Events

Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra is preparing for a tour to China. The tour will take place from December 27, 2023 to January 5, 2024 in three cities of the People's Republic of China. On December 29 and 30, the concert programs of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra will be presented to the public in Nanjing. On December 31 and January 1, the famous Novosibirsk orchestra will perform in Qingdao. The tour will end with a concert in the capital of China, Beijing, on January 3.

The VII-th Trans-Siberian Art Festival will go down in history as the most unusual one, which was held in an extraordinary way, despite all the circumstances. In November 2019 at the announcing press conference the organizers of the festival led by the world famous violinist Vadim Repin spoke about the festival program, which was supposed to last from March to April 2020. Instead of the traditional 3-4 weeks, the festival lasted until December and was held in two stages, the program underwent extensive changes, and some of the concerts were held online.

“We are very sensitive to everything connected with Arnold Kats. For me and my colleagues, his name represents the primacy of the artistic over the petty practicality and the commercial component. "
V.M. Kaluzhsky

September 14, on the day of the recommencement of the work of  Novosibirsk Philharmonic concert venues a press conference dedicated to the opening of the concert season and the recommencement of the VIIth Trans-Siberian Art Festival took place at the State Concert Hall named after A.M. Kats. With participation of the Minister of Culture of the Novosibirsk Region Natalya Yaroslavtseva, the General Director of Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society Alexander Bocharnikov, the Artistic Director of Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society Vladimir Kaluzhsky, the Artistic Director of the Trans-Siberian Art Festival Vadim Repin and the conductor Valentin Uryupin.

Novosibirsk Philharmonic is completing its final preparations for the opening of the 83rd concert season, the key events of which were presented at the press conference. The event took place on September 2 in the State Concert Hall named after A.M. Kats. The speakers: Deputy Minister of Culture of the Novosibirsk Region Evgeny Sazonov, Director General of Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society Beibit Mukhamedin, artistic director of Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society Vladimir Kaluzhsky, artistic director and chief conductor of Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra Thomas Sanderling, soloist and conductor Maxim Vengerov.

On November 15 tickets to concerts of the largest and most anticipated annual cultural project - Trans-Siberian Art Festival - will be available at the ticket offices of Novosibirsk Philharmonic. Currently four concert programs have already been approved. Artists already well-known to Novosibirsk public and performers, whose names, loudly sounding in the world, we just have to open will take part in the concerts.

The “All-Russian Philharmonic Seasons” project, implemented by Moscow State Philharmonic Society and Ministry of Culture of Russia since 2003, allows Novosibirsk citizens not only to enjoy the masterpieces of world classics of academic music, but also to hear at Novosibirsk Philharmonic concert venues performances by leading artists who have already won world recognition. In the current season, the stage of Arnold Kats State Concert Hall has already hosted Zlata Chochieva (piano, Moscow) and the Mariinsky Theater Chorus (St. Petersburg).

On 13th of April Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra completed its part in V International Trans-Siberian Art Festival with the concert in the 64th subscription of Mariinsky Theater.
The program included: an introduction to Richard Wagner's "The Master-Singers of Nuremberg ", a concerto for cello and orchestra in A minor by Robert Schumann and Symphony No. 2 in E minor by Sergei Rachmaninov.