From December 11 to 14, 2025, leading soloists from the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres will perform on the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre in Vladivostok in a vibrant ballet program of the X International Mariinsky Far East Festival. Dazzling prima ballerinas, principal dancers and soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre: Ekaterina Kondaurova, Renata Shakirova, Maria Iliushkina, Konstantin Zverev, Elena Yevseyeva, Nikita Korneyev, Even Capitaine, and Ryoma Hudzeleu will adorn the program, together with brilliant principal dancers and soloists from the Bolshoi Theatre: Ekaterina Krysanova, Vladislav Lantratov, Igor Tsvirko, Maria Vinogradova, Olga Marchenkova, Mark Chino, Makar Mikhalkin, and Maria Koshkaryova. The Bolshoi Theatre soloists will appear at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre for the first time.
The ballet program of the Festival will open on December 11, 2025 with a grand Gala concert, taking over the chain of commemorative events marking the 100th anniversary of Maya Plisetskaya’s birth. A performance of Bizet – Shchedrin’s legendary ballet Carmen Suite will come as its centerpiece. The leading parts will be performed by Ekaterina Krysanova, Vladislav Lantratov, and Makar Mikhalkin. The night will continue with a divertissement featuring the brilliant soloists of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres. Maria Vinogradova and Igor Tsvirko will perform the Monologue and Adagio from Khachaturian’s Spartacus, while Olga Marchenkova and Mark Chino will perform the Pas de deux from Pugni’s La Fille du pharaon. The Far East audiences will for the first time enjoy A Flashback to music by Pärt, presented by Ekaterina Kondaurova and Konstantin Zverev. Maria Iliushkina and Even Capitaine will present the Grand pas de deux classique by Auber. Elena Yevseyeva and Nikita Korneyev will present Valse by Moszkowski; Renata Shakirova and Ryoma Hudzeleu will present the Pas de deux from Adam’s ballet Le Corsaire.
On December 12, 2025, audiences will be treated to Carmen Suite performed by the unrivaled Ekaterina Kondaurova, Nikita Korneyev, and Konstantin Zverev. Ekaterina Krysanova and Vladislav Lantratov will present The Bells to music by Rachmaninoff, which will be performed in Vladivostok exclusively on that night. The Gala concert will also feature Renata Shakirova, Igor Tsvirko, Maria Iliushkina, Maria Vinogradova, Konstantin Zverev, Mark Chino, Even Capitaine, Elena Yevseyeva, and Ryoma Hudzeleu.
On December 13, 2025, the Festival program will feature Don Quixote by Minkus, with Maria Koshkaryova and Igor Tsvirko performing the lead parts.
The Festival will culminate on December 14, 2025 with Amirov’s Oriental fairy tale A Thousand and One Nights, featuring Renata Shakirova and Nikita Korneyev. Lilia Berezhnova, principal dancer of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, will also perform.
Let us remind you that the opera portion of the X International Mariinsky Far East Festival took place on October 10 and 11, 2025. In Vladivostok, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra presented outstanding works by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Gustav Mahler, composers whose anniversaries are celebrated this year. The Primorsky opera company’s recent high-profile premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Il trovatore also took place.
