Moscow Easter Festival

A Russian tour heralding the Moscow Easter Festival began today in Tula, Oryol and Kursk

Today, 29 April, saw the start of a tour of Russia by the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev. In one day the musicians will be performing in Tula, Oryol and Kursk. Tomorrow, 30 April, there will be a concert in Smolensk, then the Mariinsky Orchestra ...
The Anniversary XV Moscow Easter Festival Dedicated to the 125th Celebration of the Birth of Sergei Prokofiev

The XV Moscow Easter Festival runs from 1 to 17 May 2016 with the support of the Moscow City Government, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation and with the blessing of His Holiness Kirill, ...

Festival’s calendar:

Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29 29 апреля, пятница 11:00 Tula The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble 15:00 Orel The Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble 20:00 Kursk The Mariinsky Orchestra	30 30 апреля, суббота 12:00 Smolensk The Mariinsky Orchestra 20:00 Bryansk The Mariinsky Orchestra	1 1 мая, воскресенье 12:00 Vladimir The Mariinsky Orchestra 20:00 Moscow Grand opening of the festival 18:00 Murmansk Dmitry Shostakovich Trio No 1 15:00 Moscow The Church of the Holy Trinity in Nikitniki
2 2 мая, понедельник 14:00 Moscow Opening of the choral programme 19:00 Moscow The Mariinsky Orchestra 14:00 Moscow Grand opening of the choral programme 15:00 Moscow The John the Baptist Convent	3 3 мая, вторник 15:00 Kazan The Mariinsky Orchestra 19:00 Kazan The Mariinsky Orchestra 14:00 Moscow The Mariinsky Chorus (St Petersburg) 15:00 Khimki The Vladimir Boys’ and Youth Cappella 16:00 Tula The State Academic Yurlov Cappella (Moscow) 17:00 Vladivostok Masterpieces of World Opera. Russian Romances and Songs 12:00 Moscow The Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Sokolniki	4 4 мая, среда 19:00 Yekaterinburg The Mariinsky Orchestra 11:00 Moscow The First Belgrade Song Society (Belgrade, Serbia) 14:00 Moscow The Vladimir Boys’ and Youth Cappella 14:00 Dmitrov The male chorus Symbol of Faith (Voronezh) 19:00 Moscow The National Academic Osipov Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments (Moscow) 19:00 Moscow The Italian Courtyard 14:00 Moscow The Epiphany Cathedral (The Cathedral of the Epiphany in Yelokhovo) 15:30 Moscow The Church of Our Lady’s Protection in Krasnoe Selo	5 5 мая, четверг 19:00 Vladivostok Great Easter concert 11:00 Moscow The male chorus Symbol of Faith (Voronezh) 14:00 Moscow The First Belgrade Song Society (Belgrade, Serbia) 16:00 Murom The Patriarchal Chorus of the Church of Christ the Saviour (Moscow) 17:30 Alexandrov The Russian Rhapsody ensemble of soloists (Moscow) 18:00 Belgorod Dmitry Shostakovich Trio No 1 18:30 Khabarovsk Masterpieces of World Opera. Russian Romances and Songs 13:00 Zvenigorod The Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery 15:00 Istra The Resurrection New-Jerusalem Stavropol Male Monastery	6 6 мая, пятница 20:00 Perm The Mariinsky Orchestra 11:30 Moscow The Optina Pustyn male chorus (St Petersburg) 14:00 Moscow The male chorus Symbol of Faith (Voronezh) 14:00 Arkhangelsk The vocal ensemble Pomorskie Kruzhaniya (Arkhangelsk) 15:30 Istra The First Belgrade Song Society (Belgrade, Serbia) 14:00 Moscow The Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God on Red Square 15:00 Moscow The Zaikonospassky Monastery	7 7 мая, суббота 12:00 Votkinsk Charity concert 19:00 Izhevsk The Mariinsky Orchestra 14:00 Moscow The Rosarte Children’s Chorus (Athens, Greece) 14:00 Tver The Optina Pustyn male chorus (St Petersburg) 18:00 Komsomolsk-on-Amur Charity concert 18:30 Tolyatti Masterpieces of World Opera. Russian Romances and Songs 12:00 Sergiev Posad The Trinity-Sergiev Monastery	8 8 мая, воскресенье 15:00 Nizhny Novgorod Charity concert 19:00 Nizhny Novgorod The Mariinsky Orchestra 11:30 Moscow The Russian Partes chamber chorus (Tver) 13:00 Zaraysk The Rosarte Children’s Chorus (Athens, Greece) 14:00 Moscow The Optina Pustyn male chorus (St Petersburg) 12:00 St. Petersburg The Church of the Feodorovsky Icon of the Mother of God (Feodorovsky Church) 13:00 Rzhev The Okovetskaya Cathedral in Honour of the Icon of the Mother of God 14:00 St. Petersburg The Church of the Lord’s Feast of the Purification 17:00 St. Petersburg The Sts Peter and Paul Cathedral
