The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (MSSO) is a Russian orchestra, based in
Moscow
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. The orchestra gives concerts primarily at the Great Hall of the
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...
,
and at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. As well, the orchestra gives concerts in the Great Hall of the Saint-Petersburg D.D. Shostakovich Philharmonic Society, as well as in other Russian cities.
The orchestra was founded in 1943 under the auspices of the government of the then-USSR.
Lev Steinberg
Lev Petrovich Steinberg (ru: Штейнберг, Лев Петрович) (Yekaterinoslav 3 September 1870 – Moscow 16 January 1945), was an influential Russian Jewish conductor and composer.Gregor Tassie ''Kirill Kondrashin: His Life in Music'' ...
was the orchestra's first chief conductor, until his death in 1945. Successive chief conductors have included
Nikolai Anosov
:''To be distinguished from Anosov Nikolai Pavlovich (1835–1890), head engineer of Amur District.''
Nikolai Pavlovich Anosov (russian: Никола́й Па́влович Ано́сов; – 2 December 1962) was a Soviet conductor and pedagog ...
(1945–1950),
Leo Ginzburg
Leo Moritsevich Ginzburg (Лео Морицевич Гинзбург) (Warsaw, Vistula Land, Russian Empire April 12, 1901 – Moscow, Soviet Union November 1, 1979) was a Soviet conductor and pianist of Polish Jewish origin. He conducted the Mosc ...
(1950–1954), Mikhail Terian (1954 – 1960),
Veronica Dudarova Veronika Borisovna Dudarova (; os, Дудараты Барисы чызг Вероникæ; January 15, 2009) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, the first woman to succeed as conductor of symphony orchestras in the 20th century. She became a cond ...
(1960–1989), Pavel Kogan (1989-2022).
730px, center, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (MSSO) with Pavel Kogan, Music Director and Chief Conductor
Chief conductors
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Lev Steinberg
Lev Petrovich Steinberg (ru: Штейнберг, Лев Петрович) (Yekaterinoslav 3 September 1870 – Moscow 16 January 1945), was an influential Russian Jewish conductor and composer.Gregor Tassie ''Kirill Kondrashin: His Life in Music'' ...
(1943–1945)
*
Nikolai Anosov
:''To be distinguished from Anosov Nikolai Pavlovich (1835–1890), head engineer of Amur District.''
Nikolai Pavlovich Anosov (russian: Никола́й Па́влович Ано́сов; – 2 December 1962) was a Soviet conductor and pedagog ...
(1945–1950)
*
Leo Ginzburg
Leo Moritsevich Ginzburg (Лео Морицевич Гинзбург) (Warsaw, Vistula Land, Russian Empire April 12, 1901 – Moscow, Soviet Union November 1, 1979) was a Soviet conductor and pianist of Polish Jewish origin. He conducted the Mosc ...
(1950–1954)
* Mikhail Terian (1954–1960)
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Veronica Dudarova Veronika Borisovna Dudarova (; os, Дудараты Барисы чызг Вероникæ; January 15, 2009) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, the first woman to succeed as conductor of symphony orchestras in the 20th century. She became a cond ...
(1960–1989)
*
Pavel Kogan Pavel Kogan is the name of:
*Pavel Kogan (poet) (1918–1942), Soviet poet
*Pavel Kogan (conductor)
Pavel Leonidovich Kogan (Russian: Павел Леонидович Коган; born 6 June 1952 in Moscow) is a Russian violinist and conductor wh ...
(1989–2022)
References
External links
Official homepage of the MSSO (Russian-language)
Musical groups established in 1943
Russian symphony orchestras
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