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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

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

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 for Flute in G major, Symphony No 36 "Linz"

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

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

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

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

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)