R. Strauss

01

june, 2026

19:00, mon

Small hall

Pavel Popov (violin) and Boris Berezovsky (piano)

Pavel Popov - violin; Boris Berezovsky - piano

Kreisler: "La Gitana", ; Sibelius: Nocturne, Tanz-Idylle; Faure: "Sicilienne"; Krasovskaya: "Dreams", "The Spell", "Towards the light"; Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances; Bloch: “Nigun”; R. Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano

29

may, 2026

19:00, fri

Grand hall

XXIX International Festival "Musical Olympus"

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor - Yixing Sun (China); Leonid Surkov - oboe; Issei Kurihara (Japan) - violin; Khanh Nhi Luong (Vietnam) - piano; Anna Dudina - soprano

Weber: Der Freischütz Overture; R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto; Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3; Ravel: Piano Concerto No. 1; Gounod: Aria dei gioielli; Bizet: Micaela's aria from the opera "Carmen"; Menotti: Monica's Waltz from the opera "The Medium"

Organizers: "Musical Olympus" Foundation

29

april, 2026

19:00, wed

Small hall

Pavel Popov (violin) and Boris Berezovsky (piano)

19th International Festival "Musical Collection"

R. Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano

Miniatures of Russian and Western European composers for violin and piano

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21

april, 2026

20:00, tue

Grand hall

Bruch. Violin Concerto No. 1
Soloist – Vadim Repin

Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Ivan Nikiforchin; Vadim Repin - violin

Wagner: Overture from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Der Rosenkavalier-Suite

23

february, 2026

15:00, mon

Small hall

DIVA

Chamber Orchestra

Conductor - Boris Barinov; Svetlana Moskalenko - soprano; Georgii Dolgov - flute

Gluck, Purcell, Lehár, R. Strauss, Handel, J. Strauss II, Mozart

Organizers: Chamber Orchestra, B. Barinov

22

february, 2026

20:00, sun

Grand hall

R. Strauss. "Don Quixote"
Schubert. Symphony No. 9

St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Dimitris Botinis; Boris Andrianov - cello; Daniil Meerovich - alt

20

february, 2026

20:00, fri

Grand hall

Conductor – Alexander Rudin
Soloist – Hibla Gerzmava

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Symphony No. 39; R. Strauss: The Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra, Der Rosenkavalier-Suite

15

january, 2026

19:00, thu

Small hall

Piano Quartets Evening

Inga Dzektser - piano; Andrey Rostsik - violin; Nail Bakiyev - viola; Dmitry Eremin - cello

Bridge: Phantasy for Piano Quartet; Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major; R. Strauss: Piano Quartet

20

december, 2025

20:00, sat

Grand hall

Conductor – Alexander Sladkovsky
Soloist – Angel Wang (USA)

XXV International Festival "Arts Square"

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

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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13

december, 2025

19:00, sat

Small hall

Vadim Monastyrsky
Piano evening

Bartók: Piano Suite; R. Strauss: Stimmungsbilder for piano; Liszt: Two Petrarch Sonnets, Piano Sonata in B minor

12

december, 2025

19:00, fri

Small hall

Concert for the Maestro's birthday

New Chamber St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

"Flautissimo" Quartet

Dmitry Terentyev (flute)

Olesia Tertychnaia (flute)

Marianna Murzina (flute)

Ksenia Cuellar (flute)

Taneyev Quartet

Ilia Kozlov (violin)

Dmitrii Koriavko (violin)

Denis Gonchar (viola)

Dmitry Eremin (cello)

Conductor - Yaroslav Zaboyarkin; Lev Klychkov - violin; Anna Makarova - harp; Pavel Popov - violin; Ilia Kozlov - violin; Iurii Ushchapovskii - violin; Aleksei Bogorad - viola; Dmitrii Khrychev - cello; Taras Trepel - cello; Evgenii Ryzhkov - double bass; Artem Isaev - oboe; Nikita Liutikov - clarinet; Denis Sukhov - clarinet; Oleg Skrotskiy - french horn; Maksim Pankov - piano; Evgeny Izotov - piano

