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Lovers of Japanese culture are in for a treat this week as a number of Japanese musicians, including Feelms and Anoice, representing a wide variety of genres will be performing in the city from April 11 to 13 at the FINOMI Hall. Fbits.ru

Concert Venue Addresses

Thursday The 10th

Alexander Knyazev (cello), Yelena Bashkirova (piano) and Reiner Honeck (violin) perform Bruch's Kol Nidrei, Brahms' Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata and his Trio in B flat major. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Alexei Chernov (piano) performs sonatas by Beethoven, Schumann and Scriabin. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

From Classics to Jazz: Olesya Kravchenko (organ) and Sergei Govorov (saxophone) in concert. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

Kristina Avanesyan (violin) and Diana Avanesyan (piano) perform Beethoven, Brahms and Babadzhanyan. Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. 7 p.m.

Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto No. 2 and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Soloist Baiba Skride, conductor Emmanuel Krivine. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music performs Shostakovich, Kurtag, Penderecki, Zelenka, Lang, Stockhausen and others. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

National Philharmonic of Russia performs Dvorak's Violin Concerto in A minor and Suk's Asrael Symphony. Soloist Pavel Sporcl, conductor Tomas Hanus. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

Richard Wagner: concert and video installation. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 8 p.m.

Sergei Filchenko (violin), Regina Shteinman (viola) and Yelena Keilina (organ positive) perform Biber, Playel, Corelli, Khandoshkin, Stamic and others. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL Window to Switzerland: closing concert. Glinka Museum. 7 p.m.

Yekaterina Kichigina (soprano) and the New Music Studio Ensemble perform Schoenberg's Erwartung, Ustvolskaya's Dona Nobis Pacem and Lang's Rote Asche. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Yury Rozum (piano) performs Scarlatti, Beethoven, Scriabin and Prokofiev. Scriabin Museum. 7 p.m.

Friday The 11th

Alexei Komarov (piano) performs Liszt, Rachmaninov and Scriabin. Scriabin Museum small hall. 7 p.m.

Armenian Songs performed by Marlena Mosh. Sergei Prokofiev Museum. 7 p.m.

Frauchi Guitar Quartet, Sergei Poltavsky (viola), Constanza Leon (soprano) and the Hermitage Ensemble perform Marcello, Villa-Lobos, Bach, Piazzolla, De Falla and others. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

From Classics to Jazz: Olesya Kravchenko (organ) and Sergei Govorov (saxophone) in concert. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 7 p.m.

Mikhail Voskresenky (piano) performs Chopin. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra performs Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Symphony in G major, his Harpsichord Concerto in C minor, Haydn's Harpsichord Concerto in D major and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Soloist Andreas Staier. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Novaya Opera Basses in concert. Glinka Museum. 7 p.m.

Novaya Opera Chamber Choir performs spirituals. Novaya Opera Foyer. 7 p.m.

Student Concert: music for string quartet. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Young Talents: Konstantin Shamrai (piano) performs Beethoven. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Yury Tashtamirov (saxophone), Maxim Shtoda (trumpet) and the New Life Brass Quintet perform Bach, Mozart, Piazzolla and Mancini. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 10 p.m.

Saturday The 12th

MT PICK Alexander Knyazev (cello) and Jean Guillou (organ) perform Bach and Mussorgsky. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

Arias and Romances performed by opera soloists. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 7 p.m.

Five O'Clock at the English Club: Sergei Voronov (piano) performs Schubert. Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia. 5 p.m.

Jean-Philippe Rameau College Children's Choir (Versailles) in a concert of spiritual music. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 4 p.m.

Moskovia Chamber Orchestra and soloists in a concert of violin music. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

FESTIVAL Opera A Priori: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) and Helmut Deutsch (piano) perform Schubert's Winterreise. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Student Concert: piano music. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Sunday The 13th

Early Music Academy Ensemble performs Bach and Handel. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Eliso Virsaladze (piano) performs Schubert, Haydn, Schumann and Liszt. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Five O'Clock at the English Club: Sergei Pospelov (violin) and Margarita Pospelova (piano) perform Bach, Venyavsky and Szymanowski. Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia. 5 p.m.

Garri Grodberg (organ) performs Bach. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Khachaturyan Trio performs Rachmaninov, Babadzhanyan and Khachaturyan. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Takahiro Kido (piano, electronica): neoclassical, experimental. Yuki Murata (piano): modern classical. FINOMI Hall. 8 p.m.

Yekaterina Antokolskaya (cello) and Sergei Poltavsky (viola) perform Corellei, Handel, Beethoven, Lutoslawski and others. Sergei Prokofiev Museum. 6 p.m.

