Gala Opening of the Virtuosi of the Flute & Northern Lyre International Festival

April 8th, 2026 Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall The Virtuosi of the Flute & Northern Lyre International Festival Gala opening Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, KV 299 Marcel Grandjany Aria in Classic Style Wilhelm Popp Concert Waltz on themes from La traviata, Op. 378 Georg Philipp Telemann Flute Concerto in G major, TWV 51:G2 Wang Danhong Rushi concerto for guzhen and orchestra François Devienne Flute Concerto No. 12 in A major Dragana Jovanović Harp Concerto Feras Charestan Awdeh and Jul Dance for qanun and orchestra Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (arranged for flute) PERFORMERS: Sofia Kiprskaya (harp) Ksenia Kurlovich (harp) Milena Stanišić (harp) Sébastian Jacot (flute) Denis Lupachev (flute) Veronika Tkachuk (flute) Sofia Viland (flute) Stanislav Yaroshevsky (flute) Feras Charestan (kanun) Su Chang (guzheng) The Mariinsky Orchestra Conductor: Arseny Shuplyakov