Thursday The 14th
Evening of Shostakovich's Vocal Music. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 7 p.m.
Fyodor Stroganov, Kristina Spektorova (organ) and Yekaterina Monisova (soprano) in concert. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.
Margarita Nekrasova (mezzo-soprano) performs Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs, De Falla's Seven Spanish Folk Songs and Villa-Lobos' Bachiana Brasiliera No. 5. Novaya Opera Foyer. 7 p.m.
Moscow Conservatory Chamber Choir, the New Music Studio Ensemble and the Ministry of Defense Symphony Orchestra perform Hartmann, Pakhmutova, Tchaikovsky, Schnittke and others. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
National Philharmonic of Russia performs Glier's Harp Concerto and Glazunov's Symphony No. 2. Philharmonic-2 Hall. 7 p.m.
New Russian Quartet performs music by Haydn, Mozart, Borodin, Janacek, Barber, Shostakovich and Steblyov. Masterslavl Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Pavel Nersesyan (piano) performs Beethoven. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Symphony Capella of Russia performs Bartok's Violin Concerto No. 2, his Four Pieces for orchestra, Mozart's Dominicus Mass and His Short Mass in G major. Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Transfigured Night: Pavel Slobodkin Center Chamber Orchestra performs Schoenberg's Transfigured Night (version for string orchestra), Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Haydn's Le Soir Symphony and Vivaldi's La Notte Flute Concerto. Pavel Slobodkin Center. 7 p.m.
Friday The 15th
Andrei Gugnin and Yevgeny Starodubtsev (piano duet) perform Debussy, Methner, Ravel, Arensky, Schubert and Lutoslawski. Gnesin Academy of Music. 7 p.m.
Chamber Compositions by Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev and others. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 7:30 p.m.
From Vivaldi to Rock with Classic Girls. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.
New Music Studio Ensemble in a concert of music for flute. Soloists Maria Alikhanova and Marina Rubinshtein. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.
FESTIVAL Organ and Duduk: Vladimir Magalalashvili (organ), Tigran Martirosyan (duduk), Tatyana Lanskaya (soprano), Ivan Ipatov (piano) and the Russian Quartet of Saxophonists perform Bach, Mozart and Armenian folk songs. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 8 p.m.
MT PICK Sergei Sobolev (piano) performs Beethoven's sonatas. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Student Concert of cello music. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.
Symphonic Works by Andrei Eshpai performed by the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Maria Eshpai (piano) and Alexei Utkin (oboe). Vladimir Fedoseyev conducts. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Tchaikovsky and Shakespeare: Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra, Nadezhda Gulitskaya (soprano), Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) and Maxim Mikhailov (bass) in concert. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. 7 p.m.
Saturday The 16th
Glinka Quartet performs Webern and Brahms. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 7 p.m.
Love Stories: concert of film music. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 9 p.m.
Lyubov Shishkhanova (organ) performs Bach. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 4 p.m.
Moscow Conservatory Student Orchestra performs Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, Beethoven's Leonore Overture and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 6. Soloist Nikita Borisoglebsky (violin). Conservatory Great Hall. 2 p.m.
The Four Seasons: Alfred Schittke Chamber Orchestra, Margarita Korolyova and Yelena Borisova (both organ) perform Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 7 p.m.
Tyva Kyzy Women's Ensemble in a concert of throat singing. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.
Vladimir Baikov (bass-baritone) performs romances by Taneyev. Novaya Opera Foyer. 7 p.m.
Yekaterina Shcherbachenko (soprano) performs Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Prokofiev and Pravednikov. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Sunday The 17th
Affrettando Chamber Ensemble performs Haydn. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 2 p.m.
Ave Maria: Yelena Tarvid (soprano) and Natalya Letyuk (organ) in concert. St. Mary's Cathedral. 7:30 p.m.
Beethoven and Schoenberg performed by Polina Babinkova (violin), Alexander Gulin (cello), Sergei Kasparov (piano) and others. Conservatory Small Hall. 2 p.m.