Yelena Richter (piano) performs Chopin and Liszt. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Yulia Ikonnikova (organ) performs Bach, Mozart and Liszt. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

MT PICK Yundi Li (piano) performs Chopin, Schumann and Beethoven. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

Monday The 14th

Eduard Kunts (piano), Alexander Grinyuk (piano) and the Gnesin Virtuosos Chamber Orchestra perform Part, Shostakovich, Milhaud, Lutoslawski, Tchaikovsky, Karmanov and Mozart. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Evening Bells: Dmitry Korchak (tenor) and the Academy of Choral Art Choir perform Russian spiritual music and folk songs. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Student Concert: organ and harpsichord music. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. Admission by free tickets.

Student Concert: viola music. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra performs Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 1, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain. Soloists Alexander Gindin, Alexander Gavrilyuk, conductor Mikhail Yurovsky. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Tuesday The 15th

Bach Hour: Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Anastasia Belukova (soprano), Timur Pirverdiyev (violin), Dmitry Prokofiev (cello) and Zoya Abolits (harpsichord) perform Bach. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Filipp Kopachevsky (piano) performs Chopin, Grieg, Schumann and Janacek. Pavel Slobodkin Center. 7 p.m.

Sergei Mazayev QUEENtet in a concert of classical music. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Student Concert: piano music. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Student Concert: piano music. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra performs Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 1. Soloist Alexander Gavrilyuk, conductor Mikhail Yurovsky. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler's Symphony No. 5 and Alfeyev's Concerto Grosso. Conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Viktoria Lyubitskaya (piano) performs Chopin, Debussy and Ravel. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Wednesday The 16th

A Beautiful Mind: Alexei Lundin (violin), Vitaly Khandras (violin), Igor Fyodorov (clarinet), Kirill Soldatov (trumpet), Vladimir Sverdlov-Ashkenazi (piano) and others perform Hindemith, Messiaen, Martinu, Sverdlov-Ashkenazi and Mustukis. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Anastasia Yevsina (piano) performs Bach, Beethoven and Rachmaninov. Zerkalny Hall. 7 p.m.

Dominant Quartet performs Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ. Original version for string quartet. Scriabin Museum. 8:30 p.m.

Lukas Geniusas (piano), Ivan Pochekin (violin) and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, his The Creatures of Prometheus overture and Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2. Benjamin Levy conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

MT PICK Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra performs Elgar's Symphony No. 1, Brahms' Akademische Festouverture and Brahms-Berio's Sonata No. 1 for viola and orchestra. Soloist Yury Bashmet, conductor Alexander Lazarev. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Olivier Latry (organ) and Alexander Gindin (piano) perform Franck, Widor, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Langlais and others. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

Student Concert: vocal music. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. Admission by free tickets.

Violin Solo and in Ensembles: Bolshoi Theater Ensemble of Violinists and soloists in concert. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 7:30 p.m.

and Beyond…

Chamber Orchestra of Russia Soloists perform Chausson, Debussy and Dubois. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. April 17, 7 p.m.

From Bach to Blues: Alexander Udaltsov (organ) in concert. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. April 17, 7:30 p.m.

Marina Yevseyeva (piano), Alexander Zagorinsky (cello), Natalya Zagorinskaya (soprano) and Maria Lazareva (violin) perform Tchaikovsky and Nikolayeva. Conservatory Small Hall. April 17, 7 p.m.

National Philharmonic of Russia performs Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber and Benjamin Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes. Ken-David Masur conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. April 17, 7 p.m.

Osipov Orchestra of Folk Instruments, Vladimir Matorin (bass), Darya Zykova (soprano) and Yelena Manistina (mezzo-soprano) perform Mussorgsky's arias, songs and romances. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. April 17, 7 p.m.

Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra performs Wagner's Meistersingers of Nuremberg Overture, Mahler's Symphony No. 7 and Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. Soloist Alexander Gindin, conductor Dmitry Yurovsky. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. April 17, 7 p.m.

Misha Mishchenko: neoclassical pianist and composer. FINOMI Hall. April 18, 8 p.m.

MT PICK Vladimir Martynov,? Tatyana Grindenko, Leonid Fyodorov and Vladimir Volkov perform their original works solo and in ensemble. TsDKh. April 18, 7 p.m.

Alexander and Vikenty Maikapar (both organ) perform Bach, Handel and Buxtehude. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. April 19, 10 p.m.

Five O'Clock at the English Club: Sergei Kudryakov (piano) perform Mozart, Schubert and Schumann. Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia. April 20, 5 p.m.? 

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