Concerts

Thursday, January 17th

Finnish New Year: New Music Studio Ensemble in concert. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Maria Moiseyeva (organ) performs Bach. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

Sonatas by Haydn and Beethoven performed by Yulia Igonina (violin), Rustam Komachkov (cello) and Stanislav Dyachenko (piano). Glinka Museum. 7 p.m.

Festival Spiritual Music: Escolania de Montserrat Monastery Boy's Choir in concert. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

Tigran Alikhanov (piano) performs Beethoven, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. 

Friday, January 18th

Bach and Paganini: Denis Shulgin (violin), Oleg Boiko (guitar) and Anna Karpenko (organ) in concert. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8:30 p.m.

Cathedral Music: Vicenc Prunes (organ) in concert. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8:30 p.m.

Eliso Virsaladze (piano), Natalia Gutman (cello) and students of the Moscow Conservatory in concert. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Mikhail Gotsdiner (violin), Yekaterina and Ilya Gotsdiner (both piano) perform sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra performs compositions for two cellos and orchestra by Kraft, Sollima and Bernhard Romberg. Soloists Ivan Monigetti, Sergei Suvorov and Emin Martirosyan, soloist and conductor Alexander Rudin. Gnesin Academy of Music. 7 p.m.

Quartet 432 performs Vivaldi and Bach. Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. 7 p.m.

Romantic Quartet performs music to silent films. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra in the Strauss Gala concert. Soloist Irina Samoilova (soprano), conductor Sergei Kondrashyov. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

Sergei Safronov (piano) performs Beethoven and Mozart. Alexander Pushkin Museum. 7 p.m.

Valentin Berlinsky Quartet, soloists of the Virtuosos of Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Lyudmila Berlinskaya and Artur Ansel (both piano) perform Arensky, Shostakovich, Rossini and Glinka. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

White Winter Classics: a theatrical concert, featuring the VIVA Orchestra, Elizabeth Ennaris (mezzo-soprano), Dmitry Skorikov (bass), Alexander Murashov (tenor), Yulia Vorontsova (soprano) and Polina Artsis-Mezzo (soprano). In program are opera scenes, romances, Neapolitan songs and instrumental music. Dom Zhurnalista. 7 p.m.

Saturday, January 19th

Alexei Seleznyov (cello) and Tamara Oganezova (piano) perform Rachmaninov and Myaskovsky. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Hermitage Ensemble in an educational concert. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 1 p.m.

Maria Eshpai (piano) and Kirill Kravtsov (violin) perform Beethoven, Shostakovich and Eshpai. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Mikhail Lidsky (piano) performs Beethoven. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Mozart Only performed by the Brahms Trio. Tsaritsyno Estate Museum Bazhenovsky Hall. 4 p.m.

MT Pick Pavel Kogan Orchestra performs Gershwin's An American in Paris, his Porgy & Bess, Rhapsody in Blue and Joplin's Six Ragtimes. Soloist Vadim Rudenko (piano), conductor Pavel Kogan. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Pyatnitsky Russian Folk Choir in concert. Orchestrion Hall. 7 p.m.

Rovshan Mamedkuliyev in a concert of music for classical guitar. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Russian Camerata Chamber Orchestra, Yekaterina Milkina (flute) and Maria Vlasova (accordion) perform Pergolesi, Rossini, Albinoni and Piazzolla. Tsaritsyno Estate Museum Atrium Hall. 5 p.m.

Festival Spiritual Music: Moscow Sretensky Monastery Men's Choir in concert. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.

Tatyana Kurenchatova in a concert of music for classical guitar. Sergei Prokofiev Museum. 7 p.m.

Tatyana Zenaishvili (harpsichord) performs Bach and Rameau. Glinka Museum. 6 p.m.

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, his Piano Concerto No. 17, Penderecki's Chacona from his Polish Requiem and Szymanowski's Symphony No. 4. Soloist Denis Matsuyev (piano), conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

White Winter Classics: (See Fri. listing.) Dom Zhurnalista. 7 p.m.

Sunday, January 20th

Alexei Semyonov (organ) performs Bach. Conservatory Small Hall. 2 p.m.

