Horses for Courses
 There is no such thing as the “Social Season” in Russia at the moment, but there are some annual events which the beau monde have marked in their social calendar. One of them is the Grand Prix Radio Monte Carlo at the Hippodrome. Until the 1917 Revolution, horseracing was a favourite pastime of the upper classes in Russia (remember the steeplechase in Anna Karenina) and today the Moscow smart set seems determined to recreate as many of the old ways of High Society as they can. Just as at Royal Ascot, Chantilly or Lexington Park, some people will go to look at the horses, and the gamblers will go for the betting; but the fashionable people will go to look at each other.
When: 29 May, racing starts at 1pm
Where: Central Moscow Hippodrome, 22 Ul. Begovaya, Building 1
Easter Parade
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Yuri Bashmet | The IVth Moscow Easter Festival will take place from May 1 to May 11. The title is misleading because there are a lot of concerts taking place outside of Moscow, far across Russia. Some of the biggest names in Russian culture will be on show: the conductor Valery Gergiev, the singers Olga Borodina and Anna Netrebko, and the violist Yuri Bashmet. Here is what we like the sound of:
- Vologda
4 May, 6pm
Nobleman’s Assembly
Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano)
Andrei Pluzhnikov (tenor)
Larisa Gergieva(piano)
- Moscow
7 May, 8pm
Large Hall of Moscow Conservatory
Shostakovich Symphony No.7
Conductor Valery Gergiev
8 May, 7pm
Central Theatre of Russian Army
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Valery Gergiev | Prokofiev War and Peace
Soloists (including Anna Netrebko), choir and symphony orchestra
Mariinsky Theatre
Conductor Valery Gergiev
9 May, 7pm
Large Hall of Moscow Conservatory
Gala concert with Anna Netrebko, Nikolai Schneider, Yuri Bashmet
The IVth Moscow Easter Festival
When: May I to May 11
Where: Moscow and all over Central Russia
For a full programme of events please visit the festival website at www.easterfestival.ru
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