SERGEY SMBATYAN Conductor
Ray Chen Violin

Christopher Muscat Festival Overture
Alexey Shor Phantasms
Camile Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op.28
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 in E minor, Op. 64

The orchestra’s international tour for the 19/20 season, under the patronage of H.E. The President of Malta, shall present four events in prestigious concert venues around Russia’s capital city, Moscow. The inaugural concert features Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja at the recently inaugurated Zaryadye Hall. The subsequent performances, under the baton of MPO Principal Conductor Sergey Smbatyan, explore a wide repertoire whilst exporting Maltese music to foreign audiences.

The tour is being presented in collaboration with the European Foundation for Support of Culture, and supported by APKI, the Ministry of Tourism, the Malta Tourism Authority and the Valletta Cultural Agency.