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Concerts

The Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart, Boccherini and Facius at Dom Muzyki on Sat. at 7 p.m.

Thursday, January 3rd

Franz Quartet performs Mozart, Schubert and Brahms. Conservatory Small Hall. 2 p.m.

Festival Russian Winter: Camerata Salzburg Chamber Orchestra performs dance music by Mozart, Verdi, Johann Strauss and others. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Snow Fantasy: Mosconcert soloists and orchestra, Modus Vivendi Quintet and Rusquartet in concert. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Friday, January 4th

Festival Christmas: Schola Gregoriana Pragensis performs music of Prague. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8:30 p.m.

Christmas Music: Marianna Vysotskaya (organ) performs Bach, Messiaen, Balbastre, Walter and others. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

Glinka Quartet performs Mozart and Piazzolla. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Jazz Sparkles: Mosconcert soloists and orchestra in concert. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Rachmaninov's Piano Works performed by Sergei Voronov, Kirill Kashunin, Andrei Shibko and Vadim Kholodenko. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Festival Russian Winter: Moskovia Chamber Orchestra performs Johann Strauss, Paganini, Rossini, Debussy, Piazzolla, Donizetti and others in a New Year's concert. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Saturday, January 5th

Festival Christmas: Popov Children's Choir and Stanislav Mostovoi (tenor) in a concert of European Christmas music. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8:30 p.m.

Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart, Boccherini and Facius. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Pavel Kogan Orchestra performs Prokofiev's Peter and Wolf, Glazunov's Winter, Lyadov's Magic Lake and Tchaikovsky's ballet music. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 2 p.m.

Rodion Zamurayev (violin) and Viktor Chernelevsky (piano) perform Bach, Shchedrin and Schnittke. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Festival Russian Winter: Piano duet of Alexander Gindin and Alexander Melnikov performs Liszt, Stravinsky and Rachmaninov. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Sunday, January 6th

Alexander Udaltsov (organ) performs Bach, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Franck and Udaltsov's organ transcriptions of Tchaikovsky and Ellington. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

Animal Talk (Razgovor Zhivotnykh): a musical performance based on Russian folk tales and rituals. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Christmas Cocktail: a concert of romantic arias and songs. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 8 p.m.

Festival Homecoming: Leonid Drutin (saxophone), Sofia Fomina (soprano), Dmitry Bulgakov (oboe), Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Boris Andrianov (cello), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Yevgeny Tonkha (cello), Yana Ivanilova (soprano) and others perform Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence, Ippolitov-Ivanov's Evening in Georgia, Milhaud's Scaramouche, Saariaho's Six Japanese Gardens, Wiberny's Ulla in Africa and pieces by Liszt. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Pavel Kogan Orchestra performs Prokofiev's Peter and Wolf, Glazunov's Winter, Lyadov's Magic Lake and Tchaikovsky's ballet music. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 2 p.m.

Rachmaninov's Piano Works performed by Yekaterina Lelidis, Alexander Fomenko, Sergei Glavatskikh and others. Conservatory Small Hall. 2 p.m.

Festival Russian Winter: Yekaterina Mechetina (piano) performs Beethoven's 32 Variations in C minor, Liszt's Sonata in B minor and Chopin's 24 Preludes. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Vivaldi's Arias and Duets and classic pops performed by the Mosconcert Orchestra and soloists. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Monday, January 7th

Christmas Evening in Paris: Yelena Revich (violin), Boris Andrianov (cello), Vadim Kholodenko (piano) and Nikolai Sivchuk (accordion) perform Debussy, Ravel, Couperin and others. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Festival Christmas: Andres Uibo's Apocalypse Symphony performed by the Blagovest Ensemble and the Orpheus Radio Symphony Orchestra. Soloist Andres Uibo (organ). St. Mary's Cathedral. 8 p.m.

Olga Pashchenko (clavier), Pavel Serbin (cello) and Olga Grechko (soprano) perform Beethoven, Dall'Abaco, Wolf and Ries in a concert of early romantic music. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Rachmaninov's Piano Works performed by Eleonora Karpukhova, Darya Petrova, Vyacheslav Gryaznov and Maxim Filippov. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, January 8th

Alexander Shtarkman (piano) performs Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Methner. Gnesin Academy of Music. 7 p.m.

Hans-Jurgen Kaiser (organ) performs Kaiser, Reger, Mendelssohn, Liszt and others. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Festival Homecoming: Maxim Rysanov (viola), Stanislav Davydov (French horn), Roman Mints (violin), Sergei Poltavsky (viola), Vadim Kholodenko (piano) and others perform Janacek, Schumann, Beethoven, Shostakovich and Jolivet. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Natalya Korabchevskaya (soprano) and Anna Suslova (organ) perform Bach, Vivaldi, Widor, Bellini, Verdi and others. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

Stepan Yakovich (violin) and Rustem Kudoyarov (piano) perform Kreisler, Ravel, Stravinsky, Shchedrin and Schnittke. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, January 8th

Boris Petrushansky (piano) performs Liszt and Brahms. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

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

Maxim Gurevich (violin), Kirill Kravtsov (violin), Mikhail Bereznitsky (viola), Alexei Tolstov (cello) and Dmitry Gordin (piano) perform Dvorak and Brahms. Gnesin Academy of Music. 7 p.m.

Natalia Uzhvi (organ) performs Balbastre, Handel, Elgar, Sviridov, Boellmann and Vierne. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments, the Moscow Conservatory Choir, the Zvonnitsa Children's Choir, and various soloists in a concert of Russian songs and romances. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Pyotr Aidu (piano) Grigory Krotenko (double bass), Yevgeny Subbotin (violin), Alexei Serov (French horn), Mikhail Shelenkov (bassoon), Valentin Uryupin (clarinet) and others perform Beethoven, Wagner, Bottesini and Gertovich. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Festival Spiritual Music: Moscow Synodal Choir, the Sveshnikov Russian Choir and the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra perform Grebenshchikov and Alfeyev. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

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