Concerto Grosso for Organ: Alexander Udaltsov in concert. St. Andrew's Anglican Church. 7:30 p.m.
Eliso Virsaladze (piano) performs Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Scriabin-Nemtin's Preparatory Action performed by the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra and the Sveshnikov Russian Choir. Soloists Alexander Gindin (piano), Lyubov Petrova (soprano), Nadezhda Gulitskaya (soprano), Konstantin Volostnov (organ). Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Soloists of Moscow Chamber Orchestra Musicians perform Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence, Mendelssohn's Octet for strings and Lovreglio's Spring. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Three Centuries of Spiritual Music: Yelena Zolotova (soprano), Dmitry Grinikh (baritone) and Marina Voinova (organ) perform Monteverdi, Bach, Reger, Franck, Puccini and others. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. 7 p.m.
Monday The 18th
Bolshoi Theater Soloists Makvala Kasrashvili (soprano), Irina Dolzhenko (mezzo-soprano), Badri Maisuradze (tenor), Pavel Chernykh (baritone), Mikhail Kazakov (bass) and others in concert. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Denis Matsuyev (piano) and the Vienna-Berlin Chamber Orchestra perform Schnittke's Piano Concerto, Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky's Serenade for strings. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Yulia Stadler (piano) performs Liszt. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.
Tuesday The 19th
Dmitry Khakhamov (violin) and Anastasia Stasevich (piano) perform Mozart and Beethoven. Dom Kompozitorov. 7 p.m.
Graf Murzha (violin) and Natalya Gus (piano) perform Beethoven, Saint-Saens and Richard Strauss. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
Irina Silivanova and Maxim Puryzhinsky (piano duet) perform Bizet, Debussy and Ravel. Pavel Slobodkin Center. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Novaya Rossiya Symphony Orchestra performs Kancheli's Mourned by the Wind Liturgy and Henk De Vlieger's symphonic fantasy Wagner: Der Ring — An Orchestral Adventure. Soloist Yury Bashmet (viola), conductor Kristjan Jarvi. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Student Concert. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m. Free admission.
MT PICK Venera Gimadieva (lyric coloratura soprano) in a concert of chamber vocal music. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Viktoria Lyubitskaya (piano) performs Prokofiev, Gershwin, Ravel and Debussy. Philharmonic Chamber Hall. 7 p.m.
Yekaterina Mechetina (piano), Sergei Antonov (cello) and Nikita Borisoglebsky (violin) perform Dvorak and Tchaikovsky. Gnesin Academy of Music. 7 p.m.
Wednesday The 20th
Alexander Kobrin (piano) performs Beethoven and Brahms. Conservatory Small Hall. 7 p.m.
David Lively in a concert of French piano music. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. 7 p.m.
Michal Markuszewski (organ) performs Bach and French music. St. Mary's Cathedral. 8 p.m.
Pas de Deux: duets by Mozart, Bach and Schnittke performed by musicians of the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra. Bolshoi Theater Beethoven Hall. 7 p.m.
MT PICK Pavel Kogan Orchestra performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Soloist Pavel Nersesyan, conductor Thomas Sanderling. Conservatory Great Hall. 7 p.m.
Vivaldi performed by Yevgenia Afanasyeva, Natalya Muradymova (both soprano), Svetlana Zlobina (mezzo-soprano), Oleg Nikolayev (tenor), Dmitry Kondratkov (baritone), Anna Kabashnaya (violin), Natalya Makhotkina (harpsichord) and others. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. 7 p.m.
Yury Tkanov (viola) and Yelena Nikitenko (piano) perform Vitali, Ravel, Honegger and Druzhinin. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. 7 p.m.
and Beyond…
Alexei Chernov performs Scriabin's piano sonatas. Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall. May 21, 7 p.m.
Couperin performed by Tatyana Zenaishvili (organ, harpsichord), Maria Batova, Lyudmila Yeryutkina (both soprano), Olga Ivusheikova (flute) and Natalya Timofeyeva (viola da gamba). Conservatory Small Hall. May 21, 7 p.m.
