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MUSIC OF ST-PETERSBURG
Duration: 4 hours Classical music is interwoven into the streets of ST-Petersburg. “Music of ST-Petersburg” is a city highlight tour with a special stress on the past and present musical life of the Russian cultural capital, musical venues, and monuments to the prominent Russian Composers, most of who used to live and work here. Just to name a few: Michael Glinka, the unchallenged founder of Russian classical music, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anton Rubinstein, the talented composer and pianist who initiated the first Russian conservatory in 1862; one of the first graduates of this conservatory was Peter Tchaikovsky. Many streets of ST-Petersburg are reminiscences of these names: Glinka St., Tchaikovskogo St., Pr. Rimskogo-Korsakova, Rubinsteina St.; the Big Philharmonic Hall is named after Dmitry Shostakovich who lived in the city till 1942, including the first months of the 900-day siege of Leningrad. One of his most breath-taking pieces, the Seventh (Leningrad) Symphony, was written and performed in the besieged city. Along the way you will visit the cemetery (Necropolis of Master of Arts) where most of Russian composers are buried along with Feodor Dostoevsky and other prominent Russian writers, actors, ballet dancers and choreographers. During “Music of ST-Petersburg” tour you will be offered a chance to visit the classical music CD store. We advise you to combine the Music of ST-Petersburg tour with a back stage tour of Mariinsky Theatre in the afternoon (former and still more known abroad as Kirov Theatre of Opera and Ballet), an unmistakable gem of any visit to ST-Petersburg. Valery Gergiev, the director and the chief Conductor of Mariinsky Theatre, works hard to keep alive the best of the Russian classical music traditions(advance booking is required for the back-stage tours of Mariinsky Theatre). The other option for the musical lovers is a private concert of “Nevsky Melody” ensemble, which will include classical and Russian folklore songs.
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