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Concert by the St. Petersburg String Quartet and Maxim Mogilevsky, piano
Featuring chamber music of Destyanikov, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky

LOCATION: Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St.
PRESENTER: University Musical Society

UMS Artist Interview and String Quartet Master Class
Featuring members of the St. Petersburg String Quartet, who will coach U-M School of Music string students and then discuss their work with Russian composers and repertoire (open to public attendance)

LOCATION: Cady Room, Stearns Building, School of Music, 2005 Baits Dr.
PRESENTER: University Musical Society

Concert by the Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev, artistic director and conductor
Featuring Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy (1869), Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70 (1945), Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade (1888)

LOCATION: Pease Auditorium, College Pl. at the intersection of West Cross St., Ypsilanti
PRESENTER: University Musical Society

Recital by violinist Vadim Repin and pianist Alexander Korsantia
Featuring compositions by Mozart, Prokofiev, Ysaye, and Richard Strauss

LOCATION: Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St.
PRESENTER: University Musical Society

Concert by the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Choir
Vladislav Chernushenko, artistic director
Featuring Rachmaninoff’s Vespers

LOCATION: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2250 East Stadium Blvd.
PRESENTER: University Musical Society

Celebrating St. Petersburg Concert
A concert by Arthur Greene, professor and chair of the Department of Piano, School of Music, University of Michigan, featuring works by Balakirev, Lyadov, Lyapunov, Prokofiev, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky

LOCATION: Rackham Auditorium, 915 East Washington St.
PRESENTER: Center for Russian and East European Studies and School of Music