The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra is set to visit Taiwan for the ninth time in October and will give two concerts in Taipei.

Originally known as the “Imperial Music Choir”, the group performed only for the court of Alexander III of Russia.

The orchestra will play at the National Concert Hall in Taipei Oct. 11th and 12th, and audiences can expect to enjoy pieces by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, among others.

On the first night, the orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s “Francesca da Rimini: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante, Op. 32,” “Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33” and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,”.

The following night, it will play Lyadov’s “Kikimora, Op. 63,” Shostakovich’s “Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107” and Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27.”

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1882, is Russia’s oldest “symphonic ensemble”.