Hermitage Ensemble performs Tchaikovsky. Dom Muzyki Svetlanov Hall. May 21, 7 p.m.
Italian Organ Music performed by Yulia Ikonnikova and Alexei Balashov (oboe). St. Andrew's Anglican Church. May 21, 7:30 p.m.
Pavel Slobodkin Center Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart's Symphony No. 35, his Violin Concerto No. 4, Prokofiev's Classical Symphony and his Violin Concerto No. 1. Soloist Ilya Gaisin. Pavel Slobodkin Center. May 21, 7 p.m.
MT PICK Symphony Capella of Russia performs Mozart's Short Mass in D minor, his Waisenhaus Mass in C minor, Part's Concerto for piano, orchestra and choir, his Symphony No. 1. Soloists Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Tatyana Fedotova (soprano), Yekaterina Bolshakova (mezzo-soprano), Igor Vyalykh (tenor) and Kirill Filin (bass). Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducts. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. May 21, 7 p.m.
Organ and Two Clarinets: Yelena Tsybko, Ivan and Fyodor Vishnevsky in concert St. Mary's Cathedral. May 22, 8:30 p.m.
Vivaldi and Bach performed by Yulia Denisova (flute), Yevdokia Ionina (violin), Yury Shubin (oboe), Andrei Ikov (trumpet), Alexei Semyonov (harpsichord, organ) and the Nikita Kochergin Ensemble. Sts. Peter and Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cathedral. May 22, 8 p.m.
Alexander Pushkin Apartment Museum
55/32 Arbat, entrance from Denezhny Pereulok. M. Smolenskaya. 499-241-9295, www.pushkinmuseum.ru
Alexander Pushkin Museum
12/2 Ul. Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 495-637-5674, www.pushkinmuseum.ru
Alexander Goldenweiser Apartment Museum
17 Tverskaya Ul., apt. 110. M. Tverskaya. 495-629-2929, glinka.museum/about/apartment_museum_goldenweiser/
Andrei Rublev Museum of Early Russian Culture and Art
10 Andronyevskaya Ploshchad. M. Rimskaya, Ploshchad Ilicha. 495-678-1467, www.rublev-museum.ru
Arkhipovsky Salon
2/14 Bryusov Pereulok. Bldg. 8. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-692-1003/0311, www.arkhihall.ru
Barvikha Luxury Village
114 Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Shosse, Posyolok Barvikha. M. Molodyozhnaya. 495-933-7363
Bryusov House
30 Prospekt Mira. M. Prospekt Mira (circle line). 495-680-8683, www.goslitmuz.ru/ru/bryusov-museum
Concert Hall Na Prechistenke
32 Ulitsa Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 495-637-3783
Conservatory Great Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401
Conservatory Rachmaninov Hall
11 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401
Conservatory Small Hall
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Ulitsa. M. Pushkinskaya, Biblioteka Imeni Lenina. 495-629-9401
Dom
24 Bolshoi Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok, Bldg. 4. M. Novokuznetskaya. 953-7236, www.dom.com.ru
Dom Kompozitorov
House of Composers. 8 Bryusov Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-629-1365
Dom Muzyki, Moscow International House of Music
52 Kosmodamianskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 8. M. Paveletskaya. 495-730-1011/1852
Dom Uchyonykh
House of Scientists. 16 Ulitsa Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 495-637-4555, www.cdu-art.ru/afisha.shtml
