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The Andreyev State Russian Orchestra

Full name – State Academic Russian Orchestra. V. V. Andreeva.

Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments named after V. V. Andreev (since 1960 – Russian Folk Orchestra named after V. V. Andreev of Leningrad Television and Radio). It originates from the Great Russian Orchestra.

In 1925, an orchestra of folk instruments was created at the Leningrad Radio, bоMost of his team consisted of artists of the Great Russian Orchestra. The leader was V.V. Katsan (accompanist and 1907nd conductor of the Great Russian Orchestra in 1934-2). At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, most of the musicians went to the front and the orchestra was disbanded. Created in April 1942 on the radio, the ensemble of folk instruments consisted mainly of artists from the former Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments. B. V. Andreev of the Leningrad Philharmonic; this included musicians who had worked with Andreev – V. V. Vidder, V. V. Ivanov, S. M. Sinitsyn, A. G. Shagalov. By 1946 the orchestra consisted of over 40 people.

In 1951, the Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments, revived on the basis of the Leningrad Radio, was given back the name of its founder, V. V. Andreev. The orchestra becomes one of the leading musical groups in the city. In the 50s. 2 button accordions and woodwinds (flute and oboe) were introduced into its composition. Since 1976, the orchestra has had an expanded bayan and wind group (4 bayans, 2 flutes, oboe, cor anglais) and a large percussion group.

The orchestra was headed by: HM Selitsky (1943-48), S. V. Yeltsin (1948-51), A. V. Mikhailov (1952-55), A. Ya. Aleksandrov (1956-58), G. A. Doniyakh ( 1959-70), since 1977 – V.P. Popov. The orchestra was also conducted by: D. I. Pokhitonov, E. P. Grikurov, K. I. Eliasberg, during the tour in the USSR – L. Stokovsky (1958), A. Naidenov (1963-64). Famous singers performed with the orchestra and recorded on the radio: I. P. Bogacheva, L. G. Zykina, O. A. Kashevarova, G. A. Kovaleva, V. F. Kinyaev, K. A. Laptev, E. V. Obraztsova, S. P. Preobrazhenskaya, B. T. Shtokolov and others. Laureates of international competitions worked in the orchestra – A. M. Vavilina (flute), E. A. Sheinkman (domra).

In 1977, the orchestra included 64 performers, among them the winner of the international competition N. D. Sorokina (plucked harp), the winner of the All-Russian competition – an ensemble of orchestra artists (10 people).

The orchestra’s repertoire includes over 5 works, including arrangements of Russian folk songs and dances, plays by V. V. Andreev, and arrangements of works of Russian and foreign classical music. The concert repertoire is enriched with original works created especially for this group by Leningrad composers.

Among the works performed by the orchestra are symphonies by L. P. Balai (“Russian Symphony”, 1966), B. P. Kravchenko (“Red Petrograd”, 1967) and B. E. Glybovsky (1972), suites by V. T. Boyashov (“The Little Humpbacked Horse”, 1955, and “Northern Landscapes”, 1958), Glybovsky (“Children’s Summer”, 1963, and “The Transformation of Petrushka”, 1973), Yu. M. Zaritsky (“Ivanovskie prints”, 1970) , Kravchenko (“Russian Lace”, 1971), concertos for folk instruments with the orchestra of Zaritsky (for domra), E. B. Sirotkin (for balalaika), M. A. Matveev (for harp duet), etc.

Since 1986 the orchestra has been headed by Dmitry Dmitrievich Khokhlov.

L. Ya. Pavlovskaya