Mid-spring will bring a variety of musical events to the audiences of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.
The chamber program of the Chamber Hall will invite the audiences on a musical journey where they will get acquainted with the unique sound of individual instruments.
“Orchestra Gold” concert will take place on March 30, 2025. Fiery music by Georges Bizet, Robert Elkier, George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, Rodion Shchedrin and Astor Piazzolla, conveying the flavor of Spanish, Argentine and African-American rhythms will be performed by a brilliant ensemble in every sense of the word, consisting of trombones, horns, trumpets, a tuba and a rare young instrument, the flugelhorn.
On April 6, 2025, opera soloists and the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage will present an Evening of French music. The programme will include vocal pieces and instrumental works by famous French composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Francis Poulenc, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré and others.
On April 17, 2025, the winner of the 1st prize and Gold Medal at the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition in Piano Category, Sergey Davydchenko, will give a recital on the Primorsky Stage for the first time. This resounding victory has made the 19-year-old musician from Rostov-on-Don, a student at the Rostov State Conservatory, a true discovery of the year. The Competition has also brought the musician many touring engagements, including a tour to Uzbekistan, and performances at the Mariinsky Theatre under the conduction of Valery Gergiev.
On April 19, 2025, the Chamber Hall audience will be treated to the “Melodies of the South”, a programme consisting of Latin American and Argentine musical masterpieces. The musicians of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre will perform the famous String Quartet No. 1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Tango Ballet by Astor Piazzolla, as well as several chamber vocal pieces conveying a wide range of human emotions.
Special musical events will also take place in the Great Hall of the Theatre.
On April 18, 2025, the “Tchaikovsky – 185” Musical Night will take place, a concert dedicated to the anniversary of the great Russian composer. The soloist of the evening is the winner of the 1st prize and Gold Medal at the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition Sergey Davydchenko. The performance of this outstanding young pianist will be accompanied by the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage under the baton of Principal Conductor Pavel Smelkov.
On April 22, 2025, in commemoration of the Holy Easter, a large-scale Easter Concert will take place as part of the II Far East Easter Festival. Under the baton of Principal Conductor Pavel Smelkov, opera soloists, singers of the Chorus of the Primorsky Stage and musicians of the Mariinsky Orchestra of the Primorsky Stage will present The Lilacs, a cantata-mystery by the modern St. Petersburg composer Alexander Smelkov to poetry by Marina Tsvetaeva and “K.R.” (pen name of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia). The other part of the programme will be performed by the Combined Chorus of the Vladivostok Eparchy. Chants composed by the sacred concert masters Pavel Chesnokov, Alexander Nikolski, Alexander Tretyakov will be performed, as well as the music by famous Russian composers of the 20th century Nikolai Tcherepnin, Georgy Sviridov, Sergei Prokofiev and others.
