten
17
december, 2013
19:00, tue
Beethoven, Ysaÿe, Messiaen, Saint-Saёns, Britten, Ravel
22
november, 2013
19:00, fri
The 100th anniversary
Britten
20
october, 2013
15:00, sun
Big music for the smallest children
Delibes, Britten, Haydn, Tchaikovsky
25
september, 2013
19:00, wed
Shostakovich, Britten
09
september, 2013
19:00, mon
The International Music Festival "Open meetings Chamber Music Society"
Cassado, de Falla, Albéniz, Britten, Schubert
03
june, 2013
19:00, mon
Offenbach, Dvořák, Rossini, R. Strauss, Stravinsky, Britten, Janáček
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