Concert Performances

Rimsky-Korsakov’s Overture on Russian Themes

TŌN, conducted by Leon Botstein, performs Rimsky-Korsakov’s Overture on Russian Themes in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on October 12, 2025.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Born: 3/18/1844 in Tikhvin, near Novgorod, Russia
Died: 6/21/1908 at age 64 in Lyubensk, Russia

Written: 1866, at age 22; revised in 1879–80
Premiered: Originally in 1866, Mily Balakirev conductor; Revised version on 5/8/1880 in Moscow, Rimsky-Korsakov conductor

>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Yuchen Zhao