From 27 to 30 June the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev will be appearing at the XXV International Music Festival in Mikkeli (Finland). This year, the forum is dedicated to the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Sergei Prokofiev. The festival’s Artistic Director is Valery Gergiev
On June 11, People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Galouzine will celebrate his 60th birthday with a performance in Mariinsky-2. The singer will appear in one of his signature roles, Alexei Ivanovich in The Gamblerby Sergei Prokofiev
On 26 and 27 June and 7 and 8 July 2016 there will be auditions for places at the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers
The playbill of the XXIV Music Festival Stars of the White Nights features three operas by Rodion Shchedrin: The Lefthander (June 7, Mariinsky-2),The Enchanted Wanderer (June 13, Concert Hall), and A Christmas Tale, the premiere of the current season (June 18, Mariinsky-2). All three performances will be conducted by Valery Gergiev.
The Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev will perform on the Palace Square on 17 June
The world-famous Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Ivan Fischer will perform in St Petersburg, for the first time. The concert is scheduled for June 9 at 8.00 pm in Mariinsky-2
From June 30 to August 10, the I International Mariinsky Far East Festival will take place at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre in Vladivostok, Russia. The festival will feature the most brilliant soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre as well as leading guest artists from Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Mongolia, Germany, Greece, The United Kingdom, The United States, and Puerto Rico
Mariinsky Ballet Principal Dancer Kimin Kim has won the Benois de la danse prize in the category “Best Male Dancer”
You are welcome to visit the roof terrace of the Mariinsky II with its staggering panoramic views of the historic centre of St Petersburg
On 9 June at 19:00 the ensemble will appear at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire and on 6 July it will perform at the Großer Saal of the Konzerthaus (Berlin)