FESTIVALS & COMPETITIONS in St.PETERSBURG

Stars of the White Nights
Opera and Ballet Festival
30th of May to June 11th & 09 to 22 June
A site featuring tours to Russia and Europe to attend the WHITE NIGHTS OPERA AND BALLET FESTIVAL + many more. OPERA TICKETS and SERVICES at reasonable prices.
http://www.operaservices.com/

IV International Early Music Festival
28 September - 19 October 2001
State Academic Capella, Philarmonia - Small Halll,
Sheremetiev Palace, Menshikov Palace
The St Petersburg International Early Music Festival was founded in 1998 as a joint initiative between the British Council and the ensemble Musica Petropolitana to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Peter I's "Great Embassy" to England. It has now become an annual event organized by several of the Consulate-Generals and foreign cultural centers in St Petersburg, the Delegation of the European Commission in Russia, and the Russia Early Music Trust. It enjoys the support of the city Administration's culture committee and of the 2003 committee. The Festival takes place every autumn in St Petersburg's most prestigious concert halls and palaces. Soloists and ensembles of world renown present the music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classicism. Russian ensembles present rediscovered masterpieces of Russian 18th century music.
phone +7 (812) 327 0889
fax +7/812 1181939
Director Marc de Mauny demauny@earlymusic.ru
Assoiciate Director Koenraad Blansaer blansaer@earlymusic.ru
Artistic Director Andrei Reshetin reshetin@earlymusic.ru
Manager Alexandra Derbeneva derbeneva@earlymusic.ru
3 Kaluzhsky Pereulok St Petersburg, 193015

Sergey Oskolkov and His Friends
The I-IV International Arts Festival
Beginning of June, annualy
Palace-and-park ensemble "Peterhof" and "Oranienbaum"
The "Sergey Oskolkov and His Friends" International Arts Festival offers symphonic and chamber concerts, performances of string ensembles and soloists, exhibitions of modern paintings, graphic arts, sculpture, and applied art. It also includes screenings of documentary films about Russian art celebrities, poetry readings, ballet and theater productions.
e-mail: soskolkov@mail.ru
web: http://www.classicalmusic.spb.ru/oskolkov_festival

5th International Festival of Spanish music "Spanish Evenings"
October, annualy (4th up to 13rd of October 2002)
Philharmonia big hall (Shostakovich), Maly hall (Glinka) and Hermitage Theatre
The State Orchestra of the Hermitage Museum
Alexis Soriano, Artistic Director and Conductor
Features music from Spain from Baroque to our days presenting world premieres and Russian first performances with soloists from Spain and all over the world. Supported by the Spanish Ministries of Culture and Foreign Affairs
The Festival of Spanish music "Spanish Evenings" in Saint Petersburg started in the year of 1998. The idea of the festival was to acquaint Russian people with Spanish musical creation and performance and to develop cultural exchange between these two countries. "Spanish Evenings" has established himself an important place in the city's cultural life winning the interest of public and media. The idea of the Festival was also taken with the great enthusiasm and support by the State Hermitage, which has provided The State Hermitage Orchestra as the resident Orchestra of the Festival and its own Theatre to give concerts.
E-mail: elighta@mail.ru

Baltica-Harmonica-99
International Musical Festival
10 - 17.04.99.
The General Founder of the Festival is St.Petersburg State Conservatoire named after N.A. Rimski-Korsakov. Co-founders: Union of music performes of St.Petersburg, Musical college named after N.A. Rimski-Korsakov, 'Harmonica-Club" of St.Petersburg, the Fund of culture of St.Petersburg, Russian creative union of the workers of culture, Petrovskaya Academy of Science and Arts with support of Committee of Culture of St.Petersburg and Ministry of culture of Leningrad region.

Sfint Peterberg Palaces
VII International Chamber Music Festival
27, May - 30 June

The Stars of White Nights
35th International Festival of Classical Art
19 June - 30 June 1998
Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theatre
Concerts of symphonic and chamber music featuring world famous soloists

Andreyev Orchestra and its friends
The Internatoinal Musical Festival
25.06. - 05.07.99.
The programme of Festival will consist of festival concerts, master-classes, cultural and sightseeing programmes.

