"Tschaikowski", St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

For the past ten years the "Tschaikowski" St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra has become an ensemble with unlimited musical possibilities including the regular commissioning and performances of new compositions, a testament to the high standard of the Orchestra, which commissions many new works written especially for the Orchestra each season. The Orchestra has a special relationship with several local composers in St. Petersburg but also collaborates and premieres works of foreign composers, who have dedicated many of their works to the Orchestra.

Roman Leontiev, Music Conductor and
Alexandre Pirojenko, Piano soloist

Featuring over 85 musicians, their program to be performed is as follows:

Richard WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman Overture
Fryderyk CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Soloist Alexandre Pirojenko
Sergei PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100