Dom Shalyapina
In the wing of the Chaliapin Museum, 25 Novinsky Bulvar. M. Barrikadnaya. 495-605-6236, 252-2530
Dom Zhurnalista (?House of Journalists)
8A Nikitsky Bulvar. M. Arbatskaya. 495-691-5698, 495-222-1060, 495-697-20-86, www.domjour.ru
Yauza Palace (Dvorets Na Yauze)
1 Ploshchad Zhuravlyova. M. Elektrozavodskaya. 495-645-2245, www.yauza-palace.ru
FINOMI Hall (New Music Art Philharmonia)
20 Podsosensky Pereulok. M. Kurskaya, Chkalovskaya. 8-968 358 25 93, finomi.ru, tickets at finomi.ru/tkt/
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center
25 Ulitsa Ostozhenka, Bldg. 1. M. Kropotkinskaya, Park Kultury. 495-637-4378/7703, www.opera-centre.ru/index
Glinka Museum
4 Ul. Fadeyeva. M. Mayakovskaya, Novoslobodskaya. 495-739-6226
Gnesin Academy of Music
30/36 Ul. Povarskaya. M. Arbatskaya. Tickets and information, 495-690-2422
Gnesin Hall Na Povarskoi
38 Povarskaya Ulitsa. M. Arbatskaya, Barrikadnaya. 495-691-3086, www.gnesin.ru
Golitsyn Manor
5 Kozitsky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-694-0372, sias.ru
International Roerich Center
3/5 Maly Znamensky Pereulok. M. Kropotkinskaya. 499-271-3417/20, www.icr.su
Ivan Turgenev Museum
37 Ulitsa Ostozhenka. M. Park Kultury. 495-695-1078, www.pushkinmuseum.ru
Izmailovo Tsar's Estate
?12 Bauman Gorodok (Izmailovsky Island). M. Partizanskaya. 499-614-2092/2132, mgomz.ru/izmailovo, mgomz.ru/posetitelyam/koncerty
Jewish Museum & Tolerance Center
Ul. Obraztsova, Bldg. 1A. M. Savyolovskaya, then two stops by bus 12 to Ulitsa Obraztsova. 495-645-0550, www.jewish-museum.ru
Kolomenskoe Estate Museum Teatralnaya Khoromina Hall
39 Prospekt Andropova. M. Kolomenskaya. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mon. 499-614-2092/2132, mgomz.ru/kolomenskoe, mgomz.ru/posetitelyam/koncerty
Kosmos Hall
150 Prospekt Mira. M. VDNKh. 495-234-1054, www.cosmos-hall.ru
Kremlin Palace
Moscow Kremlin, the Troitsky Gate entrance. M. Alexandrovsky Sad. Ticket office 1 Ul.Vozdvizhenka. M. Borovitskaya. 495-628-5232, 917-2336, kremlinpalace.org
Kuskovo
2 Ulitsa Yunosti. M. Novogireyevo, Vykhino. 495-375-3131 or automated service, 495-370-0160
Leo Tolstoy Museum
Located at 11 Ul. Prechistenka. M. Kropotkinskaya. 499-766-9328, tolstoymuseum.org
Leo Tolstoy Center Na Pyatnitskoi
Located at 12 Pyatnitskaya Ul. M. Novokuznetskaya. 495-951-5808, tolstoymuseum.org
Literary Museum
28 Petrovka. Metro Pushkinskaya. 495-625-1226, www.goslitmuz.ru
Luzhniki Stadium
24 Luzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya. M. Sportivnaya, Vorobyovy Gory. 495-637-0262
Lyublino Estate
39 Prospekt Andropova. M. Kolomenskaya. 499-614-2092/2132, mgomz.com, mgomz.ru/posetitelyam/koncerty
Marina Tsvetayeva Museum
6 Borisoglebsky Pereulok. M. Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya. 495-697-5369, www.dommuseum.ru
Masterslavl Hall
4 Presnenskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 1. M. Vystavochnaya (exit to the Bagration Bridge). 495-788-5835, www.masterslavl.ru
MDM
28 Komsomolsky Prospekt. M. Frunzenskaya. 499-248-6688, www.mdmpalace.ru
Mir Concert Hall
11 Tsvetnoi Bulvar, bldg. 2. M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar. 495-624-9647, www.mir-hall.ru
Moscow Opera Club