Schubert: Trio No.2 in E flat Major (part II); Pirin Suite for Solo Viola; Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F major ("Kabardinsky") (part II); R. Strauss: Andante for Horn and Piano; Paganini: Cantabile; Rimsky-Korsakov: "Scheherazade", fantasy on themes from the suite (arranged for 4 flutes by M. Alvado); Elgar: “Salut d’amour” (arranged for violin, double bass and chamber orchestra); Tchaikovsky: Russian Dance from the ballet "Swan Lake"; Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (part II, version for harp and orchestra); Tsfasman: Intermezzo for clarinet; Legrand: Music from "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" (arranged for violin and piano); Glazunov: Chant du menestrele for Cello and Orchestra; Lovreglio: Fantasy on themes from Bellini's opera "Norma" for oboe, clarinet and chamber orchestra

06

december, 2025

19:00, sat

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", "Well here"; Mussorgsky: "Serenade" from the cycle "Songs and Dances of Death", "Flea"; Glinka: "Passing song", Romance "In the blood burning fire of desire", "I remember the wonderful moment"; Rubinstein: The Night; Tchaikovsky: "Was I not a blade of grass in the field?", "Does the day reign", "I would like to put it in one word"; Schubert: "Ave Maria"; Rimsky-Korsakov: "The flying ridge of clouds is thinning", "Not the wind, blowing from the heights"

Organizers: Oksana Fedorova Charitable Foundation

26

november, 2025

20:00, wed

Grand hall

Conductor – Dmitri Jurowski
Soloist – Ivan Bessonov

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

18

november, 2025

19:00, tue

Small hall

"Northern Sinfonia" Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo; Alexei Golovin - oboe

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro for Strings; Bliss: Music for strings; R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto; Moeran: Sinfonietta

Organizers: The Feodor Chaliapin Musical Theatre

15

november, 2025

19:00, sat

Small hall

Victoria Evtodeva
Anniversary vocal evening

Russian Early Music Ensemble

Vladimir Shulyakovsky (director, violin)

Victoria Evtodieva - soprano; Maria Shulyakovskaya - soprano; Fedor Shulyakovsky - recorder; Yuri Polosmakov - piano

J.-S. Bach, R. Strauss, Handel, Vivaldi, Rachmaninoff

04

november, 2025

20:00, tue

Grand hall

Prokofiev. Piano Concerto No. 2
Soloist – Ilia Papoian

St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Maxim Alexeev; Alexei Lobikov - alto trombone, soloist of the Saint-Petersburg Music House; Fedor Osver - oboe, soloist of the Saint-Petersburg Music House; Ilia Papoian - piano, soloist of the Saint-Petersburg Music House

Albrechtsberger: Alto Trombone Concerto; R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2

30

june, 2025

20:00, mon

Grand hall

Closing of the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra season

18th International Festival "Musical Collection"

St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Dimitris Botinis; Konstantin Emelyanov - piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27; R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfoniе (An Alpine Symphony)

24

march, 2025

19:00, mon

Small hall

Chamber music evening

Oleg Vainstein - piano; Ekaterina Tarasova - violin; Alexei Koptev - viola; Dmitrii Khrychev - cello

Schubert: Trio for Strings in B-flat major, D.581, Adagio (Notturno) for Piano Trio in E-flat major; Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor; R. Strauss: Piano Quartet

22

february, 2025

15:00, sat

Small hall

Gold and silver

Chamber orchestra "Triumph"

Conductor - Boris Barinov; Svetlana Moskalenko - soprano; Georgii Dolgov - flute

R. Strauss, Handel, J. Strauss II, Mozart

Organizers: Chamber orchestra "Triumph"

15

february, 2025

20:00, sat

Grand hall

Theatre. Opera. Concert

Showing video projections of European cathedrals

Denny Wilke - organ

J.-S. Bach: Introduction and Fugue from the Cantata "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis"; Schubert: "Ave Maria"; Verdi: Triumphal March from "Aida"; Saint-Saёns: "Swan" from "The Carnival of the Animals"; Mendelssohn: "Wedding March" from "Ein Sommernachtstraum"; Schumann: "Dreams" from "The Children's Scenes"; R. Strauss: "Festlicher Einzug der Ritter des Johanniterordens" (arranged for organ by M. Reger); Puccini: March in G major , Sonata in A major , Sonata in D major ; Vierne: "Westminster Carillon" from the cycle "Fantastic Pieces" ; Dupré: Cortege and Litany from the music to E.Rostand's comedy "The Rooster" , Poéme héroique ; Borodin: "In Central Asia" (Russian premiere of organ transcription) ; Vidor: Adagio and Toccata from Symphony No. 5

