7th Moscow Easter Festival

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The 7th Moscow Easter Festival will be held from April 27 till May 9, 2008. The artistic and general director of the festival is one of the leading conductors in the world the maestro Valeri Gergiev.

April 27th
Grand opening. The Mariinsky Theatre Symphonic Orchestra. Conductor: V. Gergiev.

April 28th
The Mariinsky Theatre Symphonic Orchestra. Conductor: V. Gergiev

May 2nd
Opera gala-concert.

May 3rd
The Mariinsky Theatre Symphonic Orchestra, soloists and choir. Conductor: V. Gergiev. Soloist: M. E. Hecker (cello).

May 4th
Collegium Vocale Gent (Belgium). Conductor: Philipp Herrveg.

May 4th
Ballet-gala

May 5th
The "Arion” chamber orchestra (The North Ossetian Republic) and the “Mdzlevari” Youth Ensemble (Georgia).

May 6th
Choir gala-concert.

May 7th

“The Maid of Pskov” opera. Conductor: Valeri Gergiev.

May 8th
Concert for charity. The Mariinsky Theatre Symphonic Orchestra. Conductor: V. Gergiev. “Kovanshchina” opera. Conductor: Valeri Gergiev.

May 9th
Closing of the festival. Conductor: V. Gergiev. Soloist: Lang Lang (piano).