A festival was held in Oranienbaum for Stravinsky’s birthday 20:00

To celebrate the 142nd anniversary of the birth of composer Igor Stravinsky, the Mariinsky Theater held the “Genius of Place” festival, according to the theater’s website.

Their first event is on June 15 in St. It took place on the stages of St. Petersburg. Additionally, a musical presentation was held at the Peterhof Museum-Reserve in Oranienbaum on 16 and 17 June.

“This year, both here and in St. We are organizing a truly full-fledged festival in St. Petersburg – during these three or four days about fifty works by Stravinsky will be staged. It seems to me that here, in Oranienbaum, over the next ten to fifteen years, huge opportunities will open, provided by this unique, understated monument of architecture and history of Russia,” said the head of the theater Valery Gergiev.

As part of the festival, on June 16, Gergiev organized a gala concert with ballet company artists and the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra. An interactive theater show was also held in Oranienbaum, where actors dialogued with the audience about art and its place in life.

It was noted that Oranienbaum also hosted the concert of the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductors Andrei Ivanov and Haoran Li on June 17.

Let us remind you that June 17 is the 142nd anniversary of Stravinsky’s birth. The Genius of Place festival is supported by the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Federal State Budgetary Institution Rosconcert. It will continue on June 18 with the performance of the composer’s vocal music at the Mariinsky Theater Concert Hall.