Recording House of Ukrainian Radio ''( uk, Будинок звукозапису Українського радіо)'' is a sound recording and concert complex of

Ukrainian Radio Ukrainian Radio ( uk, Українське радіо) is the publicly funded radio broadcaster in Ukraine since 1924. In 2017 has been merged with national TV company into country's public broadcaster Suspilne.

, which is a part of the

National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine The Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine ( uk, Національна суспільна телерадіокомпанія України, Natsionalna Suspilna Teleradiokompaniia Ukrainy; abbr. NSTU), shortened to Suspilne ( uk, Суспіль� ...

(UA:PBC), located in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. The Large Concert Studio of the Recording House allows to record big orchestras and

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, it is one of the largest sound

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in Europe. The Recording House serves as the rehearsal base and the main concert venue for radio ensembles of

: *

Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra The Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( uk, Симфонічний оркестр Українського радіо, translit=Symfonichnyi orkestr Ukrainskoho radio; previously NRCU Symphony Orchestra, uk, Симфонічний оркестр ...

, * Ukrainian Radio Choir Chapel, * Ukrainian Radio Orchestra of folk and popular music, * Big Children Choir of Ukrainian Radio, * Ukrainian Radio Trio of Bandurists.

History of construction and specifications

The design of the studio was developed in 1962, construction lasted from 1967 to 1972. It is one of the five largest recording studios in

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built on the same project. Similar recording studios have been built in

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Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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, and

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of ...

.{{Cite web, url=https://www.the-village.com.ua/village/business/wherework/267597-ya-pratsyuyu-u-budinku-zvukozapisu, title=Я працюю у Будинку звукозапису, date=2018-02-06, website=The Village Україна, access-date=2019-12-02 Built specifically to record large orchestral and choral ensembles, the record house has unique acoustic parameters and remains today the largest professional specialized sound recording and concert complex of Ukraine with the largest symphonic stage space. The volume of the Large Concert Studio is 9800 m³. In addition to the Large Concert Studio, the Recording House has several other studios of different size and functions, which are equipped with advanced digital equipment.

Cultural significance

For several decades, the leading vocalists of Ukrainian music culture have been recorded in studios of the Recording House of Ukrainian Radio. In particular, the first records of Sofia Rotaru,

Nazariy Yaremchuk Nazariy Nazarovych Yaremchuk ( uk, Назарій Назарович Яремчук) was a Hutsul Ukrainian singer, born in the village of Rivnya, Chernivtsi Oblast. He was posthumously named Hero of Ukraine in August 2021. Until his death in 19 ...

, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Vasil Zinkevych were created here. Voices of Yevgeniy Miroshnichenko, Anatoly Solovyanenko, Anatoly Kocherga, Ivan Patorzhinskiy, Zoya Gaidai,

Borys Hmyria Borys Romanovych Hmyria ( ua, Борис Романович Гмиря), also known as Boris Romanovich Gmyrya(russian: Борис Романович Гмыря; August 1, 1969) PAU, was a Soviet and Ukrainian bass singer of opera and art song. ...

, Ivan Kozlovsky, Bela Rudenko, Yuriy Gulyaev, Dmytro Hnatyuk, Galina Tuftina, Maria Stefyuk, Lyudmila Yurchenko, were broadcast on

channels, thus fulfilling the function of sharing the nation's cultural heritage to future generations of Ukrainians. Along with prominent vocalist soloists, are also recorded masterpieces performed by prominent conductors and instrumentalist soloists of different eras:

Igor Oistrakh Igor Davidovich Oistrakh (russian: И́горь Дави́дович О́йстрах; uk, Ігор Давидович Ойстрах 27 April 1931 – 14 August 2021) was a Soviet and Russian violinist. He was described by ''Encyclopædia Brita ...

, Sviatoslav Richter, Konstantin Simeonov, Natan Rakhlin, Stepan Turchak, Mykola Petrov, Volodymyr Krainev,

Mykola Suk Mykola Petrovich Suk ( uk, Микола Петрович Сук; born December 21, 1945) is a Ukrainian American pianist and Merited Artist of Ukraine. Biography Born in Kiev, Ukraine (formerly: USSR), into a musical family, Mykola studied at Ki ...

Oleh Krysa Oleh may refer to: * Oleh, Delta * Common Ukrainian male name, see also Oleg * A Jew immigrating to Israel (plural of oleh is olim Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the dias ...

Liana Isakadze Liana Isakadze ( ka, ლიანა ისაკაძე, russian: Лиана Александровна Исакадзе, german: Liana Isakadse) (born August 2, 1946) is a Georgian violinist. Life Born in Tbilisi, the capital of then-Sovie ...

Ada Rogovtseva Ada Rogovtseva (born 16 July 1937) is a Ukrainian-Soviet actress. She has appeared in over 30 films and television shows since 1957. Professor at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, National University of Culture. She won the award ...

, Bohdan Stupka, and many others. Prominent actors such as

, Bohdan Stupka, Natalia and Olha Sumski, Bohdan Beniuk, Anatoliy Khostikoyev, Anatoliy Palamarenko and many others created a national anthology of Ukrainian radio theater. Ukrainian Radio audio archive, created due to work of the Recording House, has over 110,000 records.

References

Concert halls in Ukraine Sound recording Studios in Ukraine

History of construction and specifications

Cultural significance

See also

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