Alexander Sladkovsky conducts Verdi, Saint-Saëns, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin... – With Denis Matsuev and Hibla Gerzmava

Catch the closing gala concert of the 2018 “Stars on Lake Baikal” International Music Festival starring soprano Hibla Gerzmava and pianist Denis Matsuev (the festival’s Artistic Director). Together with the Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Sladkovsky they present a colorful program of arias from operas by Verdi, Puccini, Saint-Saens, Gershwin and others, as well as Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.

Every year, the virtuoso Russian pianist Denis Matsuev returns to the Siberian city of his birth as artistic director of the groundbreaking “Stars on the Baikal” Festival. The international music festival takes place in the Irkutsk State Musical Theater, on the banks of the idyllic Lake Baikal, one of the earth’s most astonishing natural wonders. Talented musicians come together to present programs of diverse musical repertoires, including jazz, classical music, and everything in between.

Photo: Hibla Gerzmava © Nino Dzyapsh