Symphony Orchestra of Ukrainian Radio Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra is widely acknowledged for its artistry and well-known in Ukraine and abroad. For many decades Orchestra’s activity was a great contribution to national music culture treasury. Since 2005 Symphony Orchestra has been led by Vladimir Sheiko – Chief Conductor and Art Director. He opened the new page in artistic activity of the collective. The Orchestra had started its first symphonic cycle with the P. Tchaikovsky works, which was opened with the 5th symphony and the 3rd orchestral suit on the 14th of October, 1929. Musician’s hard work supervised by the best talented chief conductors has led the Orchestra to the highest level of the orchestral art. Herman Adler, Mykhailo Kanershteyn, Petro Polyakov, Kostyantyn Simeonov, Vadym Gnedash, Volodymyr Sirenko and Viatcheslav Blinov formed the collective while polishing its mastery and improving themselves together with the Orchestra. The Orchestra was tempered in a collaboration with the prominent conductors of the 20th century: Genadiy Rozhdestvenskiy, Nathan Rakhlin, Oleksandr Klimov, Stefan Turchak, Benjamin Tol'ba, Isaac Pain, Mykola Kolessa, Fedir Gluschenko, Rikkardo Kapasso, Arild Remmerit and others. Symphony Orchestra is bases and produces records in one of the biggest recording studios in Europe – Big Concert Recording Studio of Ukrainian Radio. Radio broadcasts and public concerts as well as the thousands of world and Ukrainian music records and the movie records made by the Orchestra became an enormous contribution to the national culture treasury. With constant success Orchestra performs in biggest music halls of Ukraine – National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine, National Palace “Ukraine” and National Opera of Ukraine. Participation of world-wide known opera singers and performers-instrumentalists such as Jon Lord (composer and pianist of “Deep Purple”, England), Keiko Matsui (jazz pianist, Japan), Anatoliy Kocherga (bass, Austria), Oleh Krysa (violin, USA), (Anatoliy Solovyanenko (tenor, Ukraine), Zurab Sotkilava (tenor, Russia), Tatiana Grindenko (violin, Russia), Victoria Mullova (violin, Austria), Liana Isakadze (violin, Russia), Alexander Knyazev (cello, Russia), Vladimir Krainev (piano, Germany)became a real concert decoration. Repertoire of the Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra contains a lot of masterpieces of Ukrainian and world classics. Art projects are made in collaboration with lead music and art collectives of Ukraine such as National Academic Choir of Ukraine “Dumka”, Ukrainian Radio Academic Choir, Ukrainian National Folk Choir named after H. Veryovka and others. Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra regularly takes part in international festivals “Kyiv Music Fest” and “Music Premiers of the Season” where it has performed a lot of works of famous Ukrainian and world authors. The title of “Honored collective of Ukraine” and the “Academic” status were granted to the Orchestra for special merits in the musical art development. Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 March 2016 11:15 ) |
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