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The choir

ENSEMBLE CHOIR: FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE PRESENT DAY

In the artistic synthesis of all the constituent units of the Song and Dance Ensemble (choir, soloists, orchestra, and ballet), the choir is the most fundamental. This is evidenced by its great demand in the ensemble's concert programs, numerous sound and video recordings, first performances and popularization of new works by contemporary composers.

The choir, as a creative unit, was established simultaneously with the creation of the Ensemble in the early 1970s. When the professional Ensemble began to form, the choir group already had more than 20 members.

From 1973 to 1985 the choirmaster of the ensemble, and then the chief choirmaster was V.P. Eliseev (since 1985. - Head, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Ensemble, one of the most outstanding Russian choral conductors of our time)

1973

year of establishment

musicians in the choir

1000

pieces

1996

the year L. V. Bogomolova started her work

ENSEMBLE CHOIR: FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE PRESENT DAY

1973

year of establishment

musicians in the choir

1000

pieces

1996

the year L. V. Bogomolova started her work

HEAD OF THE CHOIR - LYUDMILA VIKTOROVNA BOGOMOLOVA

At the moment, the choir has a chief conductor (since 1996) - People's Artist of Russia, L.V. Bogomolova. Under her direction, the choir continues to demonstrate high vocal mastery - it is a colorful, timbrally rich manner of performance, the predominance of low-sounding bass-octavists characteristic of Russian nature, the use of large dynamic contrasts, and a large tessitural range. This is the guarantee that the tradition of male choral singing as a form of performance will not exhaust itself

The ensemble choir line-up led by the director Lyudmila Bogomolova

SOLOISTS AND MASTERS OF CHORAL ART

Currently, the choir has more than 70 people: these are servicemen - conscripts and warrant officers with musical education, as well as professional vocalists. Among them, there are many gifted singers who are the creative support of the choir. The choir consists of 24 Honored Artists of the Republics of Tatarstan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Buryatia. Honored Artists of Russia: A. Dmitriev, V. Gromov, S. Bazylko, and A. Novozhilov

Natalia Eliseeva

People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Grigory Pinyasov

People's Artist of Russia

Lolita Semenina

People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Vladimir Romanov

People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Igor Shustikov

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Alexey Volzhanin

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Alexey Dmitriev

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Sergey Bazylko

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Among them there are artists who are not only the creative asset of the choir, but also of the whole Ensemble. They have a large solo repertoire. They are: V. Gromov, G. Yakovlev, A. Kholyavko, E. Yakhin, A. Kokhov, D. Dolgiy, E. Nasonov, P. Pushkin, M. Mamonov, and I. Safonov

Among the artists of the choir there are also composers - A. Novozhilov and A. Melnikov. The influx of young talented musicians into the choir stimulates and revitalizes the creative atmosphere of the group. They created a vocal octet under the direction of S. Bazylko. Bazylko

The octet line-up: Mark Novikov, Evgeny Belyaev, Sergey Bazylko, Vitaly Mukin, Vitaly Lansky, Nikolay Alifanov, Andrey Zhuravlev, and Mikhail Zaraev

CHOIR REPERTOIRE: MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES

The choir's repertoire includes more than 1,000 works and consists of several layers. The most extensive one includes works for soloists, choir and orchestra, as well as works for just the choir with accompaniment. These are the best pieces of world classics of various epochs and genres, including music by L. Beethoven, K. Weber, F. Schubert, G. Rossini, G. Verdi, and K. Orff

The choir is also an independent creative group with a large program of a'cappella works. It includes classical heritage (including O. Lasso, M. Glinka, P. Tchaikovsky, P. Chesnokov, and A. Eshpai), Russian folk songs arranged by A. Sveshnikov, S. Anashkin, A. Rosenblat, A. Kukharenko, I. and Kadomtsev, Russian sacred music, as well as contemporary Russian and Western pop music.

BY ORDER OF “SONY-MUSIC” COMPANY, 2 CDS, DEDICATED TO THE LAUNCH OF THE WORLD'S FIRST SATELLITE WERE RECORDED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE ENSEMBLE'S CHOIR AND THE BEST ROCK SINGERS FROM ENGLAND AND SPAIN. THE PRESENTATIONS OF THESE DISKS WERE HELD IN SPAIN

WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION AND TOURING TRIUMPHS

With these programs the choir of the Ensemble participated in the International Choir Competition in Switzerland and China three times

Unforgettable impressions from the Russian singing school of the Ensemble choir remained in the soul of listeners of the GDR, Germany, Belgium, France, Malta, Israel, PRC, DPRK, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Poland, Greece, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, OAR, Italy, Australia, and other countries.

During the Italian tour, one of the concerts was held at the Vatican for the Head of the Roman Catholic Church. John Paul II noted the culture of the choral performance, vocal skill, sound capabilities, and unlimited dynamic palette of the choir.

The choir's performance at the consecration of a soldier's chapel at the headquarters of the Moscow District of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs received high praise from the Head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All of Russia.

ON THE SAME
STAGE WITH MUSIC LEGENDS

The choir never betrays the hopes and composers who entrust it with the first performance of their works. Among them: I. Reznik, E. Shiryaev, E. Hanok, L. Khmelnitskaya, I. Matvienko, A. Rosenblat, V. Dashkevich, and A. Rybnikov.

Special mention should be made of the choir's fruitful concert work with leading Russian pop singers: O. Gazmanov, N. Babkina, N. Baskov, L. Leshchenko, A. Rosenbaum, L. Dolina, G. Matveichuk, S. Voitenko, A. Abdrazakov and I. Abdrazakov, D. Maidanov, Shaman (Ya. Dronov), and others. The quality of performances, disk recordings, and phonograms with these musicians testify to the great mobility of the collective and its high professionalism