Valery Gergiev and Mariinsky Theater Orchestra will perform in Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society for the second time in a season

On April 24th in Arnold Kats State Concert Hall a concert of Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra will be held under the conduction of Valery Gergiev. The musician will appear on the stage of Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society for the second time in the concert season: his previous performance took place in October. Also a charity concert of Stradivari-Ensemble of Mariinsky Theater, soloist and conductor - Lorentz Nasturika-Gershovichi is planned. Performances will be held within the framework of XVI Moscow Easter Festival. The festival is dedicated to the 135th anniversary of the birth of Igor Stravinsky.

On April 24^th Novosibirsk Philharmonic Society will host the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra under the conduction of Valery Gergiev for the second time in a season, the concert starts at 7 pm. On the same day at 4.30 pm on the stage of Arnold Kats State Concert Hall the performance of Stradivari-Ensemble of Mariinsky Theater will begin, the soloist and conductor is Lorentz Nasturika-Gershovichi. Gifted children from Novosibirsk and Novosibirsk region will be invited to the charity concert.

"We are honored to receive Valery Gergiev and the musicians of Mariinsky Theater on our stage. Their performances on the stage of Novosibirsk Philharmonic will take place in this concert season for the second time, it seems to me that this is a sign of a high level of work that our organization shows", says Beibit Mukhamedin, Director General of Novosibirsk Philharmonic. "I want to express my deep gratitude to the Government of Novosibirsk Region and note that without its support this project in Novosibirsk would be impossible. And, of course, it is very important that a charity concert for gifted children will take place within the framework of the visit of Mariinsky Theater musicians. I am confident that these performances will be a great artistic event for Novosibirsk audience".

The Sixteenth Moscow Easter Festival will be held from April 16^th to May 9^th. During this time the concerts of Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev will be held in more than 20 regions of Russia: Moscow, Kazan, Almetyevsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Orenburg, Magnitogorsk, Ekaterinburg, Surgut, Tyumen, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Tomsk, Omsk, Strezhevoy, Perm , Ulyanovsk, Saransk, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir, Tula, Kursk, Vladikavkaz, Stavropol and Voronezh. To implement such a large-scale and rich in the number of concerts program the musicians will be "traditionally" helped by the special charter train of Moscow Easter Festival.

The grand opening of the XVI Moscow Easter Festival will be held on Easter Day, April 16^th, in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory. Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev and Denis Matsuev will perform works by I.F. Stravinsky, P.I. Tchaikovsky, S.V. Rakhmaninov and M.I. Glinka.

The Sixteenth Moscow Easter Festival is supported by Moscow Government, the Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation and the Blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. XVI Festival is dedicated to the 135^th anniversary of the birth of Igor F. Stravinsky.

Official site of Moscow Easter Festival: www.easterfestival.ru