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December 2025
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01 December, Monday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"Russian romance"

Maxim Rubtsov - flute
Peter Laul - piano
Tchaikovsky; Rachmaninoff; Rimsky-Korsakov; Taneyev; Glazunov; Glinka; Lyadov; Arensky; Alyabyev; Grechaninov

01 December, Monday 6:00 pm

Angelica Kaufman
At the crossroads between painting and music

Lyudmila Frolova - lecturer

02 December, Tuesday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Shostakovich. Intermissions from the opera "Katerina Izmailova"
Suite from the ballet "Bolt"

Conductor - Felix Korobov
Bizet - Shchedrin: Carmen suite; Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Five orchestral interludes from the opera Katerina Izmaylova, Bolt, Suite from the ballet

02 December, Tuesday 6:00 pm

The Birth of a Masterpiece from Tragic Circumstances
The first Russian composer with world fame, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and the last concert in his life

Marina Monakhova - lecturer

03 December, Wednesday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"In the expanses of Latin America"
Jazz Music Evening

Konstantin Maminov - saxophone
Gasan Bagirov - guitar, vocals
Vladimir Kozlov - double bass
Konstantin Kuvaytsev - percussion
Jobim; Piazzolla; Joaquín

04 December, Thursday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Chamber music evening

Evgenii Ryzhkov - double bass
Lev Klychkov - violin
Dmitrii Khrychev - cello
Iurii Ushchapovskii - violin
Vera Vasileva - violin
Argine Stepanian - violin
Aleksei Bogorad - viola
Aleksandr Chizhov - viola
Taras Trepel - cello
Gleb Dyagilev - double bass
Bottesini: Grande Allegro di Concerto (alla Mendelssohn), Concert duet for cello and double bass with orchestra on themes from Bellini’s opera “The Puritans”, Gran Duo Concertante for violin, double bass and orchestra; Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings

04 December, Thursday 6:00 pm

"I'm writing the story of my life..."
Music of Kiryanovo Manor by E.R. Vorontsova-Dashkova

Anastasia Alexandrova - lecturer

05 December, Friday 8:00 pm
Grand Hall
Mozart. Overture to the opera "Le nozze di Figaro"
Flute and Harp Concerto

Conductor - Anatoly Rybalko
Georgii Dolgov - flute
Ekaterina Semion - harp
Mozart: Overture from The Marriage of Figaro, Flute and Harp Concerto; Beethoven: Symphony No.2

06 December, Saturday 12:00 pm

From Urban Romance to "Ode to Joy": Music in the Works of F. M. Dostoevsky

Maria Mikhnovets - lecturer

07 December, Sunday 3:00 pm
Grand Hall
"The Golden Key"

Conductor - Pavel Bubelnikov
Anna Mikhalkova - presenter
Weinberg: "The Golden Key", suite No. 4 from the ballet based on the fairy tale of the same name by A.N. Tolstoy; Tchaikovsky: Fragments from The Nutcracker

07 December, Sunday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"Brahms. Personal motives"


Ilya Ioff - violin
Lydia Kovalenko - viola
Stanislav Soloviev - piano
Artem Vargaftik - author of the idea and presenter
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1, String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Selected Songs, Letters, Poems

08 December, Monday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"Northern Sinfonia" Symphony Orchestra

"Northern Sinfonia" Symphony Orchestra
Artistic director and conductor - Fabio Mastrangelo
Olesia Tertychnaia - flute
Dvořák: Serenade for Strings; Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1, Symphony No 36 "Linz"

09 December, Tuesday 6:00 pm

"Sounding Memory"
Leningrad Symphony in Museum Expositions and Collections

Irina Karpenko - lecturer

10 December, Wednesday 6:00 pm

Musical tastes of the "Russian Hamlet"
Paul I and his era

Aisulu Shukurova - lecturer

13 December, Saturday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Vadim Monastyrsky
Piano evening

Chopin: Fantasie in f moll; R. Strauss: Stimmungsbilder for piano; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