Alexei Skanavi (piano) in a concert of classic pops. Soyuz Kompozitorov. 8:30 p.m.

Anastasia Bykova (organ) and Yelizaveta Kanauzova (soprano) perform Bach, Pergolesi, Scarlatti and Leiding. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.

Boris Berezovsky (piano) and Mikhail Kugel (viola) perform sonatas by Glinka, Rubinstein and Shostakovich. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

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

Johann Strauss performed by Olga Ionova (soprano), Dmitry Abramov (baritone), Anastasia Vereshchagina (soprano) and Lyudmila Kogteva (piano). Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. 5 p.m.

Konstantin Yefimov (flute), Vitaly Nazarov (oboe), Marina Dneprovskaya (violin), Sergei Bogdanov (viola) and Maxim Tarnorutsky (cello) perform Mozart. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Kremlin Chamber Orchestra, Yekaterina Milkina (flute), Konstantin Volostnov (organ) and Yevgeny Pravilov (violin) perform Corelli, Vivaldi and Bach. Tsaritsyno Estate Museum Atrium Hall. 5 p.m.

Maria Uspenskaya, Alexei Shevchenko (both clavier) and the Zolotoi Vek Capella perform Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 2 p.m.

Moscow Conservatory Brass Quintet performs Peterson, Legrand, Debussy, Grieg, Richard Strauss and Groningen. Andrei Rublev Museum of Early Russian Culture and Art. 3 p.m.

Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, Dvorak's Two Pieces for cello and orchestra and Paganini's Variations on One String on a Theme by Rossini. Soloists Vladimir Ovchinnikov (piano) and Alexander Buzlov (cello). Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Music to Fairytales by Maurice Maeterlink, Charles Perrault and Scottish folk tales. Gnesin Hall Na Povarskoi. 1 p.m.

Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals performed by the Russian National Orchestra. Orchestrion Hall. 2 p.m.

Schubertiana: Irina Bochkova (violin) and Sergei Voronov (piano) in concert. Tsaritsyno Estate Museum Bazhenovsky Hall. 4 p.m.

Taras Baginets (organ) performs Bach, Bohm, Bruhns, Buxtehude, Telemann and others. St. Mary's Cathedral. 7:30 p.m.

Vladislav Lavrik (trumpet), Maxim Rubtsov (flute), Alexander Bakharev (trumpet) and the Gnesin Academy Chamber Orchestra perform Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Schnittke and Rubtsov. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Monday, January 21st

Concert of Piano Music. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Works by Valentin Silvestrov performed by Svetlana Savenko (soprano) and Yury Polubelov (piano). Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Zurab Sotkilava (tenor) in concert. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, January 22nd

Albina Shagimuratova (soprano) performs songs by Grieg, Sibelius, Debussy, Bulakhov, Rachmaninov, Schumann and others. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

Darya Lebedeva (violin), Alexandra Moskalyova (viola), Vasilisa Chaplinskaya (cello), Alyona Kolesnikova (piano), Nikita Busorgin (violin) and others perform Bach, Schumann, Mozart, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Kurbatov and Chistova. Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. 7 p.m.

Lukas Geniusas (piano) performs Handel and Hindemith. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Symphony Capella of Russia, pianists Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Tatyana Kolesova, Yury Bogdanov and Anton Igubnov perform Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Works by Yury Vorontsov performed by Mikhail Dubov (piano), the New Music Studio Ensemble and the Moscow Conservatory Chamber Choir. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.

Yulia Igonina (violin) and Stanislav Dyachenko (piano) perform Bach, Dvorak, Debussy, Massnet, Schnittke, Bartok and others. Glinka Museum. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, January 23rd

Compositions by Georgy Sviridov performed by the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, the Sveshnikov Russian Choir and the Popov Boy's Choir. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.

Concert of Early French Music performed by Olga Lutsiv-Ternovskaya (soprano), Natalya Muradymova (soprano), Irina Chistyakova (mezzo-soprano), Nadzhmiddin Mavlyanov (tenor), Dmitry Kondratkov (baritone), Mikhail Golovushkin (bass), Ulyana Kislitsyna (violin), Natalya Makhotkina (organ) and Anastasia Chertok (organ, harpsichord). Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.

