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Events
19
june, 2026
19:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Ioff - violin, artistic director; Tsvetana Omelchuk - mezzo-soprano; Lydia Kovalenko - violin; Varvara Kastorskaya - cello; Serafim Volkov - cello
Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni, Selected instrumental concerts, arias
22
may, 2026
19:00, fri
On the 95th anniversary of Alexander Petrov's birth
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Ioff - violin, artistic director; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola; Serafim Volkov - cello
Petrov: Suite from "Creation of the World" Ballet, String Quartet No. 2 "From the Depths of Memory" (version for string orchestra by G. Korchmar), "The Forgotten melody", "Humoresque", "The Song of maternal Love" from the movie "The Blue Bird" (version for viola and string orchestra by G. Korchmar), Tango from the movie "Garage" for cello and string orchestra, "There's a New Violinist in the Orchestra" for violin and string orchestra
12
may, 2026
19:00, tue
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Ioff - violin, artistic director; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
Schnittke: Concerto Grosso ¹ 3; Martynov: "Well Tempered beauty"; Pozumsky: "A new recipe for a suite"; Lavrov: "Theory of affects"
07
april, 2026
19:00, tue
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Ioff - violin, artistic director; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
Beethoven: Grand Fugue for String Quartet in B flat major; Martynov: Come In! for violin, celesta and strings; J.-S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor; Bryars: “Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet”
18
march, 2026
19:00, wed
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Ioff - violin, artistic director; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola
Akhunov: "The Art of Associations", Passacaglia for violin, viola and string orchestra; Korolev: "White Balance" for String Orchestra; Khrushcheva: "Book of Sorrow and Joy" for strings
28
february, 2026
20:00, sat
On the 80th anniversary of the composer
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, violin - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin; Alisa Ten - vocal; Maria Fedotova - flute
Martynov: "Well Tempered beauty", Come In! for violin, celesta and strings, "Passionate Songs" for voice, flute, violin and strings
03
january, 2026
19:00, sat
On the 90th Anniversary of the musicologist I.G. Raiskin
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Ioff - violin, artistic director; Lydia Kovalenko - viola; Maria Fedotova - flute; Denis Bystrov - oboe; Nikita Istomin - trumpet; Igor Karzov - French horn; Mikhail Blekher - harpsichord
J.-S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
07
december, 2025
19:00, sun
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
13
november, 2025
19:00, thu
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Ioff - violin, artistic director; Lydia Kovalenko - viola
Wagner: Prelude and Love Death from Tristan und Isolde (version for strings by G. Korchmar); Schumann: Cello Concerto (author's version for violin and orchestra); Brahms: Love-Song Waltzes (version for string orchestra); Mendelssohn: Two concert pieces for violin and viola and orchestra, op. 113 and 114
25
june, 2025
19:00, wed
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, vioilin - Ilya Ioff; Alisa Ten - vocal; Anastasia Rogalyova - piano; Nikita Istomin - trumpet; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
01
june, 2025
20:00, sun
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, violin - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - viola; Vera Chekanova - vocals; Alisa Ten - vocals; Vladimir Volkov - double bass
23
march, 2025
19:00, sun
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, violin - Ilya Ioff; Vera Chekanova - soprano; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony; Tishchenko: "The Run of Time", vocal cycle on the poems by A. Akhmatova for soprano and string orchestra; Kancheli: "Twilight" for two violins and strings; Tariverdiev: "The Road" (from the film "Seventeen moments of spring"); Solovyov-Sedoy: "Cheerful Train", overture
08
february, 2025
19:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, violin - Ilya Ioff; Vera Chekanova - soprano; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
Richter: The Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed for violin and orchestra; Lavrova: "The Theory of Affects", Concerto Grosso for two violins and strings; Korchmar: "The Seasons", a vocal cycle based on poems by A. Vivaldi for soprano and 12 strings
29
november, 2024
19:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto No 20 (version by V.Lachner), Symphony No.40 (version by P.Lichtensthal), Concertante for two violins and string orchestra in D major (Sonata K.448) (version by F.David)
15
october, 2024
19:00, tue
