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XXV International Festival "Arts Square"
What's on
13
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Sat
Conductor – Nikolay Aleõeev
Soloist – Denis Matsuev Opening of the festival
Soloist – Denis Matsuev Opening of the festival
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1; Brahms: Symphony No 4
1800 — 10000 RUB
14
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Sun
Opera Gala
Conductor - Alexander Soloviev
Aida Garifullina - soprano; Ivan Gyngazov - tenor; Semyon Antakov - baritone
Aida Garifullina - soprano; Ivan Gyngazov - tenor; Semyon Antakov - baritone
Overtures, arias and duets from operas by Russian and foreign composers
4000 — 20000 RUB
15
December, 2025
7:00 pm, Mon
"Invitation to dance"
Haik Kazazyan (violin)
Haik Kazazyan (violin)
Haik Kazazyan - violin; Evgenij Starodubcev - piano
Mozart; Kreisler; Dvořák; Sarasate; de Falla; Bartók; Tchaikovsky; Stravinsky; Wieniawski; Brahms; Khachaturian; Ravel; Bazzini
800 — 1500 RUB
16
December, 2025
7:00 pm, Tue
500 — 800 RUB
16
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Tue
Conductor – Yuri Bashmet
New Russia State Symphony Orchestra
New Russia State Symphony Orchestra
New Russia State Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Symphony No.5
3000 — 6000 RUB
17
December, 2025
7:00 pm, Wed
500 — 800 RUB
17
December, 2025
7:00 pm, Wed
St Petersburg Concert Choir
St. Petersburg Concert Choir
Artistic director, conductor - Vladimir Begletsov
Penderecki: Veni creator; Sviridov: "Anthems of the Motherland"; Shchedrin: Concertino for choir
18
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Thur
Mozart. “Die Zauberflote”
Conductor – Philipp Chizhevsky
Conductor – Philipp Chizhevsky
The Orchestra of the Novaya Opera Theatre
Choir of the Novaya Opera Theatre
Conductor, musical director - Philipp Chizhevsky
Nikolay Didenko - Sarastro; Yaroslav Abaimov - Prince Tamino; Antonina Vesenina - Queen of the Night; Galina Kruch - Pamina; Konstantin Suchkov - Papageno; Kristina Bikmaeva - Papagena; Anton Bochkarev - Monostatos
Nikolay Didenko - Sarastro; Yaroslav Abaimov - Prince Tamino; Antonina Vesenina - Queen of the Night; Galina Kruch - Pamina; Konstantin Suchkov - Papageno; Kristina Bikmaeva - Papagena; Anton Bochkarev - Monostatos
Mozart: "Die Zauberflöte"
800 — 3000 RUB
19
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Fri
Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Valery Gergiev In memoriam Rodion Shchedrin
Conductor – Valery Gergiev In memoriam Rodion Shchedrin
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Shchedrin; Shostakovich
800 — 2500 RUB
20
December, 2025
7:00 pm, Sat
The Maestro Temirkanov International Foundation for Cultural Initiatives
Students of St. Petersburg State Conservatory Secondary Special Music School
400 — 700 RUB
20
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Sat
Conductor – Alexander Sladkovsky
Soloist – Angel Wang (USA)
Soloist – Angel Wang (USA)
Conductor - Alexander Sladkovsky
Angel Wang - piano
Angel Wang - piano
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Overture; Britten: Piano Concerto; R. Strauss: A Hero's Life (Ein Heldenleben), tone poem
800 — 2200 RUB
21
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Sun
Conductor – Dimitris Botinis
Soloist – Alexander Ramm
Soloist – Alexander Ramm
Dutilleux: Cello Concerto “Tout un monde lointain...”; Tchaikovsky: Suite No 3
700 — 1800 RUB
22
December, 2025
7:00 pm, Mon
Moonlight sonnets of Russian and foreign music
Symphony Choir of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic
Artistic director, conductor - Andrey Petrenko
Marina Prince - presenter
