On September 6, 2020 the pinnacle annual event at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre – the V International Mariinsky Far East Festival, Vladivostok – was closed with Sergei Prokofiev’s War and Peace. The epic opera featured stars of the two companies: guest soloists from Saint Petersburg and artists of the Primorsky Stage. The baton was held by Pavel Smelkov, a Principal Conductor of the Primorsky Stage

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) requires foreigners to go into lockdown for 14 calendar days from the date of arrival in Russia. Since some artists of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre of foreign nationality are expected to return from their holidays to Vladivostok, the decision is taken to cancel all repertoire performances for the period from September 11, 2020 to September 20, 2020

On August 29, 2020 the media conference was held at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre by Valery Gergiev, an Artistic Director and a Principal Conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre. The maestro arrived to Vladivostok together with the Mariinsky Orchestra to take part in four premieres at the V International Mariinsky Far East Festival