9 9 мая, понедельник 13:00 Moscow Free concert 19:00 Moscow The Mariinsky Orchestra 11:30 Moscow The Rosarte Children’s Chorus (Athens, Greece) 13:00 Moscow The VII Children’s Easter Chorus Festival of Orthodox Music Russian Hymnody 14:00 Rostov Veliky The Russian Partes chamber chorus (Tver) 12:00 Moscow The Moscow State Combined Art, Historic, Architectural and Natural Landscape Estate Museum Kolomenskoe-Izmailovo-Lyublino-Lefortovo 15:30 Moscow 16:00 Moscow The Church of St George the Victorious on Voznesenskaya Square	10 10 мая, вторник 11:00 Lipetsk Charity concert 13:00 Lipetsk Charity concert 19:00 Voronezh The Mariinsky Orchestra 14:00 Moscow The Russian Partes chamber chorus (Tver) 11:00 Moscow Vocal master-class and open rehearsal 18:00 Moscow Charity concert 15:00 Moscow The Church of St Gregory of New Caesaria in Derbitsy	11 11 мая, среда 15:00 Rostov-on-Don Charity concert 19:00 Rostov-on-Don The Mariinsky Orchestra 13:00 Yegorievsk The State Academic Russian Sveshnikov Chorus (Moscow) 14:00 Moscow The Dragostin Folk National (Sofia, Bulgaria) 17:00 Moscow The Preodolenie chorus of the Preodolenie Rehabilitation Centre for People with Limited Abilities (Moscow) 18:00 Moscow Preparatory and Youth Groups of the VII Children’s Easter Choral Festival of Orthodox Music Russian Hymnody 18:00 Moscow Charity concert 15:00 Moscow The Danilov Stavropigialny Monastery	12 12 мая, четверг 12:00 Sochi Charity Concert 20:00 Krasnodar 11:00 Moscow The female vocal ensemble Gegard (the St Gegard Convent, Yerevan, Armenia) 15:00 Mytishchi The Swedish male chorus Zero8 (Stockholm, Sweden) 15:00 Staritsa The Dragostin Folk National (Sofia, Bulgaria) 16:00 Moscow The Byzantine chorus Thessalonikis Imnodi (Salonika, Greece) 18:00 Kolomna The Mtskheta ensemble (Tbilisi, Georgia) 18:00 Moscow The VII Children’s Easter Choral Festival of Orthodox Music Russian Hymnody 12:00 Ivanovo Vocal master-class and open rehearsal 18:30 Ivanovo Masterpieces of World Opera. Russian Romances and Songs 14:00 Moscow The Church of St Nicholas in Staroe Vagankovo	13 13 мая, пятница 17:00 Vladikavkaz The Mariinsky Orchestra 11:00 Moscow The Byzantine chorus Thessalonikis Imnodi (Salonika, Greece) 12:00 Kaluga The female vocal ensemble Gegard (the St Gegard Convent, Yerevan, Armenia) 14:00 Moscow The Mtskheta ensemble (Tbilisi, Georgia) 17:00 Moscow The Swedish male chorus Zero8 (Stockholm, Sweden) 18:00 Moscow The VII Children’s Easter Choral Festival of Orthodox Music Russian Hymnody 19:00 Ivanovo Marking 125 years since the birth of Sergei Prokofiev 14:00 Moscow The Church of St Nicholas on Bolvanovka 15:30 Moscow The Church of Our Lady’s Protection on Lyshchikov Hill	14 14 мая, суббота 18:30 Astrakhan The Mariinsky Orchestra 12:00 Serpukhov The Byzantine chorus Thessalonikis Imnodi (Salonika, Greece) 14:00 Moscow The female vocal ensemble Gegard (the St Gegard Convent, Yerevan, Armenia) 16:30 Korolev The Dragostin Folk National (Sofia, Bulgaria) 18:00 Moscow The VII Children’s Easter Choral Festival of Orthodox Music Russian Hymnody 19:00 Moscow The Swedish male chorus Zero8 (Stockholm, Sweden) 14:00 Vladimir Vocal master-class and open rehearsal 18:00 Vladimir Masterpieces of World Opera. Russian Romances and Songs 10:30 Ramenskoye The Church of the Feast of the Protective Veil of the Virgin 13:00 Ramenskoye The Church of the Archangel Michael in the village of Zagornovo	15 15 мая, воскресенье 20:00 Saransk The Mariinsky Orchestra 12:00 Arkhangelsk The State Academic Northern Russian Folk Chorus (Arkhangelsk) 19:00 Moscow Choral Gala Concert 11:00 Moscow The Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Filimonki
16 16 мая, понедельник 13:00 19:00 Moscow The Mariinsky Orchestra 16:00 Moscow The Patriarchate Chorus of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Moscow) 18:00 Kostroma Masterpieces of World Opera. Russian Romances and Songs 10:30 Moscow The Nikolo-Perervinsky Monastery	17 17 мая, вторник 14:00 Moscow The Orchestra of the Moscow State Conservatoire 19:00 Moscow Close of the Festival 18:30 Yaroslavl Masterpieces of World Opera. Russian Romances and Songs 14:00 Moscow The Marfo-Mariinskaya Cloister of Mercy	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31	1	2	3	4	5

Festival’s programmes:

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Festival’s geography:

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