Concerts

Concert Venue Addresses

Thursday, February 21st   

Alexei Lyubimov (piano) performs Debussy. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Anna Suslova (organ), Yekaterina Leonova (soprano) and Ivan Leonov (tenor) perform Bach, Frescobaldi, Cilea, Franck, Donizetti, Verdi and others. St. Andrew’s Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana performed by the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra, the Yurlov Capella and the Bolshoi Theater Children’s Choir. Soloists Elvira Khokhlova (soprano), Alexander Bogdanov (tenor) and Andrei Butyrkin (baritone), conductor Dmitry Yurovsky. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

Devichnik. Dreams at the Opera (Devichnik. Son v Opere): Dmitry Bertman stages a concert of lullabies. Helikon Opera on Arbat. 7 p.m.

GAM Ensemble performs contemporary European and Russian music. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Johann Strauss, The King of Waltzes: Novaya Opera Orchestra and soloists in concert. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

Natalya Belokolenko (flute), Natalya Makarova (soprano) and Arkady Reznik (guitar) perform Piazzolla, Granados, De Falla, Martin and others. Scriabin Museum. 7 p.m.

MT PICK National Philharmonic of Russia performs Barber’s Esse No. 1 for orchestra and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. Ken-David Masur conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Oksana Panchenko (soprano), Yelena Gilevich (piano) and Tatyana Lemberg (cello) perform Glinka, Golovanov, Rachmaninov, Handel and others. Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. 7 p.m.

Students and Post-Graduates in concert. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Tatyana Rubinskaya (mezzo-soprano) performs arias and romances by Dargomyzhsky. Sergei Prokofiev Museum. 7 p.m.

Yasnaya Polyana Trio performs romances and songs by the Tolstoys. Ivan Turgenev Museum. 6:30 p.m.

Zurab Sotkilava (tenor) in a concert of classical vocal music. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Friday, February 22nd 

Canticum Ensemble, the Moscow Bach Center Children’s Choir, the Avis Dei Ensemble and Anna Vetlugina (organ) perform Pergolesi and Vetlugina. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 8 p.m.

Chamber Orchestra of Russia performs Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Rubtsov and Utkin. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Compositions by Andrei Zelensky performed by the Vremena Goda Chamber Orchestra and soloists. Dom Kompozitorov. 7 p.m.

Ervand Agadzhanyan (violin), Larisa Bunakova (piano) and Inna Bulikyan (piano) perform Ravel, Ysaye, Mozart, Paganini, Grieg and others. Scriabin Museum. 7 p.m.

Marlena Mosh (soprano) performs early Christian canticles, Bach, Mozart, Babadzhanyan, Tigranyan and Tariverdiev. Sergei Prokofiev Museum. 7 p.m.

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time performed by the Early Music Academy Ensemble, solost and conductor Tatyana Grindenko. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Mikhail Lidsky (piano) performs Mozart. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Moscow Conservatory Chamber Choir performs contemporary a’capella compositions. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Musical Medical Service: Mark Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble in concert. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Solo e Tutti: Vasily Dyakovich (viola), Igor Georgiyevsky (cello), Nikita Olinevich, Olga Zinger, Stanislav Samoilov (all violin) and Eduard Mansurov (cello) and the Pavel Slobodkin Center Chamber Orchestra perform Mozart, Bruch, Tchaikovsky, Sarasate, Schubert and Popper. Soloist and conductor Ilya Gaisin (violin). Pavel Slobodkin Center. 7 p.m.

Tatyana Pikaizen (piano) performs Liszt and Tchaikovsky. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

The Fourth Dimension: Singer-songwriter Andrei Klimkovsky in concert. Leo Tolstoy Museum Na Prechistenke. 7 p.m.

Viva Opera!: Soprano Olga Peretyatko, tenors Maxim Paster, Alexander Bogdanov and Alexander Zakharov, and Novaya Opera Orchestra in an operatic concert. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

Vocal Compositions by Handel, Brahms and Methner performed by Yelena Liberova (soprano), Yekaterina Liberova (soprano) and Yevgeny Kapustin (baritone). Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. 7 p.m.

Saturday, February 23rd 

Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble in concert. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Evening of German Music: Lukas Geniusas (piano) performs Hindemith and Schumann. Vernadsky Geological Museum Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Irina Bikulova (soprano), Tatyana Lanskaya (soprano), Tamara Lomdzharia (mezzo-soprano), the Compromise Duo, the Dlina Dykhaniya Group, Yelena Privalova (organ) and others perform Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Kikta and Schnittke. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 8 p.m.

Konstantin Volostnov (organ) performs Bach. Glinka Museum. 7 p.m.

Kristina Zelenina (piano) perform Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin and Prokofiev. Scriabin Museum. 7 p.m.

Mario Durand (violin) and the Pavel Slobodkin Center Chamber Orchestra in a concert of classic pops. Pavel Slobodkin Center. 7 p.m.

Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music and soloists in a concert of recent Russian and Finnish chamber compositions. Arkhipovsky Salon. 7 p.m.

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra performs Mendelssohn’s The Fair Melusine Overture, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra and the wold premiere of Slonimsky’s Symphony No. 29. Soloists Nikita Borisoglebsky (violin) and Sergei Antonov (cello). Yury Simonov conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

RIDO Musical Salon-Bar: Russian Imperial Brass Orchestra, Balkan music band Exilados, Vladislav Igolinsky, Alexander Mikhailov, Svetlana Panova and others in the opening concert. Meyerhold Center. 7 p.m.

Russian Romances performed by Larisa Andreyeva (mezzo-soprano) and Natalia Muradymova (soprano). Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Rustam Komachkov (cello) and Sergei Korsakov (piano) perform Schubert, Beethoven and Liszt. Scriabin Museum. 4 p.m.

Svetlana Polyanskaya (soprano) and Nikolai Grigorov (organ) in a concert of classic pops. St. Mary’s Cathedral. 8:30 p.m.

Turetsky Choir: a’capella art group in concert. Kremlin Palace. 6 p.m.

Yevgenia Morozova (mezzo-soprano) and Yevgeny Kapustin (baritone) in a concert of arias. Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. 5 p.m.

Sunday, February 24th 

Anton Paisov (flute) and Olesya Kravchenko (organ) perform Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Iturralde and Prokofiev. St. Andrew’s Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

Blagozvinnitsa Choir in concert. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Concert of Early Music performed by the Galantnaya Yevropa Ensemble. Tsaritsyno Estate Museum Atrium Hall. 5 p.m.

Dvorak’s Stabat Mater performed by the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and the Sveshnikov Russian Choir. Soloists Elvira Khokhlova (soprano), Agunda Kulayeva (mezzo-soprano), Mikhail Kozakov (bass) and Peter Sonn (tenor), conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Folk Tunes and Songs of Greece, Russia and Ireland. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 8 p.m.

Fyodor Stroganov (organ), Karina Debord (soprano), Leonid Guryev (trumpet) and Mark Vainrot (violin) perform Bach, Handel, Frescobaldi, Vivaldi Caccini and others. St. Mary’s Cathedral. 7:30 p.m.

Konstantin Tovstukha (piano) and Pyotr Chonkushev (violin) perform Brahms, Rachmaninov and Schumann. Vernadsky Geological Museum Concert Hall. 5 p.m.

Kvadriga Vocal Ensemble and the Nadezhda Chamber Choir in a concert of classical vocal music. Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. 5 p.m.

Madrigal Ensemble of Early Music performs works by Adriano Banchieri and his contemporaries. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Maxim Puryzhinsky and Irina Silivanova (piano duet) perform Tchaikovsky and Ravel. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 2 p.m.

Moscow Consevatory Chamber Orchestra Ensemble of Soloists performs Stravinsky‘s The Soldier’s Tale and Poulenc’s The Story of Babar. Sergei Prokofiev Museum. 6 p.m.

Moskovia Chamber Orchestra and soloists perform Paganini. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Musica Perpetuo Clarinet Trio in concert. Tsaritsyno Estate Museum Muzykalnaya Gostinnaya Hall. 2 p.m.

Natalya Artyomova (violin), Igor Fyodorov (clarinet) and Vera Kameneva (piano) perform Schumann and Brahms. Lyublino Estate Museum Durasov Palace. 3 p.m.

Valery Agababov performs on classical guitar. Izmailovo Tsar’s Estate. 3 p.m.

Vladimir Ovchinnikov and Filipp Kopachevsky (both piano) and the Orpharion Ensemble perform Chopin’s Piano Concertos No. 1 and No. 2. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Monday, February 25th

FESTIVAL Contemporary Music: New Music Studio Ensemble, the FAMA Q String Quartet, Olga Grechko (soprano) and Tatyana Vymyatnina (harp) perform Miroslav Srnka’s Fictitious Hum, Chernovin’s Love Song, Korndorf’s Canzona Triste and other compositions in the closing concert. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Pavel Dombrovsky (piano) performs Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Liszt. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Sretensky Monastery Choir in a concert of folk Russian and Ukrainian songs. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Mahler’s Symphony No. 6. Soloist Sayaka Shoji, conductor Vladimir Yurovsky. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, February 26th

Alexandra Durseneva (mezzo-soprano), Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) and the Boheme Quartet perform Mahler, Respighi and De Falla. Arkhipovsky Salon. 7 p.m.

Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble in a Russian folk show. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Evening of Chamber Music: Kirill Kashunin (piano) and Kirill Kravtsov (violin) perform Beethoven’s sonatas. Vernadsky Geological Museum Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Moscow Conservatory Chamber Orchestra performs Hindemith’s Suite of French Dances, his Spielmusik, Tchaikovsky’s Andante Funebre e Doloroso and Stravinsky’s Apollo Musagetes ballet music. Soloist Maria Teplyakova (viola). Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms’s Symphony No. 2 and his Piano Concerto. Soloist Eliso Virsaladze. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Terem Quartet of Folk Instruments in a concert of film music. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Vladimir Ivanov (violin) and Tigran Alikhanov (piano) perform Beethoven’s sonatas. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, February 27th

Evening of Piano Music: compositions by Lyadov, Bortkevich and Rachmaninov. Dom Zhurnalista. 7 p.m.

Gleb Dobarsky (piano) performs Messiaen, Prokofiev and Schumann. Scriabin Museum. 7 p.m.

Novaya Opera Orchestra performs Richard Strauss’ The Bourgeois Gentleman suite, Janacek’s Taras Bulba, Ravel’s Three Songs of Don Quixote and Ibert’s Don Quixote Songs. Soloists Vasily Ladyk and Yevgeny Stavinsky, conductor Jan Latham Koenig. Novaya Opera. 7 p.m.

Rossini’s Stabat Mater performed by the Yurlov Capella and the Prokofiev Symphony Orchestra. St. Mary’s Cathedral. 8 p.m.

Schubert’s Winterreise Song Cycle performed by Moscow Conservatory students. Golitsyn Manor. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Sergei Dogadin, Itamar Zorman and the Novaya Rossiya Orchestra perform Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2. Viktor Tretyakov conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Soloists of Moscow Chamber Ensemble performs Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, Kancheli’s Chiaroscuro, Bruch’s Romance for viola and orchestra and Haydn’s Symphony No. 83. Soloist and conductor Yury Bashmet. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Verdi: arias, opera scenes, romances and instruental compositions performed by Moscow soloists. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano) and Vladimir Tonkha (cello) perform Vivaldi, Mozart, Villa-Lobos, Sibelius, De Falla and others. Gnesin Academy of Music. 7 p.m.

Vladimir Tverskoi (bass) in a vocal concert. Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. 7 p.m.

and Beyond...

Alexei Chernov (violin), Mikhail Utkin (cello) and Alexander Maikapar (piano) perform Bach. Scriabin Museum. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Asya Kushner (violin) and the Pavel Slobodkin Center Chamber Orchestra perform Bach, Sarasate, Venyavsky, Mozart, Paganini and Saint-Saens. Pavel Slobodkin Center. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Boris Pevzner Choral Theater performs Mikhail Bronner’s Russian Decameron. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana performed by the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra, the Yurlov Capella and the Bolshoi Theater Children’s Choir. Soloists Elvira Khokhlova (soprano), Alexander Bogdanov (tenor) and Andrei Butyrkin (baritone), conductor Julian Gallant. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Chamber Orchestra of Russia Soloists perform Shostakovich. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Darya Rabotkina (piano) performs Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Rabotkin, Adams, Barber and others. Glinka Museum. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Fyodor Stroganov (organ), Oleg Boiko (guitar) and Yelena Pozhidayeva (mezzo-soprano) perform Bruna, Soler, Handel, Alfonso X de Castilla, Luis de Narvaez and others. St. Andrew’s Anglican Church. Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Konstantin Shamrai (piano) performs Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. Dom Kompozitorov. Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m.

Novaya Opera Soloists in concert. Alexander Pushkin Museum. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra performs the premieres of Alfeyev’s Stabat Mater, Ledenyov’s Ave Maria, Rubin’s Liturgical Triptych and Soderlind’s Symphony No. 8. Vladimir Fedoseyev conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Viktor Pikaizen (violin) and Tatyana Pikaizen (piano) perform Mozart, Schubert, Sarasate and others. Conservatory Small Hall. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Yekaterina Mechetina (piano) and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra perform Liszt and Chopin. Yury Simonov conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Pratum Integrum Orchestra in a concert of Baroque music. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. March 1, 7 p.m.

Yevgenia Segenyuk (mezzo-soprano) in a concert of Russian arias. Alexander Pushkin Apartment Museum. March 1, 6:30 p.m.

Alexander Gindin (piano) performs Schumann, Schubert and Brahms. Conservatory Great Hall. March 2, 7 p.m.

Denis Burshtein (piano) performs Sweelinck, Purcell, Hindemith and Bartok. Kolomenskoye Estate Museum. March 2, 3 p.m.

Marcel Dupre. Via Crucis: 14 Meditations on the Way of Sorrows performed by Josef Dahlberg (organ) and Milan Sladek (pantomime). St. Mary’s Cathedral. March 3, 7:30 p.m.

Olga Lutsiv-Ternovskaya (soprano), Vera Mikhailova (mezzo-soprano), Oleg Bugayev (cello) and Irina Nikonova (piano) perform Albenis, Granados, Bizet, Gounod, Debussy, Ravel and others. Lyublino Estate Museum Durasov Palace. March 3, 3 p.m.

MT PICK The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic in concert. Conservatory Great Hall. March 3, 7 p.m.