The Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra is a Russian
classical music
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radio orchestra
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established in 1930. It was founded as the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, and served as the official symphony for the Soviet
All-Union Radio
All-Union Radio () was the radio broadcasting organisation for the USSR under Gosteleradio, operated from 1924 until the dissolution of the USSR. The organization was based in Moscow.
History Beginning
Following the October Revolution control o ...
network.
History
Following the dissolution of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
in 1991, the orchestra was renamed in 1993 by the
Russian Ministry of Culture in recognition of the central role the music of
Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...
plays in its repertoire. The current music director is
Vladimir Fedoseyev
Vladimir Ivanovich Fedoseyev ( rus, Владимир Иванович Федосе́ев, p=, links=no; born 5 August 1932, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian conductor, accordionist, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1980). ...
, who has been in that position since 1974.
During Soviet times, the orchestra was sometimes known as the USSR State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, the USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra, or the USSR All-Union National Radio and Central Television Symphony Orchestra.
Music Directors
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Vladimir Fedoseyev
Vladimir Ivanovich Fedoseyev ( rus, Владимир Иванович Федосе́ев, p=, links=no; born 5 August 1932, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian conductor, accordionist, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1980). ...
(1974–)
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Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (russian: Генна́дий Никола́евич Рожде́ственский; 4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian conductor.
Biography
Gennady Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow. H ...
(1961–1974)
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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 ...
(1953–1961)
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Nikolai Golovanov
Nikolai Semyonovich Golovanov (russian: Никола́й Семёнович Голова́нов, Nikoláy Semyónovich Golovánov) ( Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_calendar#Adoption_in_Eastern_Europe.html" ;"title="/nowiki> o.s._9.html" ;"title="Adop ...
(1937–1953)
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Alexander Orlov (1930–1937)
Selected discography
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
*Fine: Symphonic Music of
Irving Fine
Irving Gifford Fine (December 3, 1914 – August 23, 1962) was an American composer. Fine's work assimilated neoclassical, romantic, and serial elements. Composer Virgil Thomson described Fine's "unusual melodic grace" while Aaron Copland noted ...
Delos DE 3139
*Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D major BIS BIS-CD-632 Orchestral
*Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39 Westminster Gold WG-8361
*Tchaikovsky Cycle (The) (6 DVD Box Set) (NTSC) Arthaus Musik 102119 Classical Concert
:*Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 / Rococo Variations (Tchaikovsky Cycle, Vol. 1) (NTSC) Arthaus Musik 102121 Classical Concert
:*Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 / Eugene Onegin (excerpts) (Tchaikovsky Cycle, Vol. 2) (NTSC) Arthaus Musik 102123 Classical Concert
:*Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 / Swan Lake (excerpts) (Tchaikovsky Cycle, Vol. 3) (NTSC) Arthaus Musik 102125 Classical Concert
:*Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 / Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky Cycle, Vol. 4) (NTSC) Arthaus Musik 102127 Classical Concert
:*Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tchaikovsky Cycle, Vol. 5) (NTSC) Arthaus Musik 102129 Classical Concert
:*Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky Cycle, Vol. 6) (NTSC) Arthaus Musik 102131 Classical Concert
Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
*Classical Meditation Naxos 8.570364-65 Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
*Pavlova: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 Naxos 8.557566 Orchestral
*Pavlova: Symphony No. 5 / Elegy Naxos 8.570369 Orchestral
See also
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Boris Gusman
Boris Yevseyevich Gusman (1892–1944) was a Soviet author, screenplay writer, theater director, and columnist for ''Pravda''. As deputy director for the Bolshoi Theatre and later director of the Soviet Radio Committee Arts Division, Gusman playe ...
External links
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Musical groups established in 1930
Russian symphony orchestras
Radio and television orchestras
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1930 establishments in Russia
Radio in Russia
Soviet musical groups
Radio in the Soviet Union
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