06

february, 2025

20:00, thu

Grand hall

Dedication to S.K. Gorkovenko
Golden repertoire of the maestro

St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Yaroslav Zaboyarkin; Valentin Malinin - piano

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol; R. Strauss: Burleske in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra; Gershwin: Cuban Overture; Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"

Organizers: "Tchaikovsky" Musical Culture Center

20

december, 2024

20:00, fri

Grand hall

Conductor – Alexander Lazarev

For the 25th anniversary of the festival

XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

Conductor - Alexander Lazarev; Ivan Bessonov - piano

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfoniе (An Alpine Symphony)

16

december, 2024

19:00, mon

Small hall

Alexander Knyazev
Evening of cello music

For the 25th anniversary of the festival

XXIV International Festival "Arts Square"

Alexander Knyazev - cello; Ksenia Bashmet - piano

Brahms: Cello Sonatas; R. Strauss: Cello Sonata

13

november, 2024

20:00, wed

Grand hall

Conductor – Francesco Ommassini (Italy)

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor - Francesco Ommassini (Italy); Gyehee Kim (South Korea) - violin; Dmitrii Khrychev - cello

Brahms: Double Concerto for violin and cello; R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

23

october, 2024

19:00, wed

Small hall

"Richard Strauss – 160"

St. Petersburg State Governor's Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Arman Tigranyan; Evgeny Pechenkin - clarinet; Artem Artyomov - bassoon

R. Strauss: Duet Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon, Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin, "Metamorphosen"

Organizers: ANO "MCC "Tchaikovsky-Strauss"

21

october, 2024

19:00, mon

Grand hall

"Violin. Festival. St. Petersburg"

St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Conductor, violin - Sergey Stadler; Graf Murzha - violin; Maxim Fedotov - violin; Haik Kazazyan - violin

Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer; Hindemith : Overture to the "Flying Dutchman" as played at sight by a second-rate Concert Orchestra at the Village Well at 7 o'clock in the morning; Schumann: Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra in C major; Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 (II and III parts); Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (I part); Brahms: Violin Concerto (edited by Sergei Stadler); R. Strauss: The Legend of Joseph, music from the ballet (edited by Sergei Stadler)

Organizers: Interregional Union of Concert Workers

29

june, 2024

19:00, sat

Small hall

The Beautiful Tomorrow of Romance

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

23

may, 2024

19:00, thu

Small hall

"Northern Sinfonia" Symphony Orchestra

Conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo; Anna Schyulkina - flute

Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks", Pulcinella, Suite from Ballet; R. Strauss: Serenade in E-flat major, Op.7; Ibert: Flute Concerto

Organizers: The Feodor Chaliapin Musical Theatre

07

may, 2024

19:00, tue

Small hall

Tango and waltz

Chamber Orchestra "Infinitum"

Alexander Kashpurin (artistic director)

Ashamaz Zaifov (conductor)

Alexandra Korobkina - violin; Oleg Vainstein - piano

Kreisler: "Liebesfreud" (arranged for string orchestra by J.Shue); Sibelius: Valse Triste (arranged for chamber orchestra by M.Bötig); R. Strauss: Waltz Suite from "Der Rosenkavalier" ("The Knight of the Rose"); Tchaikovsky–Pabst: Concert paraphrase on "Eugene Onegin"; Piazzolla - Desyatnikov: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires ("Spring", "Summer", "Winter"); Piazzolla: Libertango, Tango etude No. 3 for solo violin, "Adiós, Nonino"; Warlock: Capriol Suite, fragments; Rachmaninoff: Elegy

Organizers: "Enterpriserusart"

23

april, 2024

19:00, tue

Small hall

Elena Spist
Anniversary evening

Elena Spist - piano; Elizaveta Ukrainskaya - piano; Anastasia Malinina - piano; Alina Fedoseeva - piano; Chzha Lyanyuj - piano; Maria Chernyshova - piano; Anna Braginskaya - piano; Daria Abramchuk - piano; Lada Aksyonova - piano; Ilya Fedoseev - piano; Natalia Lisanova - piano; Timofei Kalmykov - piano; Leyla Hamidova - piano; Lyubov Kadetova - piano; Ksenia Gomer - piano; Anna Vikulina - soprano; Polina Lapteva - soprano; Svetlana Kineshova-Burovik - soprano; Mariya Moor - soprano; Mila Shkirtil - mezzo-soprano; Anna Smirnova - mezzo-soprano; Nadezda Khadzheva - mezzo-soprano; Polina Novikova - mezzo-soprano; Alexander Kulinkovich - tenor; Ivan Vasiliev - baritone; Artem Savchenko - baritone; Vladimir Felyauer - bass; Valery Kaula - bass; Marina Beschastnykh - violin; Daria Gilbo - cello; Nikita Liutikov - clarinet; Valeria Flegontova - saxophone

