On March 30, Tuesday (6+) the program involves broadcast of the concert in one of the most beautiful palaces of the world – the Throne room of the Catherine Palace. This evening will commemorate the managing director of the “Tsarskoe Selo” State Museum and Heritage Ivan Petrovich Sautov. International festival of classical music “Palaces of St. Petersburg” will present masterpieces of the Baroque era, as well as works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Handel. The chapters of history of the Catherine Palace will be covered by a journalist, a member of the Toponymic Commission Alexey Erofeev. The artistic director of the festival is Maria Safaryants.

The concert involves such participants as one of the most virtuosic violists of our time, Andrey Dogadin, Honored Artist of Russia violinist Maria Safaryants, one of the best oboists of St. Petersburg – Alexey Golovin, the famous opera singer Denis Sedov, who gained hearts of the public thanks to his unique vocal abilities, voice power and artistry. The singer was widely known for his performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at the opening ceremony of the XVIII Winter Olympic Games in 1998 in Nagano.

The concert will feature the most complex bass arias, rarely performed arias from operas and oratorios by George Frideric Handel, as well as the pearl of Mozart's instrumental heritage – the concert symphony for violin and viola with orchestra. A special gift for music lovers will be the performance of the finest melodrama by Pyotr Tchaikovsky from the music to the fairy tale “The Snow Maiden Snegurochka”.

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