Music of White Nights
VIII International Flower Show Festival
June 1998
Glinka Philharmonic Small Hall and others halls of the city

Autumn in the Tsarskoye Selo
IV International Festival
14 Oct - 19 Oct 1998
Tsarskoye Selo State Museum-Lyceum

15th International Festival of Concertina and Accordion Music
October 1998

International Organ Festival
October 1998 St. Petersburg, State Capella

3rd International Festival of Spanish Music 'SPANISH EVENINGS'
Till November 3, 2000
St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Organizers: Orchestra of the State Hermitage 'St. Petersburg Camerata'

International Festival of Modern Music "Sound Ways"
Creative Association 'SOUND WAYS'
Alexander Radvilovitch, Director
November 19-26, 2000, Concert Halls of St. Petersburg
Most famous festival of composers-avantgardists who experiment on classical music. The best premiers of St. Petersburg composers, the first performance of Western avant-garde in Russia, compositions specifically composed for the festival, works of composers highly respected around the world
phone/fax +7(812)314-0412; fax +7(812)314-5818
http://www.theatre.spb.ru/SoundWays/
e-mail: soundways@usa.net

International festival "Musical Olympus"
Irina Nikitina-Haefliger, Director
May 31 - Jun. 7
Malaya Nevka Emb. 4, 197022, St.Petersburg
phone: +41(79)402-6808; +7(812)234-4207
fax: +7(812)234-0088

International Children's Musical Festival
V.Uspensky, Director
Late Mar.
B.Morskaya 45, c/o St. Petersburg Composers Union
190000, St.Petersburg
phone: +7(812)311-3548
fax: +7(812)314-5818; +7(812)311-3548; +7(812)315-1302

International music festival "Musical Spring in St.Petersburg"
A.Petrov, Director
Mid-late May B.Morskaya 45, c/o
St. Petersburg Composers Union 190000, St.Petersburg
phone: +7(812)311-3548, fax: +7(812)314-5818; +7(812)311-3548

Just Friends
Vladimir Mischouk, Artistic Director
Nikolay Mischouk, General Director
Denis Leonov, Artistic Manager
Festival site: Hall of the State St.Petersburg Chapell
Jan. 10-20
Dekabristov Str. 56-14, 190121, St.Petersburg
phone: +7(812)312-6504, fax: +7(812)312-6504; +7(812)275-7615

Paganini's Violin at the Hermitage
Sergey Stadler, Director
13-9 Vladimirsky prt.
191002, St.Petersburg
phone: +7(812)164-3451, fax: +7(812)164-3451

St.Petersburg Palaces International Chamber Music & Choir Festival
Constantine Orbelian, Music Director
Festival site: St.Petersburg, Russia
c/o M&N Artists ltd., 400W. 43 St., Suite 19A
New York, NY 10036, USA
Phone: (212)967-2141; +7(095)956-7677, Fax: (212)268-5469

The White Nights
191011, St.Petersburg
Nevsky Prospect 40, c/o Irina Rudimova,
Culture Committee of the Mayor's Office

Easter Festival
199178, 13 Liniya, 18
phone +7(812)323-4103, fax +7(812)323-4704

International Musical Children's Festival "Ode to Joy"

International Arts Festival "From Avanguard to present Days"
9.03-22.03.1999

International Festival named after E.Mravinsky

Festival "Musical Spring in Saint-Petersburg"

International Festival of Military Brass Bands

International Arts Festival "The Stars of the White Nights"

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COMPETITIONS

The Russian Open Contest of Performers on Wind Instruments named after Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
November 8-20, 2000
Venues: St. Petersburg Cappella, Small Hall of St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Organizers: St. Petersburg Branch of International Culture Fund
telephone: +7 812 279-6486

International Ballet Competition “Maya’98”
Maya Plisetskaya to chair the panel of judges
17 Aug - 22 Aug 1998, Alexandrinsky Theatre

First international Elena Obraztsova competition
of young opera singers
6-15 September 1999, Russia, St.Petersburg 
http://www.classicalmusic.spb.ru/obraz,

International Competition for Young Musicians
playing Folk Instruments, named after A.Andreev

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