Live Music City Moscow Year of foundation 1978 A type orchestra The history of the orchestra dates back to 1978, when the violinist and conductor V. Kornachev founded an ensemble of 9 young enthusiasts, graduates of Moscow musical universities. In 1988, the ensemble, which by that time had grown into an orchestra, was headed by Alexander Rudin, with whom the name “Musica Viva” came (live music – lat.). Under his leadership, the orchestra acquired a unique creative image and reached a high level of performance, becoming one of the leading orchestras in Russia. Today, Musica Viva is a universal musical group, feeling free in a variety of styles and genres.…

Armonia Atenea Orchestra City Athens Year of foundation 1991 A type orchestra Armonia Atenea is the new name of the Athenian Camerata orchestra. The orchestra was founded in 1991 by the Society of Friends of Music in Athens in connection with the opening and inauguration of the Athens Megaron Concert Hall. Since then, this hall has been the residence of the orchestra. Since 2011, the orchestra, in addition to the Megaron hall, also constantly performs at the Onassis Cultural Center. Armonia Atenea is a universal group whose repertoire covers the widest period from the early Baroque to the XNUMXst century, concert programs, opera and ballet performances. The founder of the…

Yaroslav Governor Symphony Orchestra City Yaroslavl Year of foundation 1944 A type orchestra The Yaroslavl Academic Governor’s Symphony Orchestra is one of the leading symphonic ensembles in Russia. It was created in 1944. The formation of the collective took place under the direction of famous conductors: Alexander Umansky, Yuri Aranovich, Daniil Tyulin, Viktor Barsov, Pavel Yadykh, Vladimir Ponkin, Vladimir Weiss, Igor Golovchin. Each of them enriched the orchestra’s repertoire and performing traditions. Odysseus Dimitriadi, Pavel Kogan, Kirill Kondrashin, Fuat Mansurov, Gennady Provatorov, Nikolai Rabinovich, Yuri Simonov, Yuri Fire, Carl Eliasberg, Neeme Järvi have taken part in the orchestra’s concerts as guest conductors. Outstanding musicians of the past performed with the…

Chicago Symphony Orchestra City Chicago Year of foundation 1891 A type orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is recognized as one of the leading orchestras of our time. The performances of the CSO are in great demand not only in his native country, but also in the music capitals of the world. In September 2010, the renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti became the tenth music director of the CSO. His vision for the orchestra’s role: deepening interaction with the Chicago audience, supporting a new generation of musicians, and collaborating with leading artists are all signs of a new era for the band. The French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, whose longstanding…

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra City Paris Year of foundation 1937 A type orchestra The Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France is one of the leading orchestras in France. Founded in 1937 as the Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestre Radio-Symphonique) in addition to the National Orchestra of French Broadcasting, created three years earlier. The first chief conductor of the orchestra was Rene-Baton (René Emmanuel Baton), with whom Henri Tomasi, Albert Wolff and Eugene Bigot constantly worked. It was Eugène Bigot who led the orchestra from 1940 (officially from 1947) to 1965. During the Second World War, the orchestra was evacuated twice (in Rennes and Marseille), but always returned to Paris. In the post-war…

Philadelphia Orchestra City Philadelphia Year of foundation 1900 A type orchestra One of the leading symphony orchestras in the United States. Created in 1900 by conductor F. Schel on the basis of semi-professional and amateur ensembles that existed in Philadelphia since the end of the 18th century. The first concert of the Philadelphia Orchestra took place on November 16, 1900 under the direction of Schel with the participation of pianist O. Gabrilovich, who performed Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with Orchestra. Initially, the Philadelphia Orchestra had about 80 musicians, the team gave 6 concerts a year; over the next few seasons, the orchestra increased to 100 musicians, the number of concerts…

Ural Philharmonic Orchestra City Ekaterinburg Year of foundation 1934 A type orchestra The Ural State Academic Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1934. The organizer and first leader was a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory Mark Paverman. The orchestra was created on the basis of the ensemble of musicians of the radio committee (22 people), whose composition, in preparation for the first open symphony concert, was replenished with musicians from the orchestra of the Sverdlovsk Opera and Ballet Theater, and first performed on April 9, 1934 in the Business Club hall (the current Big Concert Hall of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic) under the name Symphony Orchestra of the Sverdlovsk Regional Radio Committee.…

Moscow Soloists City Moscow Year of foundation 1992 A type orchestra Artistic director, conductor and soloist – Yuri Bashmet. The debut of the Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble took place on May 19, 1992 on the stage of the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and on May 21 on the stage of the Pleyel Hall in Paris in France. The ensemble successfully performed on the stage of such famous and prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall in New York, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Barbican Hall in London, the Tivoli in Copenhagen, and also in the Berlin Philharmonic…

Flanders Symphony Orchestra City Bruges Year of foundation 1960 A type orchestra For more than fifty years, the Flanders Symphony Orchestra has been performing in the main cities of the country: Bruges, Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp, as well as in other cities and on tour outside of Belgium with an interesting repertoire and bright soloists. The orchestra was organized in 1960, its first conductor was Dirk Varendonck. Since 1986, the team has been renamed the New Flanders Orchestra. It was conducted by Patrick Pierre, Robert Groslot and Fabrice Bollon. Since 1995 and to this day, after a major reorganization and necessary reforms, the orchestra has been under the direction of…

Kolobov Symphony Orchestra of the New Opera Moscow Theatre City Moscow Year of foundation 1991 A type orchestra “An excellent sense of taste and proportion”, “the bewitching, captivating beauty of the orchestral sound”, “truly world-class professionals” – this is how the press characterizes the orchestra of the Moscow theater “Novaya Opera”. The founder of the Novaya Opera Theater, Yevgeny Vladimirovich Kolobov, set a high level of performance for the orchestra. After his death, famous musicians Felix Korobov (2004-2006) and Eri Klas (2006-2010) were the chief conductors of the ensemble. In 2011, maestro Jan Latham-Koenig became its principal conductor. Also performing with the orchestra are the theatre’s conductors, Honored Artists of…