“Nutcrackers” Classical Concert, featuring Ekaterina Mechetina

Ekaterina Mechetina is a renowned Russian pianist and an honorary member of the jury of The Nutcracker international TV contest held by leading Russian channel, TV Kultura.

With the support of Bechstein, at this concert Mechetina presented three young winners from the contest – Polina Senatulova (14) on violin, Georgiy Abrosov (15) on flute, and Alina Ponaryina (13) on piano.

To conclude the concert, Mechetina herself played Ballade No. 4 by Frederic Chopin, one of the masterpieces of 19th-century piano music.