Event listing: The Opening Concert | Usher Hall | Fri 9 Aug 2013 at 19:30

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Usher Hall Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2EA, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Festival: Edinburgh International Festival

Programme

Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)	Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, Op.26
Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)	Alexander Nevsky, Op.78

Performers

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Valery Gergiev	Conductor
Yulia Matochkina	Mezzo-soprano
Daniil Trifonov	Piano
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Christopher Bell	Choirmaster / chorus director

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Edinburgh International Festival: Opening concert with the RSNO, Gergiev and Daniil Trifonov

Alan Coady, 9th August

The opening concert of the 2013 Edinburgh International Festival was a Scottish-Russian collaboration. The RSNO, the home team on home turf, featured two Russian soloists, all under the baton (or, more accurately, the open hands) of Valery Gergiev at Usher Hall.

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