The Orchestra National de Lille announced an innovative and close collaboration with the University of Lille. From a series of three concerts conducted by the Ukrainian Kirill Karabits and involving also the Regional Choir Nord-Pas de Calais, the Orchestra reserved one for the students, inviting them to attend for free an evening with Piotr Tchaikovsky’s Symphony N°2 and the Overture 1812 as well as Sergei Taneyev’s cantata ‘St. John of Damascus’.