The Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra (russian: Российский государственный симфонический оркестр кинематографии) is an
orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
under the control of the Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, performing musical compositions for use in movies and other media. Founded in November 1924, until 1991 it was known as the State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography at the Council of Ministers of the USSR (russian: Государственный симфонический оркестр кинематографии при Совете Министров СССР).
History
The orchestra was unofficially founded on November 1924 at the Moscow cinema "
Ars", located on
Arbat Street
Arbat Street (Russian ), mainly referred to in English as the Arbat, is a pedestrian street about one kilometer long in the historical centre of Moscow, Russia. The Arbat has existed since at least the 15th century, which makes it one of the o ...
.
In 1924 in Ars for the first time the place of the usual for that time pianist took an orchestra. Such a change in the musical accompaniment of films became popular among the spectators. Since then, under the direction of conductor
David Blok, the orchestra began to play in other theaters.
In 1930–1940's orchestra performed music for films such directors as
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scree ...
, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Grigori Aleksandrov and Ivan Pyryev. Among the later films, musical party which served the orchestra – movies, The awarded "Oscar" ("War and Peace", "Dersu Uzala", "Burnt by the Sun", "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"), as well as modern Russian films ( "Doctor Zhivago", "Miracle", "The House number 6," "Pete on the way to heaven", "King", "12", "Admiral").
At various times over the conductor's stand were:
Alexander Gauk
Alexander Vassilievich Gauk (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Га́ук; 30 March 1963) was a Russian/Soviet conductor and composer.
Biography
Alexander Gauk was born in Odessa in 1893. He recalled his first experience as h ...
, Svetlanov, Yuri Nikolaev, Mark Ermler, Krimets Constantine, George Garanian.
In the years 1953–1963 the artistic director and director of the orchestra was Levon Atovmyan. From 1993 the chief conductor and artistic director of the orchestra is
Sergey Skripka
Sergey Nikolayevich Skripka (born 9 January 1950) is a Soviet middle-distance running, middle-distance runner. He competed in the Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 197 ...
,
People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...
, laureate of the
State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of culture.
Notable conductors
*
Emin Khachaturian
*
Sergei Skripka
Sergei Ivanovich Skripka (russian: Серге́й Иванович Скрипка; October 5, 1949 in Kharkov) is a Soviet and Russian conductor, and a People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народны ...
References
External links
Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra
Musical groups established in 1924
Russian symphony orchestras
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