Irina Nikitina, President of the Musical Olympus Foundation: "A whole era in musical art ends with Claudio Abbado's passing away. He was a great musician by the grace of God and will stay with us forever, as his art belongs to eternity".

On December, 22 the Grand Hall of the Shostakovich St Petersburg Academic Philharmonia will host the concert “Musical Offering to Maestro Temirkanov from the Musical Olympus Foundation”.

On November 20-24, 2013, a series of concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christian Thielemann took place in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. During the four concerts, Europe’s oldest symphony orchestra performed all symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven.

On November 20, 2013, the first of four concerts performed by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Christian Thielemann took place in Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. The orchestra played Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 4 and 5. In the next several days the audience will enjoy the remaining seven symphonies by the great composer performed by Europe’s oldest symphony orchestra.

Press conference in the run-up to one of the most awaited cultural events of the year – the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra tour organized by the Musical Olympus Foundation – will take place on 19 November 2013, 18:30 p.m., at the ITAR-TASS press center in Moscow (2 Tverskoi boulevard, 2nd floor).

The great event will take place in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow on November 20-24, 2013. The Musical Olympus Foundation is bringing the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Christian Thielemann to the Russian capital. The orchestra will perform all nine symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven in a series of four concerts.