at the Glinka Museum. 4 Ul. Fadeyeva. M. Mayakovskaya, Novoslobodskaya. 495-739-6226, operaclub.wordpress.com, www.glinka.museum
Moscow Planetarium
5 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Ul. M. Barrikadnaya. 495-221-7690, www.planetarium-moscow.ru
Moskvich Cultural Center
46/15 Volgogradsky Prospekt. M. Tekstilshchiki. 499-178-3606, www.mskcc.ru
Museum of the Contemporary History of Russia
21 Tverskaya Ul., M. Tverskaya. Info at 8-915-137-3368, www.nota-agency.com, tickets at bigbilet.ru/place/nota
Nikolai Ostrovsky Humanitarian Center
14 Tverskaya Ul. M. Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya. 495- 629-8552, www.museumpreod.ru, www.ChamberOrchestraKremlin.ru
Olimpiisky Sports Complex
16 Olimpiisky Prospekt. M. Prospekt Mira. 495-786-3333, www.olimpik.ru
Orchestrion Hall
19 Ulitsa Garibaldi. M. Noviye Cheryomushki. 495-232-0400, 232-5353
Scriabin Museum
11 Bolshoi Nikolopeskovsky Pereulok. M. Okhotny Ryad. 499-241-1901/2152
Pavel Slobodkin Center
48 Ulitsa Arbat. M. Smolenskaya. 499-241-6226/6588, www.center-slobodkina.ru
Philharmonic Chamber Hall
29 Tverskaya Ulitsa, Bldg. 3. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400, 232-5353
Sergei Prokofiev Museum
6 Kamergersky Pereulok. M. Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad. 495-692-7959, www.glinka.museum/about/museum_of_prokofiev
Slavic Cultural Center
9/13 Chernigovsky Pereulok, Bldg. 2. M. Tretyakovskaya. 495-951-2951, 953-0168, www.slavfond.ru
Sokolniki Park
1 Ulitsa Sokolnichesky Val. M. Sokolniki. 499-393-9222, www.park.sokolniki.com
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater
17 Bolshaya Dmitrovka. M. Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya. 495-723-7325
St. Andrew's Anglican Church
8 Voznesensky Pereulok. M. Pushkinskaya. 495-772-5842
St. Mary's Cathedral
27/13 Malaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa. M. Barrikadnaya, Ulitsa 1905 Goda. 252-4051
7/10 Starosadsky Pereulok. M. Kitai-Gorod. 495-624-5820
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
4/31 Triumfalnaya Ploshchad. M. Mayakovskaya. 495-232-0400, 232-5353
Tchaikovsky Cultural Center
46/54 Kudrinskaya Ploshchad. M. Barrikadnaya. 495-690-2588
Theater Gallery Na Maloi Ordynke
9 Malaya Ordynka, Bldg. 1. M. Polyanka, Tretyakovskaya. 495-953-1245, www.bakhrushin.theatre.ru/branches/mo
Tretyakov Gallery
10/12 Lavrushinsky Pereulok. M. Tretyakovskaya. Ticket office open 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., closed Mon. 495-951-1362, 499-230-7788, 238-1378
Tsaritsyno Estate Museum
1 Ulitsa Dolskaya. M. Tsaritsyno, Orekhovo. 499-725-7287
TsDRI
9 Pushechnaya Ulitsa. Metro Kuznetsky Most, Lubyanka. 495-625-0267, www.cdri.ru
Vernadsky Geological Museum Concert Hall
11 Mokhovaya Ul., Bldg. 11. M. Okhotny Ryad. 8-905-520-1749, www.sgm-hall.ru
Watercolor and Fine Arts Academy
15 Ul. Akademika Vargi. M. Tyoply Stan, bus 144, 227, 281 to Ulitsa Akademika Vinogradova. 495-531-5555, ext. 298, academy.andriaka.ru
Shchusev Architecture Museum
5 Vozdvizhenka. M. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina, Arbatskaya, Alexandrovsky Sad. 495-691-2109, www.muar.ru
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