The 24th International ballet, music and theater festival Stars of White Nights will be held in St. Petersburg from May 26 to June 24.

      The festival program will include performances of 160 famous collectives. Austrian musician Rudolf Bukhbinder will open the Stars of the White Nights festival. He will be accompanied by the V. Georgiev Symphonic Orchestra. On the first day the audience will also listen to an organ music concert by Thierry Esqueche with improvisations on Sergey Prokofiev's works.

      Classical music pianists Arthur and Loukas Yussen will also arrive in St. Petersburg. Several ballet premieres will be presented at the festival.

      The full festival schedule can be seen at the official website of the Mariinsky Theater.