Cello Around the World Concert

From March 26 to 29, 2026, the Moscow Helikon Opera Musical Theatre will host the IV All-Russian Cello Academy – an educational event for professional cello performers, students, and graduates of music schools.

The academy will feature open masterclasses by renowned cellists, lectures by professionals on topics relevant to musicians, and a final concert featuring all the teachers and students who participated in the academy's masterclasses.

The "Cello Around the World" concert took place on March 27.

The following performers took part in the concert:

Fausto Solci (cello);

Gabriel Gibran Yacoub (cello);

Fernando Arias (cello);

Guangyu Xie (cello);

Anna Fetri (cello);

Anastasia Kuzaeva (cello);

Mikhail Vasiliev (cello);

Kirill Kravtsov (cello);

Fedor Maksimov (cello);

Ekaterina Semenova (cello);

Vasily Stepanov (cello);

Arseny Mingalev (cello);

Valeria Shatilova (cello);

Ulyana Malkova (cello);

Ulyana Serebryakova (cello);

Roman Sbitnev (cello);

Ivan Torgashev (cello);

Daniil Kirilov (cello);

Tatyana Abramkina (cello);

Adina Ospanova (cello);

Pavel Lushakov (piano);

Adrian Teran (piano);

Xiaolan Zi (piano).

PROGRAM:

F. Solchi. 8 variations on the theme "La Folia";

A. Teran. Pensamientos;

G. Cassado. Prelude from the Suite for solo cello;

K. Davydov. 4 pieces, op. 20;

A. Fetri. Astghik over Ararat;

Fan Dongqing. Chong Lin for cello and piano;

S. Rachmaninoff. Sonata for cello and piano, 3rd movement;

S. Tsintsadze. "Indi-Mindi", "Suliko", "Sachidao", and "Dance" from the Georgian Folk Suite, arranged by K. Kravtsov and S. Drabkin;

M. Mussorgsky. "Night on Bald Mountain," arranged for cello ensemble.

Moscow, Rachmaninov Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory, March 27, 2026