Following the UK premiere of Eugene Birman's documentary opera Russia: Today at London's King's Place in February 2023, a new edition of the project is coming to Pushkin House. The evening features the film version of Russia: Today by Alexandra Karelina (2021), a world-premiere of two pieces by composer Martyn Harry performed live by EXAUDI, and a discussion with the Russia: Today creative team.

This concert programme performed by pianist Ida Pelliccioli explores composers that pushed the boundaries of compositional technique in order to reflect another inner, metaphysical search in their lives that could easily find an echo with the questionings of the modern listener.

This concert by Rebecca Ryland-Jones (soprano), Anna Ryland-Jones (cello) and Emelia Noack-Wilkinson (piano) seeks to draw connections drifting through different times, in music that expresses the deepest and most tender questions of faith, love, belonging and eternity.

There is music that we return to, or, rather, music that seems to follow us through time. The pieces of the late 19th – early 20th centuries composed by Felix Blumenfeld, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Anatoly Lyadov and Sergei Rachmaninoff will be performed by pianist Damir Durmanovic. For one evening, the concert will submerge the audience in the musical ponderings of the past.

Tchaikovsky Music School presents the Young Pianists Concert. The pupils will perform works by Mozart, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and other composers.

Kapustin expert Thomas Ang presents a recital of music by Nikolay Kapustin (1937-2020), including some of his unpublished compositions. The concert will include the UK premiere of Kapustin’s First Cello Sonata, Op. 63, performed together with cellist Corinna Boylan.

Proudly collaborating with the Orpheus Sinfonia for the first time, Pushkin House presents a programme of masterpieces of Russian chamber repertoire, rarely heard in live performance. Vibrant, dynamic and inspiring, Orpheus Sinfonia is a young, bright beacon of the orchestral scene, producing high-quality performances for public benefit, exploring new and ground-breaking avenues and also actively engaging with accessible performances, outreach work and community interaction.

This concert presents a unique opportunity to explore the vocal output of Russian composer Anton Arensky (1861-1906), whose talent was placed incredibly high by Tchaikovsky. Students and graduates of the Guildhall School of music and Drama combine forces with pianists Alina Sorokina and Thomas Ang to present a varied and innovative programme shedding light on the music of this rarely-heard composer. The programme includes Tchaikovsky’s Legend, Op. 54 no. 5, which Arensky used as a theme for his famous Variations, Op. 35a.

Although totally forgotten today, Muscovite Iosif Genishta was a renowned composer and pianist in his day. His artistic friendships included Pushkin, Princess Volkonskaya, Robert Schumann and Hector Berlioz when the latest visited Russia. He was also active as teacher and organiser of musical events: the earliest performances in Russia of Beethoven's piano concertos were the result of his skills as a promoter of large-scale musical events. Most probably a cellist himself, Genishta wrote three cello sonatas, reminiscent in style to early Beethoven. The second one was particularly praised by Schumann.

Prizewinner of Cleveland, Busoni and Paderewski international piano competitions, Ukrainian - born Russian-trained Dinara Klinton makes a welcome return to the Pushkin House. Now a professor of the Royal College of Music in London, Dinara will play a selection of Prokofiev Sonatas, all of which she recorded for Piano Classics in 2020.

This concert offers the opportunity to hear two rarely performed gems of the Russian chamber music: Mikhail Glinka’s unfinished viola sonata in two movements, a rare work for that instrument of the time, and Nikolay Medtner’s third and grandest violin sonata, which he composed in London.