Maxim Vengerov returns to Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle on November 1 to perform Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D Major with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio. The Russian violinist then continues his European appearances in Madrid with the International Menuhin Music Academy. His concert in Spain boasts an expansive musical program that includes Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in D minor, Bach’s Double Concerto and tour-de-force Partita No. 2, and Tchaikovsky’s Three Pieces for Violin and Piano. In Belgrade, the Russian violinist joins pianist Itamar Golan for a recital of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms at Kolarac University.

This October violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a variety of performances around the globe, beginning with recitals in Kyoto (October 5) and Tokyo (October 6). Vengerov continues his Asian appearances in China on October 9 – the opening concert of the Beijing Festival – as the Hallé Orchestra’s guest soloist in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto under the baton of Mark Elder. The Russian violinist and conductor then joins the English Chamber Orchestra for a musical cruise (October 13–17) before heading to Canada to guest with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in a concert that features Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Rimsky–Korsakov’s Scheherazade (October 20). Vengerov wraps up his month of international performances in Montreal with Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

This October Olga Borodina appears on the Russian stage in two St. Petersburg performances. On October 2 Ms. Borodina and tenor Vladimir Galouzine headline a gala concert at the Mariinsky Theatre. On October 14, the Russian mezzo-soprano returns to the St. Petersburg house as Amneris in Verdi’s Aida – a role she reprises at the Metropolitan Opera this November.

Maxim Vengerov begins his 2012–2013 season with recitals in Poznan, Poland and at Buenos Aires’s Teatro Colón. His program at the iconic Argentinian house includes works by Bach, Schubert, and Beethoven. On September 27, the Russian violinist appears with the Romanian National Orchestra as the guest soloist in Brahms’s Violin Concerto.