Concerto Lorenz Nasturica-Gershovichi by Elgar, Suk, J., Tchaikovsky, P. I., С (2023/2023), Дирижёр Lorenz Nasturica-Herschcowici, St Petersburg Music Hall, Санкт-Петербург, Россия

The Stradivari Ensemble of the Mariinsky Theater is a group of musicians playing string instruments created by the great Italian masters of the 17th-18th centuries: Nicolo Amati, Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri, Giovanni Battista Guadanini and Mateo Goffriller. Each of the instruments played by the musicians of the ensemble has its own history full of amazing events. The ensemble was created in 2009 on the initiative of the artistic director, director of the Mariinsky Theater Valery Gergiev. Currently, the ensemble consists of more than 20 people - the leading soloists of the Symphony Orchestra of the theater. Since 2013, the violinist Lorenz Nasturika-Gershovichi has led the ensemble. The extensive repertoire of the Stradivari Ensemble includes both classical compositions for string orchestra (from Vivaldi to Stravinsky) and the best examples of "light music" (fragments of Viennese operettas, Argentinean tangos...), which, thanks to the timbres of unique instruments, acquire a special sound. The Ensemble performs with unfailing success at the Mariinsky Concert Hall as an independent group, collaborates with opera soloists and instrumentalists, and tours in Russia and abroad.