The N. P. Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra (Государственный русский народный оркестр имени Н. П. Осипова) is a

Russian folk music Russian folk music specifically deals with the folk music traditions of the ethnic Russian people. Ethnic styles in the modern era The performance and promulgation of ethnic music in Russia has a long tradition. Initially it was intertwined with ...

orchestra. It was founded in 1919 by the

balalaika The balalaika (russian: link=no, балала́йка, ) is a Russian stringed musical instrument with a characteristic triangular wooden, hollow body, fretted neck and three strings. Two strings are usually tuned to the same note and the thir ...

player B. C. Troyanovski. Osipov Orchestra-Stalingrad-1943

The orchestra was renamed after Nikolai Petrovich Osipov who led the orchestra from 1940."Balalaikas, Piccolo to Octobass"
by

Allan Kozinn Allan Kozinn (born July 28, 1954) is an American journalist, music critic, and teacher. Kozinn received bachelor's degrees in music and journalism from Syracuse University in 1976. He began freelancing as a critic and music feature writer for ''T ...

, ''The New York Times'', 27 January 1989 He was succeeded by his brother Dmitri Osipov from his death in 1945 to his brother's death in 1954. Succeeding Nikolai Kalinin in the 21st century as leaders of The Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra have been Vladimir Ponkin (2005-2009), and Vladimir Andropov (2009-present)."История оркестра им. Осипова (The Ossipov Balalaika Orchestra/History/Biography)" (English version)
/ref> Playing only upon traditional Russian instruments, the orchestra presents

ethnic Russian music Russian folk music specifically deals with the folk music traditions of the ethnic Russian people. Ethnic styles in the modern era The performance and promulgation of ethnic music in Russia has a long tradition. Initially it was intertwined with ...

in a style more similar to classical music. Past soloists include: *Nina Vysotina (

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

), *Anatoli Safiullin ( bass), *Boris Nikolaev (bass), *Vyacheslav Kobzev (bass)Ukrainian Folk Songs and Russian Romances, Vyacheslav Kobzeb, bass, The Ossipov Russian Folk Musik Orchestra, Conductor: N. Kalinin, c 1993, Classicdisk, Russia, CDLTD002

References

External links

Official website

Official website
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