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, violin - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin; Mikhail Blekher - piano
J.-S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; Schnittke: Concerto Grosso ¹ 3 for two violins, harpsichord, bell and string orchestra; Pärt: Tabula Rasa, double concerto for two solo violins, prepared piano, and chamber orchestra
17
may, 2024
19:00, fri
To the 75th anniversary of the Small Hall
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, violin - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola
Akhunov: "The Art of Associations"; J.-S. Bach: Violin Concerto in E major; Mozart: Don Giovanni, Overture; Pärt: "Silentium"; Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata (I part)
29
march, 2024
19:00, fri
21
january, 2024
19:00, sun
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, violin - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin; Vera Chekanova - soprano
07
october, 2023
19:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, violin - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola
Stravinsky: Concerto in D "Basel" for String Orchestra; Shostakovich: Viola Sonata (version for viola and string orchestra); Tchaikovsky: Serenade for string orchestra; Mussorgsky: "Night on Bald Mountain" (version for string orchestra)
27
june, 2023
19:00, tue
07
june, 2023
19:00, wed
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director, violin - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola; Alisa Ten - vocal; Vera Chekanova - vocal; Vladimir Volkov - double bass
22
april, 2023
19:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Desyatnikov: "Like an old organ grinder" for violin and strings; Martynov: Schubert-Quintet (Unfinished); Gubaidulina: "Schubert's Impromptu" for flute, violin and strings; Akhunov: "The art of associations" for two violins and strings, "Erlkönig" for viola and strings
25
february, 2023
19:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola; Mikhail Blekher - piano, chembalo
J.-S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor; Mendelssohn: Two Concert Pieces (Op. 113, 114. Version for violin, viola and strings by I. Ioff); Wagner: Prelude and Love Death from Tristan und Isolde; Schnittke: Concerto Grosso ¹ 3 (version for strings by G. Korchmar)
17
november, 2022
19:00, thu
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Overture (version for strings), Symphony No.40 (version for strings); Schnittke: "Moz-Art à la Haydn" (version for strings); Salieri: Concertino da camera (version for strings); Raskatov: "Five Minutes from the Life of Mozart"; Mozart-David: Concertante for two violins and orchestra
28
october, 2022
19:00, fri
The Silver Lyre Festival
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Ioff (artistic director)
Ilya Ioff - violin, viola; Lydia Kovalenko - viola; Mikhail Blekher - harpsichord; Maria Fedotova - flute; Denis Lupachyov - flute; Denis Bystrov - oboe; Nikita Istomin - trumpet piccolo; Igor Karzov - french horn
J.-S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Organizers:
Philharmonic Society
24
june, 2022
19:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Alisa Ten - vocal; Vera Chekanova - vocal; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola; Vladimir Volkov - double bass; Mikhail Blekher - keyboards
Khrushcheva: "Russian dead ends" (author's version for two violins, piano and strings, first performance); Kuryokhin: "Seasons"
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
06
february, 2022
19:00, sun
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata for Cello and Piano; Tsfasman: Jazz Suite, for piano and orchestra; Fujiie: Four Seasons inspired by Li-Po's poems; Pelecis: "Meeting with Friend"
09
october, 2021
19:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Maria Fedotova - flute; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola; Vera Chekanova - soprano
Desyatnikov: "The Russian Seasons"; J.-S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
23
june, 2021
19:00, wed
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
PetRo Duet
Anastasia Rogalyova (piano)
Dmitry Petrov (piano)
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
18
april, 2021
19:00, sun
Lydia Kovalenko - violin; Inga Dzektser - piano
Wieniawski: Polonaise de concert No 1, "Legende", , Scherzo tarantella; Kreisler: "Vienna Caprice", , "Chinese tambourine"; Vieuxtemps: Fantasia appassionata
19
february, 2021
19:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - viola; Vera Chekanova - soprano; Stanislav Soloviev - piano
Mendelssohn: Two Concert Pieces, Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra, Symphony No 9 for String Orchestra, "Salve Regina" for soprano and strings
06
november, 2020
20:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni, Concerto for two Violins and Strings in A major, Concerto for two Violins and Strings in D minor, MotetMotet "In furore iustissimae irae" for Soprano, Strings and Continuo, “O qui coeli terraeque serenitas” for Soprano and Strings, Aria of Costanza "Ombre Vane" from "Griselda", Aria of Vagaus "Armatae face et anguibus" from "Juditha triumphans"
