The Grammy Award-winning Moscow Soloists will perform at The Barbican on Tuesday evening. The string orchestra will be led by world-famous soloists, Yuri Bashmet (viola/director) and Steven Isserlis (cello). Over the last 25 years Bashmet has performed as a soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony and New York Philharmonic Orchestras. He has made several appearances at the BBC Proms.
The programme will include much-loved pieces for string orchestra from Bach, Tchaikovsky and Paganini.
Madeleine Teahan