Medtner, Penderecki, Dunaevsky, Rubinstein, Offenbach, , Bernstein, R. Strauss, Desyatnikov, Sviridov, Gershwin, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Tchaikovsky; Bock; Bolcom

21

march, 2024

19:00, thu

Small hall

Nikita Zubarev (cello) and Stanislav Soloviev (piano)

Beethoven: 12 Variations on a Theme from "The Magic Flute"; Saint-Saёns: Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano; Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera; Debussy: Arabesque, "Beau Soir"; R. Strauss: Cello Sonata; Boulanger: Three pieces

12

march, 2024

20:00, tue

Grand hall

"Mozart and Strauss - two geniuses"

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor - Felix Korobov; Olesia Tertychnaia - flute

Mozart: "Idomeneo" Overture, Flute Concerto No. 2; R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Dance of Salome from the Opera "Salome"

20

february, 2024

19:00, tue

Small hall

Alexei Massarsky (cello) and Stanislav Soloviev (piano)

Brahms: Sonata No 1 for Cello and Piano, Vier ernste Gesänge (version for cello and piano by A.Massarsky); R. Strauss: Cello Sonata in F major; Mendelssohn: Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano

23

december, 2023

20:00, sat

Grand hall

Denis Matsuev
Piano evening

In memoriam maestro Yuri Temirkanov

XXIII International Festival "Arts Square"

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons; R. Strauss: Piano Sonata, Op.5; Scriabin: Sonata No. 5

01

june, 2023

19:00, thu

Small hall

Light through Eternity
Legends of the past

Yekaterina Shimanovich - soprano; Olga Maslova - soprano; Daria Ryabokon - mezzo-soprano; Gamid Abdulov - tenor; Leonty Saliensky - tenor; Yekaterina Fenina - soprano

Yekaterina Venchikova - piano; Semen Zaborin - piano; Tikhon Selivanov - piano; Alexandr Aberdeen - piano; Irina Sharapova - piano, comments on the concert

Leoncavallo, R. Strauss, Puccini, Rimsky-Korsakov, Verdi, J. Strauss II, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky

21

may, 2023

20:00, sun

Grand hall

Beethoven. Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Conductor – Dimitris Botinis

16th International Festival "Musical Collection"

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor - Dimitris Botinis; Pavel Popov - violin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"; Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5; R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

17

may, 2023

19:00, wed

Small hall

Waltz and tango

Chamber Orchestra "Infinitum"

Alexander Kashpurin - piano; Alexandra Korobkina - violin; Ilya Izmailov - cello

Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade for string orchestra, Waltz from "Swan Lake", Sentimental waltz; R. Strauss: Waltz Suite from "Der Rosenkavalier" ("The Knight of the Rose"); Kreisler: "Liebesfreud", "The Torments Of Love", "Schön Rosmarin" ("Perfect rosemary"); Chopin: Trois Valses Brillantes pour piano, op. 34; Albenice: Tango in D major for piano; Piazzolla: Big Tango for cello and piano, "Oblivion" tango (arrangement for violin, cello and piano), Tango Etude for solo violin, "Four Seasons in Buenos Aires" ("Spring", "Summer", "Autumn") from for violin and string orchestra, Libertango (arrangement for violin, piano and string orchestra)

Organizers: "Enterpriserusart"

03

may, 2023

20:00, wed

Grand hall

Conductor – Felix Korobov

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Glinka: Waltz Fantasy; Rubinstein: Waltz-Caprice; Tchaikovsky: Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty; Glazunov: The Big waltz from the ballet "Raymonda"; Prokofiev: Waltz from the War and Peace; Khachaturian: Waltz from Masquerade; Weber: "Invitation to the Dance"; Liszt: Mephisto Waltze No 1; Sibelius: Valse Triste; Waldteufel: "The Ice Skaters", Waltz; R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier-Suite

08

april, 2022

20:00, fri

Grand hall