The world will celebrate Tchaikovsky in the coming days and the XIV Moscow Easter Festival is proud to participate. For this unique event that will take place at the Moscow Philharmonic's Tchaikovsky Concert Hall on May 7th(Tchaikovsky's birthday), the Mariinsky Orchestra accompanied by the world-acclaimed pianist Denis Matsuev will perform Tchaikovsky's three piano concerti in a row, under the baton of the orchestra's eminent musicaldirector Valery Gergiev.

Following their performance at the opening concert of the Moscow EasterFestival that traditionally begins on Easter Sunday according to the Juliancalendar, Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra have been travellingacross 27 different Russian cities, including St. Petersburg, Moscow,Ekaterinburg and Samara.

As part of Tchaikovsky's 175th birthday celebrations, Maestro Valery Gergievwill now take the Mariinsky Orchestra to Moscow. An all Tchaikovskyprogramme will be performed by the musicians, who will be joined by world-class pianist Denis Matsuev, who is also a past prizewinner of the

International Tchaikovsky Competition (he won the First Prize of the 11th

Competition in 1998 at the age of 23). Known for his extraordinary talentand endurance, Denis Matsuev will perform Tchaikovsky's three pianoconcerti in a row. Tchaikovsky's three piano concerti were written between1874 and 1893. The performance of the composer's piano concerti No. 2 and3, which are unfortunately too seldom heard in concert, will be followed byone of the most popular pieces in the classical music repertoire, therendition of Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto.

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