Follow this link to watch the video from Annecy classical music festival by "Zvezda" TV channel. ...

Annecy Classical Music Festival is being held in the French town of Annecy now. Denis Matsuev, the artistic director of the festival, has brought the best Russian musicians here. Follow the link to watch the video by “Culture” TV channel. ...

Nobody, even the musicians themselves, knew the programme of the jazz concert in terms of the “Echo of Crescendo in Kuzbass” festival until the last moment. What happened on the stage in the end? Watch “Russia 24” and “Vesti-Kuzbass” videos to get to know. ...

Music festival “Echo of Crescendo in Kuzbass” is going on in the region of Kemerovo. During 3 days young Russian musicians accompanied by the Governor’s Symphony Orchestra of Kuzbass headed by Tao Lin perform world classics. Denis Matsuev played Prokofiev, piano concerto no.1. Follow the links to watch the videos by the “Culture” and “Vesti-Kuzbass” channels. ...

Hello, dear friends! Last time I made a broadcast from Sochi, and now I am in Edinburgh where I give a concert together with the London Symphony Orchestra and maestro Gergiev. We are playing Shimanovsky, the 4th symphony – it is an absolutely new project, we will bring it to many countries. Now I am at the famous Edinburgh festival, and before I had concerts in Schleswig-Holstein, Montenegro, Verbier, Baden-Baden and on “Rheingau” festival Wiesbaden. ...

Tomorrow Denis Matsuev, Charles Dutoit and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra open the Annecy classical music festival. Watch the broadcast on www.medici.tv. ...

Tickets to “Stars on Baikal” music festival are already on sale in Irkutsk. Their price remains at the last year's level, 1500-5000 roubles. The festival, which is being held for the 7th year, will start at the 9th of September and last 10 days. Denis Matsuev, Alexander Rudin, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Spivakov and more than 300 other participants will visit Irkutsk in these days. The video by the “Vesti Irkutsk” TV channel is available here. ...

From the 21st to the 31st of August the French town of Annecy will host the classical music festival. The programme will consist of symphony and chamber music concerts as well as recitals. This year the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit will have the residence at the festival. The audience should expect to hear Nikolaï Lugansky, Henri Demarquette, Sergio Tiempo, Diana Higbee, Jacques Rouvier, Klaus Häger, Claire-Marie Le Guay, Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Hisako Kawamura, Bertrand Chamayou, Brigitte Fossey and, of course, Denis Matsuev – the artistic leader of the event. ...

Web site www.klassik.com published the following review on Denis Matsuev’s concert in Baden-Baden (July, 23): ...

July, 25 at 5pm GMT www.medici.tv will broadcast from the music festival in Verbier. The piano quintet will consist of Denis Matsuev, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Kirill Troussov, Yuri Bashmet and Mischa Maisky. ...

July, 22 www.medici.tv will broadcast Denis Matsuev’s concert from Verbier music festival, Switzerland. Denis will be playing Schumann and Rachmaninov. The broadcast starts at 7pm GMT. ...

The review by the “Grammophone” magazine says: ...

From June, 16 to June, 20 festive events timed to the 200th anniversary of the Russian literature classic Ivan Goncharov take place in the town of Ulyanovsk. Denis Matsuev became the honourable guest of the concert on the central square on June, 18, the writer’s birthday. Denis performed Rachmaninov, piano concerto no.2. “I am delighted to meet the Ulyanovsk audience and the town itself which has changed to the best since my last visit,” – admitted the musician. ...

Today I saw an interview with Roman Shirokhov, the leading player of the Russia team. He says he would like to get acquainted with me and with maestro Gergiev. ...

June, 10, the day before my birthday, I will take part in the “Relish” programme on the First channel. Together with my good friend Ivan Urgant we will make a meat pie and a “Kolbaska” cake. ...

I am so happy because of my Volga tour! Yesterday in Nizhny Novgorod I played one of the most incredible concertos, Brahms piano concerto no.1, together with maestro Alexander Skulsky for the first time. Follow this link to watch the video from Nizhny Novgorod. Now we are sailing on the Volga, the sun is shining, we are looking forward to Kazan, Samara and Astrakhan. See you in the concert halls! ...

Wie bei fast allen originaren Kunstlern spaltet Mikhail Pletnev die Kritikerzunft: Die einen bewundern seine hochindividuellen Interpretationen, die anderen lehnen ihn als radikal-manierirten Musiker ab.  ...