Whitaker:<br>: "Lux Aurumque"<br>; Mendelssohn:<br>: "Mein Herz erhebet Gott", German Magnificat<br>; Gounod:<br>: "La Nuit"<br>; Schumann:<br>: "Dreams" from the cycle "Scenes from Childhood" for piano (free arrangement for choir by A. Petrenko)<br>; Rheinberger:<br>: "Abendlied", motet from the cycle "Three Spiritual Songs"<br>; Dranitsyn:<br>: "Ave Maria zart", text and melody by Johann Georg Braun<br>; Elgar:<br>: "Serenade"<br>; Esenvalds:<br>: "Stars"<br>; Gurilev:<br>: "The Bell Rings Monotonously", arrangement by A. Petrenko<br>; Russian Folk Songs:<br>: "O, Field", arrangement by A. Novikov<br>, "Dorozhenka", arrangement by A. Sveshnikov<br>, "Troika", arrangement by O. Kolovsky, revised by A. Petrenko<br>, "White Bird Cherry," arranged by M. Serkov<br>; Dranitsyn:<br>: "Evening Bells," variations on a Russian folk song<br>; Banevich:<br>: "On the Quiet Pipe of Love"<br>; Falik:<br>: "Stranger"<br>; Smirnov:<br>: "On a Quiet Night..." from the cycle "Three Intermezzo on the Poems of I. Bunin."<br>, "Approaching Izhora..." from the cycle "Five Poems by Russian Poets."<br>; Abaza:<br>: "Foggy Morning," arranged for chorus by A. Petrenko<br>; Rosenfeld:<br>: "My Happiness"<br>; Tsfasman:<br>: "Unsuccessful Date," arranged by A. Petrenko<br>; Gordon:<br>: "At the Samovar"<br>; Soloviev-Sedoy:<br>: "Moscow Nights," free arrangement by A. Petrenko<br>; Gavrilin:<br>: "The City Sleeps," arranged by A. Petrenko
400 — 700 RUB
22
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Mon
Ildar Abdrazakov
Vocal evening
Vocal evening
Ildar Abdrazakov - bass; Mzia Bachturidze - piano
Liszt: 3 Sonetti del Petrarca for voice and piano; Schubert: Three Songs for Bass and Piano; Ravel: 3 songs Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti
3000 — 6000 RUB
23
December, 2025
7:00 pm, Tue
23
December, 2025
7:00 pm, Tue
Laureates of the Hibla Gerzmava Vocal Competition
Vocal evening
Polina Sharovarova - mezzo-soprano; Stanislav Lee - baritone; Mark Vasa - piano
Mozart: Aria of Sextus from the opera "La clemenza di Tito", Count Almaviva's aria from the opera "Le Nozze di Figaro"; Rossini: Rosina's Cavatina from the opera "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", Cavatina Figaro from the opera "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", Duet of Figaro and Rosina the opera "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"; Tchaikovsky: "Meditation", Robert's aria from the opera "Iolanthe", Don Giovanni's Serenade, "Amid the noisy ball"; Rimsky-Korsakov: Lelya's song "A cloud conspired with thunder..." from the opera "The Snow Maiden"; Medtner: Canzona-Serenade; Glier: "Night is Coming"; Rachmaninoff: "In the Silence of the Secret Night", "I'm Waiting for You", "Yesterday We Met..."; Mussorgsky: Trepak ("Songs on Death Belts"); Kalman: The aria of Mr. X from the operetta "Die Zirkusprinzessin"; Offenbach: Countess of Gerolstein's Aria from the operetta "La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein"; Chopin: Etude ("Revolutionary"); Montsalvatge: "Five Negro Songs" (Nos. 1, 4, and 5); di Capua: "O sole mio"
800 — 1700 RUB
23
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Tue
Conductor – Alexander Lazarev
Soloist – Nikolay Lugansky
Soloist – Nikolay Lugansky
Grieg: Piano Concerto; Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 ("The Year 1905")
1500 — 5000 RUB
25
December, 2025
8:00 pm, Thur
Mahler. Symphony No. 2
Conductor – Nikolay Alexeev Closing of the festival
Conductor – Nikolay Alexeev Closing of the festival
Symphony Choir of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic
Artistic director - Andrey Petrenko
Petersburg Chamber Choir
Conductor - Nikolay Alexeev
Valentina Fedeneva - soprano; Sofia Fainberg - mezzo-soprano
Valentina Fedeneva - soprano; Sofia Fainberg - mezzo-soprano
800 — 2500 RUB
Grand Hall:
191186, St. Petersburg, Mikhailovskaya st., 2
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Small Hall:
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