MARIINSKY THEATER SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA AND PIANIST DENIS MATSUYEV TO PERFORM IN YEREVAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.04.2009 12:17 GMT+04:00
Symphonic orchestra of Mariinsky Theater led by legendary conductor
Valery Gergiev and virtuoso Denis Matsuyev will perform in Yerevan
on May 3 and 4.
The program includes Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Shchedrin, Harutyunyan and
Mironyan’s works.
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in
St Petersburg, Russia, which opened in 1860.
Under Yuri Temirkanov, Principal Conductor from 1976 to 1988, the
Opera Company continued to stage innovative productions of both modern
and classic Russian operas. However, since 1988, under the artistic
leadership of Valery Gergiev, the Opera Company has entered a new
era of artistic excellence and creativity.