Russian Winter Festival

Conducted by Music Director Rossen Milanov, the Columbus Symphony’s 7th annual Russian Winter Festival offers a program that celebrates the great Russian composers through the virtuosity and talents of the Columbus Symphony musicians. This first half of the festival will include Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s piano suite, Pictures at an Exhibition, and Stravinsky’s acclaimed ballet and orchestral concert work, The Rite of Spring.

Prelude – Patrons are invited to join Maestro Milanov near the main stage for a 30-minute, pre-concert discussion.

The Columbus Symphony presents Russian Winter Festival I: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.) on Friday and Saturday, January 7 and 8, at 7:30 pm. Tickets start at $10 and can be purchased in-person at the CBUSArts Ticket Center (39 E. State St.), online at www.columbussymphony.com, or by phone at (614) 469-0939.

Conducted by Music Director Rossen Milanov, the Columbus Symphony’s 7th annual Russian Winter Festival offers a program that celebrates the great Russian composers through the virtuosity and talents of the Columbus Symphony musicians. The second half of the festival will include Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring American Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan.

Prelude – Patrons are invited to join Maestro Milanov near the main stage for a 30-minute, pre-concert discussion.

The Columbus Symphony presents Russian Winter Festival II: Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.) on Friday and Saturday, January 21 and 22, at 7:30 pm, and Sunday January 23, at 2 pm. Tickets start at $10 and can be purchased in-person at the CBUSArts Ticket Center (39 E. State St.), online at www.columbussymphony.com, or by phone at (614) 469-0939.