Join us on Saturday, December 2, 7-9 PM at the Lyceum in Old Town Alexandria for an extraordinary concert of Music from Around the World featuring Russian-born musicians Svetlana Nikonova, her talented children: Zackhar and Varvara, as well as Vladimir Zakharevich and Andrey Saveliev, members of the St. Petersburg Trio.

Tickets are $25/person with a SPECIAL PROMOTION: BUY ONE TICKET, GET ONE FREE.

Guests will meet the artists after the concert and
enjoy FREE wine and hors d’oeuvres

Event Co-sponsors: The Washington Balalaika Society,
Abby Sternberg, Video Masters/Media Masters and
The Alexandria Commission for the Arts

Russian-born orchestra conductor and musician, Svetlana Nikonova came to the United States in 2003 to work as the Artistic Director of the Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra (WBS).

In 2005, she formed St. Petersburg Trio featuring her husband, Vladimir, Svetlana and their friend Andrey to promote Russian folk and classical music. All group's members are graduates from the Rimsky- Korsakov Conservatory, regarded as Russia's premier university of music and they have performed together in Germany, France, England, Austria, Netherlands, and Finland.

Svetlana Nikonova is an artist member of the Empowered Women International (EWI), a non profit organization promoting the arts and creating economic opportunities for immigrant and foreign-born women artists and families.