Alissa is very honoured to make her debut in one of UK’s top festivals in July 2025: she will be teaming up with rising stars, double-bassist Will Duerden, the Belinfante String Quartet and singers, Dan D’Souza and Jane Burnell in two intense programmes dedicated to her father, Dmitri Smirnov, commemorating 5 years after his passing. As well as performing four of his works, including the world premiere of his To Be Or Not To Be setting, she is looking forward to performing Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet and Britten’s Song and Proverbs of William Blake, as well as her own setting of William Blake, To the Evening Star, adapted from her song-symphony, Spell of Creation, which saw its premiere at Manchester Festival in July 2023 by the BBC Phil.