Irina Plotnikova (piano) performs Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.

Marina Mirana (soprano) and Ksenia Bavykina (piano) perform Puccini, Verdi, Schubert, Chopin and Tchaikovsky in a costumed concert. Alexander Pushkin Museum. 6:30 p.m.

Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano), Alexander Zagorinsky (cello) and Maria Yevseyeva (piano) perform Britten, Shostakovich and Khrennikov. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.

Pavel Novikov-Rastopchin (saxophone) and Adelya Askarova (organ) perform Bach, Marcello, Purcell, Caccini and others. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8 p.m.

The Music of the Soul: concert of compositions by Oleg Kazmin. Dom Zhurnalista. 8 p.m.

The Snow Maiden: a staging based on Rimsky-Korsakov's opera performed by the Blagovest Ensemble. Dom Muzyki Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

MT Pick Festival Yury Bashmet: Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra, Anne-Sofie Mutter (violin), Yury Bashmet (viola) and Michel Portal (clarinet) in the opening concert. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.

Yury Zhislin (violin) and Marianna Shalitayeva (piano) perform Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Kreisler and others. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.

And Beyond...

Yury Bashmet's Jubilee: gala concert. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

Kirill Rodin (cello), Tatyana Zheleznikova (piano) and Nikolai Grigorov (organ) perform Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, Haydn, Schubert and others. Conservatory Small Hall. Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

Kristina Spektorova (organ) performs Bach, Horatio Parker, Frederick Flaxington Harker, Dudley Buck and others. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m.

Ksenia Plakhty (piano), Yelena Korzhnevich (violin) and Emin Martirosyan (cello) perform Beethoven, Mendessohn and Brahms. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

Festival Spiritual Music: National Philharmonic of Russia and the Masters of Choral Song perform Karmanov's Requiem, excerpts from Taneyev's Twelve Choruses and Tchaikovsky's St. John Liturgy in the closing concert. Vladimir Spivakov conducts. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra performs Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 and Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony. Soloists Rudolf Buchbinder (piano), Tatyana Monogarova (soprano) and Albert Shagidullin (baritone), conductor Vladimir Yurovsky. Conservatory Great Hall. Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

Viktor Yampolsky (piano), Natalya Savinova (cello) and Natalya Belokolenko (flute) perform Bach and Weber. Tchaikovsky Cultural Center. Jan. 24, 7 p.m.

Amadeus Musical Theater Chamber Orchestra and soloists perform Mozart's comic opera "Bastien and Bastienne," his Sinfonia Concertante and Aria for soprano, piano and orchestra. Watercolor and Fine Arts Academy: Jan. 25, 7 p.m. Dvorets Na Yauze: Jan. 27, 5 p.m.

Gates of Madrid: compositions by Grandos, Piazzolla, Turina and flamenco music performed by Tatyana Lanskaya (soprano), the Anno Domini Piano Quartet, Alexander Zagorinsky (cello), Dmitry Pimanov (guitar), Kristina Spektorova (organ) and others. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. Jan. 25, 8 p.m.

MT Pick Morphing Vienna Chamber Orchestra with the Viennese Strauss Gala 2013 program. Soloists Katarzyna Dondalska (coloratura soprano) and Denise Nittel (violin), conductor Georg Mark. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. Jan. 25, 7 p.m.

Nicolas de Grigny's Organ Mass performed by Alexander Fiseisky. St. Mary's Cathedral. Jan. 25, 8:30 p.m.

Concert of Romances. Dvorets Na Yauze: Jan. 26, 1 p.m.

New MT Pick Dmitry Khvorostovsky in a jubilee concert with Barbara Fritolli, Ramon Vargas, Ildar and Askar Abdrazakov, Yekaterina Gubanova and the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Constantine Orbelian. Kremlin Palace. Jan. 25, 7 p.m.

Capella Bassa in a concert of early spiritual music. Andrei Rublev Museum of Early Russian Culture and Art. Jan. 27, 3 p.m.

Bolshoi Theater Brass Ensemble in concert. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. Jan. 28, 7 p.m.

Graf Murzha (violin) and the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra perform Paganini. Dvorets Na Yauze: Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.