Published on: 2026-10-13
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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In the museums and galleries of Moscow under the jurisdiction of the capital To the Department of Culture, from October 15 to 30, bright musical events will take place. Guests can expect jazz concerts, works by Russian and foreign composers, meetings with contemporary authors, and performances by famous artists. The events will be held at the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, Gogol House, Nikolay Ostrovsky Museum, capital galleries, and other venues. Tickets can be purchased through the Mosbilet service.
Contemporary poetry and music in Vladimir Mayakovsky’s memorial apartment
On October 15 at 19:00, there will be a house concert at the “Apartment on Bolshaya Presnya” of the V.V. Mayakovsky State Museum, where contemporary poets and musicians will meet. It is organized jointly with the creators of the “Da Fest” project.
Guests will hear poems by contemporary authors and current music. The meeting will take place in the apartment where Vladimir Mayakovsky’s creative path began and where his like-minded people — the futurists — gathered. Such evenings in the apartment concert format are planned to be held once a month, on Thursdays.
Tickets can be purchased using the service “Mosbilet”.
Jazz improvisations at the Vasily Nesterenko Gallery
On October 16 at 7:00 PM in the “Del Arte” hall of the Vasily Nesterenko Moscow State Art Gallery, there will be a concert titled “Colors of Jazz.” Guests will see a performance by Anna Ivanova, a vocalist and pianist.
Anna Ivanova is a holder of a strong voice with a wide range. She studies at the pop-jazz singing department of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. Previously, the singer graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College in the class of academic piano.
The program includes jazz compositions and improvisations. The concert will combine music and painting in the space of an art gallery.
Tickets are available in the service “Mosbilet”.
Jazz, organ, and English classics at “Tsaritsyno”
The Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve has prepared four musical events.
On October 16 at 7:00 PM, the holder of an expressive baritone, Mr. Melvin (the stage name of Melvin Travis), and pianist Alexey Cheremizov will perform at the Bread House of the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve. The concert is part of the “Jazz at Tsaritsyno” series. The musicians will perform jazz standards and original compositions. Tickets are available on the service “Mosbilet”.
On October 18 at 14:00, guests are invited to the concert-tour “Secrets of the Palace Organ.” An organ specially made for this space is installed in the atrium of the Bread House of the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve. The instrument appeared here in 2008. It is adorned with gold leaf and decorative stars.
Organ concert-tours are held here every first Sunday of the month. Elizaveta Andreeva, an organist, master of tuning and instrument maintenance, explains how organ sound is produced, why multiple keyboards are needed, and how the organ is cared for. Visitors will not only hear the music but also be able to learn how it is constructed. Tickets at link.
On the same day, October 18, at 16:00 in the Grand Palace, there will be a concert “Music of England.” The chamber orchestra “Art of Music,” founded in 2023 by Alexey Rybnikov and Sergey Sviridov, will perform works by English composers. The musicians are laureates of international awards. The program includes the overture to the opera “Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell, the suite “Capriol” by Peter Warlock, the String Serenade by Edward Elgar, the Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten, and “Palladio” by Karl Jenkins. Admission by to the tickets.
On October 30 at 7:00 PM, Pavel Timofeev’s quintet “Hurricane Jazz” will perform in the atrium of the Bread House. The program “From Russia with Love” will combine jazz arrangements of folk melodies, hits, soul, rhythm and blues, and original compositions. The concert will take place as part of the “Jazz in Tsaritsyno” series. Tickets are available through the service “Mosbilet”.
Maurice Ravel’s Music at the Gogol House
On October 21 at 7:00 PM, the first concert-lecture from the series “How to Listen to Music” will take place in the theatrical lounge of the Gogol House. The event will be dedicated to the work of the French composer of the 19th–20th centuries, Maurice Ravel. The program features two outstanding cycles: “Miroirs” and “Gaspard de la Nuit.”
In the first part, musicologist Evgenia Chukhrova will explain how Ravel created musical images, why his piano works resemble the sound of an orchestra, and which literary plots served as their basis. In the second part, pianist Ksenia Maksimova will perform both cycles. The audience will become acquainted with musical images of water, night birds, and bell ringing in the cycle “Reflections,” as well as the fantastic world of the cycle “Night Gaspard,” created based on the poems of Aloysius Bertrand.
Evgenia Chukhrova is the founder of the “Young Aesthetic” project, author and host of music-educational programs at the Zaryadye Concert Hall in Moscow. Ksenia Maksimova is a laureate of international competitions, a teacher at the Gnessin Music School, and a trainee assistant at the P.I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.
Tickets can be purchased through the service “Mosbilet”.
Ethnic Music and Collective Improvisation at the Nikolai Ostrovsky Museum
On October 22 at 7:00 PM, the concert “Ethnic Music in the Dark” will take place at the Nikolai Ostrovsky Museum. Guests will hear African drums, Siberian jaw harp, Tibetan singing bowls and flute, as well as throat singing, Russian folk and original songs. The musicians will introduce the audience to the traditions of different peoples of the world.
