At the beginning of the first winter month the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will host a constellation of young promising performers from the Asia-Pacific Region.
On 1 December the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage will be conducted by the Japanese maestro Yuta Shimizu. A graduate of the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg Conservatory, laureate of the Fifth International Conducting Competition Jeunesses Musicale, Yuta Shimizu have already been on the podium with renowned symphony ensembles from Russia, Japan, Bulgaria, Romania, Brazil. The concert programme features celebrated symphonic pieces by the greatest Russian composers – Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky.
On 2 and 4 December the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will see performance by the winner of the XV P.I. Tchaikovsky International Competition Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Mongolia). The Primorsky audience perfectly remembers the artist’s richest natural voice at the First International Mariinsky Far East Festival last August. Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar will go on stage in dramatic roles of toreador Escamillo in Carmen and treacherous Barone Scarpia in Tosca.
3 December will be marked by a debut of South Korean dancer Sun Woo Lee in the ballet Le Corsaire. Being laureate of several prestigious world ballet competitions, in 2016 he won bronze at the most authoritative International Ballet Competition in Varna. The young artist will perform in Vladivostok for the first time and will dance the part of Conrad in one of the theatre’s brightest ballets.
In December the Primorsky Stage will see the return of the rising ballet star Soo Bin Lee (South Korea). The ballerina made a spectacular appearance at the First International Mariinsky Far East Festival. In September Soo Bin Lee performed in Vladivostok again and made a successful debut in Giselle. A month ago she became the winner of the VII International Ballet Competition Vaganova-PRIX (St Petersburg). On December 9 Soo Bin Lee will appear on stage in Swan Lake.
