The Andreyev State Russian Orchestra  gives the St. Petersburg public the opportunity to touch an oriental tale – as part of the cross year of culture and tourism in Russia and Turkey, concerts will be held in the city dedicated to the musical heritage of the Turkic peoples.

The authors of the project are the Turksei international organization of Turkic culture and personally its general secretary, Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan Dyusen Kaseinov and the V. Andreev Russian State Academic Orchestra under the leadership of the People’s Artist of Russia Dmitry Khokhlov.The basis of the program will be the rarely performed and little-known in modern Russia classic music by the composers of the Soviet Transcaucasus and Central Asia. Academic music of composers of the eastern republics, based on folk traditions, reached unprecedented flourish precisely in the era of the Soviet Union. The works of such authors as Kara Karaev, Uzeir Hajibeyov, Hasan Rzayev, Arif Melikov, Vasif Adigozalov (Azerbaijan), Atay Ogombaev, Kaly Moldobasanov (Kyrgyzstan), Mukan Tulebayev, Ahmet Zhubanov (Kazakhstan) and other talented composers, entered the great musical heritage multinational country, decorating and enriching it.

The plots of ancient oriental legends formed the basis for amazingly beautiful ballets and operas (“Seven Beauties”, “The Legend of Love”, “Birzhan and Sara”, “Kor-ogly”, “Abai”, etc.). Fragments of these works will be performed in concerts. In addition, processing of Turkish folk songs and compositions by Russian authors on the Eastern theme will be performed.