14 December, Sunday 3:00 pm
Small Hall
"Inspired by romanticism"

Valentina Fedeneva - soprano
Anna Vikulina - soprano
Vladimir Tselebrovsky - baritone
Ilya Chirskov - piano
Elena Spist - piano
Alina Komarkova - piano
Alexander Galitsky - presenter
Liszt; Verdi; Tchaikovsky

15 December, Monday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"Invitation to dance"
Haik Kazazyan (violin)

Haik Kazazyan - violin
Evgenij Starodubcev - piano
Mozart; Kreisler; Dvořák; Sarasate; de Falla; Bartók; Tchaikovsky; Stravinsky; Wieniawski; Brahms; Khachaturian; Ravel; Bazzini

15 December, Monday 6:00 pm

"Thunder of victory resound!"
His Serene Highness Prince G.A. Potemkin-Tavrichesky and Music

Natalia Bakhareva - lecturer

16 December, Tuesday 6:00 pm

"My dear, wonderful orchestra..."
Alexander Glazunov at the helm of the Court Orchestra

Olga Radvilovich - lecturer

18 December, Thursday 6:00 pm

"Between friends sometimes, sometimes I sing with the bay..."
Musical tastes of Nikolai Alexandrovich Lvov and his circle

Natalia Sidorova - lecturer

20 December, Saturday 12:00 pm

"Casta diva" and more: vocal and instrumental music in the stories of I.A. Goncharov

Natalia Movnina - lecturer

21 December, Sunday 3:00 pm
Small Hall
"Between Love and Rebellion"
(romanticism)

Oleg Vainstein - piano
Alexei Tishchenko - violin
Vera Chekanova - soprano
Mikhail Blekher - piano
Natalia Entelis - presenter
Schubert; Schumann; Chopin; Paganini

23 December, Tuesday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Laureates of the Hibla Gerzmava Vocal Competition

23 December, Tuesday 6:00 pm

Towards Victory
Music in Leningrad 1944-1945

Irina Karpenko - lecturer

24 December, Wednesday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Schumann. "Vienna Carnival"

Alexei Melnikov - piano
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien; Brahms: 6 Pieces Op.118; Tchaikovsky: Four pieces from the cycle "Eighteen Pieces for Piano", ; Rachmaninoff: Five preludes

24 December, Wednesday 6:00 pm

The musical culture of Russia during the reign of Alexander I

Mikhail Aleinikov - lecturer

27 December, Saturday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
"Towards the virtuosos"

Maria Shalgina - violin
Dmitrii Petrov - violin
Daria Shaposhnikova - piano
Glier: Duets for two violins; Moszkowski: Suite for two violins and piano; Saint-Saëns: Introduction and rondo capriccioso for violin and piano; Bizet – Waxman: Fantasy on themes from the opera "Carmen" for violin and piano; Bacewicz: Suite for two violins; Shostakovich: Five pieces for two violins and piano; Rakov: Five pieces for two violins and piano; Halvorsen: Concert Caprice on Norwegian melodies for two violins; Frolov: Jazz pieces for two violins and piano

28 December, Sunday 3:00 pm
Small Hall
A New Year's Tale


Irina Chizhik - reader
Julia Labutina - sand animation
Irina Smuckul - presenter
"The Nutcracker", composition to music for Tchaikovsky's ballet; "Cinderella", composition to music for Prokofiev's ballet

28 December, Sunday 7:00 pm
Small Hall
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Johann Sebastian Bach
On the 500th anniversary of the birth of G. Palestrina and the 340th anniversary of J.S. Bach's birth

Festino Vocal Ensemble
Artistic director, conductor - Alexandra Makarova
Palestrina: Motet "Sicut cervus", Missa Papae Marcelli; Bach: Three motets (No. 1, 3 and 5)