A special feature of the concert is the opportunity to become a participant in the performance. Every visitor will receive a musical instrument and be able to join the collective improvisation.
The guests will be performed by members of the group “Dlinna dykhaniya”: Avgustin Grishin, Sergey Semashko, Yuri Kaplya, Irina Aksyuz, Alexey Lelyaev, and Nikolay Shelekhov. The concert will appeal both to lovers of ethnic music and to those wishing to try themselves in musical creativity.
Tickets — in the service “Mosbilet”.
Songs by Ilya Reznik, Russian classics and romances at the Alexander Shilov Gallery
Three musical evenings will take place at the Alexander Shilov Gallery in the second half of October.
On October 24 at 18:00, guests are invited to the creative evening “Autumn Vernissage” of the People’s Artist of Russia Ilya Reznik. The program will feature both new works by the poet and lines known and loved by several generations. Among his masterpieces are “Cinderella,” “Apple Trees in Bloom,” “Maestro,” “Antique Clock,” “Vernissage,” “Flight Attendant Named Zhanna,” and other compositions that have become popular with multiple generations of listeners. Over the years, songs with the poet’s lyrics have received dozens of prestigious awards — from domestic to international. The special guest will be the performance of Ilya Reznik’s children’s musical theater “Little Country.”
Before the concert, visitors will be able to view the gallery’s permanent exhibition.
Tickets can be purchased at link.
On October 25 at 18:00, a concert titled “Musical Sketches of Russian Music” will take place, dedicated to masterpieces of domestic classical music. The program includes works by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Alexander Glazunov, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninoff, Alexander Borodin, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Georgy Sviridov, as well as melodies from domestic films.
Guests will enjoy a performance by the professional harp family duo “Charm.” Sisters Ekaterina and Yulia Karevy, laureates of international and all-Russian competitions, have been performing for many years on the country’s best stages with music of various genres and styles. They will be joined by laureates of international competitions Polina Kovalerova, soloist of the Central Border Ensemble of the FSB of Russia, and Victoria Koroleva, soloist of the State Symphony Orchestra “New Russia” under the direction of Yuri Bashmet. The audience will hear the rare combination of instruments — two classical harps, violin, and flute.
Tickets from link.
On October 30 at 7:00 PM, the gallery invites you to the concert “Autumn Romance.” This is a musical and lyrical composition dedicated to the golden age of Russian urban and gypsy romance. The program features vocal classics of the first half of the 20th century: works by Alexander Vertinsky, Pyotr Leshchenko, Vadim Kozin, and Isabella Yuryeva.
The stage will feature laureates of international competitions and festivals: Ivan Kozhinov (baritone), Galiya Musina (soprano), Maria Pozhidaeva (soprano), Sofya Kovaleva (mezzo-soprano), and Elena Bazhenova (soprano). The piano parts will be performed by Elena Bazhenova and Tatyana Buryashina.
The concert will take place among the works of Alexander Shilov, combining music and painting.
Tickets — available in the service “Mosbilet”.
Love stories in the music of Schumann and Brahms at the Vasily Nesterenko Gallery
On October 29 at 7:00 PM at the Vasily Nesterenko Moscow State Art Gallery, audiences can look forward to the concert program “Love Stories: Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms.” The program is dedicated to three composers whose lives and works were closely connected.
Listeners will become acquainted with various aspects of Robert Schumann’s creativity—from the lyrical “Evening Song” to the contrasting piece “Adagio and Allegro.” Three romances by Clara Schumann, whose music is returning to concert programs after a long period of oblivion, will be performed. The works of Johannes Brahms will continue the musical narrative about the friendship, creative collaboration, and mutual influence of the composers.
Tickets — in the service “Mosbilet”.
The program of events in city museums contributes to the achievement of the goals and objectives of the national project in Moscow “Family”. More details about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
“Mosbilet” is the official service on the mos.ru portal, through which you can purchase tickets to theaters, museums, concert halls, and other institutions subordinate to the city’s Department of Culture, without any commission or markups. The service page features announcements of the most anticipated events, season premieres, activities within city festivals, exhibitions, performances, and concerts taking place in the upcoming weekend.
You can buy a ticket directly in the service. For events that require personal data to purchase a ticket, you won’t need to enter last name, first name, patronymic, and visitor information: if the user has a standard or full account, it is enough to leave the default document selection field set to Mos ID. Mandatory fields must be filled in manually if the account is simplified. When booking tickets for young guests through the service, all data must be entered only by the accompanying adult. For children under 14 years, it is sufficient to indicate only their last name, first name, patronymic, and date of birth, and it is not necessary to show the child’s document when attending cultural events.
In addition, authorized users will be able to open QR codes in the mobile applications “My Moscow,” “My id,” and “Moscow State Services.”
Moscow poster, cultural events and other leisure options — on the “Mosbilet” channels in messengers “Max” and “Telegram”.
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