Organizers:
Philharmonic Society
14
october, 2020
19:00, wed
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - viola
10
october, 2020
19:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin; Irina Savelieva - viola; Anton Andreev - cello; Kirill Ziborov - double bass
25
september, 2020
19:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - viola
Shostakovich: Viola Sonata; Akhunov: ; Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for string orchestra
22
may, 2020
20:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
J.-S. Bach: The Concerto for two Violins; Mendelssohn: Two Concert Pieces version for violin, viola and strings; Mozart: Symphony No.40 version for Strings; Akhunov: "The Art of Associations" (World Premiere)
Cancelled concert
04
january, 2020
20:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin, viola
Mozart: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", Serenade No. 6 "Serenata Notturna", Adagio and Fugue in Ñ minor, Adagio in Ñ major, "A Musical Joke" ("The Village Musicians"); Salieri: Concertino da Camera for violin, viola and strings; Schnittke: "Moz-Art à la Haydn"; Raskatov: “Five minutes from the life of W.A.M.” for violin, strings and percussion
19
november, 2019
19:00, tue
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - viola; Alexei Massarsky - cello; Alisa Fedorova - violin
J.-S. Bach: Concerto for 3 Violins, Viola and basso continuo; Schnittke: "Concerto for Three" for violin, viola, cello and stringsand strings
23
october, 2019
20:00, wed
Conductor - Evgeny Khokhlov; Lydia Kovalenko - viola
Vera Tariverdieva - presenter
Tariverdiev: Music for "Seventeen Moments of Spring", "Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath", "Passenger from the "Equator"", "Golden River", "Fate of the Resident", "King Stag", Concerto in Romantic Style for viola and string orchestra
14
october, 2019
19:00, mon
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin; Ivan Chernobaev - vibraphone; Stanislav Soloviev - piano; Anna Makarova - harp
Vivaldi: Concerto for two Violins and Strings in A minor; Debussy: Dances for Harp and String Orchestra; Mendelssohn: Two Concert Pieces; Pelecis: "Blooming Jasmine"; Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings
28
september, 2019
19:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata for Cello and Piano; Khrushcheva: "Book of Sorrow and Joy" for strings; Berg: Piano Sonata op. 1; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
14
may, 2019
19:00, tue
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Ilya Ioff - artistic dirwctor and soloist; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style Orch. by G.Korchmar, Concerto grosso No 1, Concerto Grosso ¹ 3
27
april, 2019
20:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni, Concerto Grosso for two violins, strings and basso continuo, Concerto for two violins, strings and basso continuo; Akhunov: "The Four Seasons" for Violin and String Orchestra
19
april, 2019
19:00, fri
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Festino Chamber Choir
Alexandra Makarova (artistic director)
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - viola; Vera Chekanova - soprano
Mozart: Adagio; Mendelssohn: "Salve Regina" for soprano and strings; Schubert: Mass No.2; Martynov: "Come In" for two violin, strings, celesta and percussion
St. Petersburg State University Students Choir
Conductor - Edward Krotman; Lydia Kovalenko - violin; Gianni Iorio (Italia) - bandoneon; Ekaterina Kurbanova - mezzo-soprano
Piazzolla: "Four Seasons in Buenos Aires", Tango for Violin and Orchestra; Palmeri: Misa a Buenos Aires (Misatango) for Soloists, Choir, Bandoneon and Orchestra
02
march, 2019
20:00, sat
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin
Herrmann: Suite from "Psycho"; Brossé: "Black, White and in Between"; Karmanov: "Green DNK" for string ensemble; Martynov: "Well Tempered beauty"; Pärt: Tabula Rasa, double concerto for two solo violins, prepared piano, and chamber orchestra
14
june, 2018
19:00, thu
Artistic director and conductor - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - violin ; Alexey Balashov - oboe; Maria Fedotova - flute
J.-S. Bach: The Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Chamber Orchestra, The Concerto for two Violins, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6; Karmanov:
22
may, 2018
19:00, tue
Lydia Kovalenko - violin; Inga Dzektser - piano
Wieniawski: , "Legende", Polonaise Brillante in A major, Scherzo tarantella; Szymanowski: "Myths", Nocturne and tarantella; Paganini: , Cantabile, "La campanella"
21
january, 2018
19:00, sun
Divertissement Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director and soloist (violin) - Ilya Ioff; Lydia Kovalenko - viola
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra; Berg: Piano Sonata op. 1; Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht