The Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( uk, Симфонічний оркестр Українського радіо, translit=Symfonichnyi orkestr Ukrainskoho radio; previously NRCU Symphony Orchestra, uk, Симфонічний оркестр НРКУ, translit=Symfonichnyi orkestr NRKU, label=none) is the broadcasting orchestra of the
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.
since 1929. Now the orchestra is a part of the national public broadcaster UA:PBC.
The rehearsal base and the main concert venue of the orchestra is the
Recording House of Ukrainian Radio
Recording House of Ukrainian Radio ''( uk, Будинок звукозапису Українського радіо)'' is a sound recording and concert complex of Ukrainian Radio, which is a part of the
UA:PBC, National Public Broadcasting Co ...
, located in Kyiv.
History
The newly created orchestra of ''Ukrainian Radio-Center'' at that time, first performed in public October 5, 1929, which was followed by critical acclaim and to date is considered an important moment of Ukrainian cultural history. The best musicians of Ukraine's former capital city
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Yakiv Rozenshteyn. The orchestra of 45 musicians was part of the radio theatre. Its first symphonic cycle featuring works by
Pyotr Ilyich 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 ...
started soon after opening October 14 with his 5th symphony and 3rd orchestral suite.
Due to political shifts and intern transitions the orchestra eventually moved to Ukraine's new capital
Kiev
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 ...
and increased its number to 60 musicians. Soon becoming the only government supported symphony orchestra exclusively devoted to symphony music the orchestra continued in broadcasting, public concerts and recording for Ukraine and worldwide music labels. Especially its video-recordings proved to be highly commercially successful as the concerts being regarded national cultural highlights and added to the funds of Ukrainian Radio.
The orchestras achievements in preserving the musical tradition of Ukraine in particular and Eastern Europe in general, producing over 10.000 recordings of orchestral works have been met by getting awarded the title of Honored Collective and granted academic status for special merits in the development of musical art in Ukraine.
Throughout the years the orchestra collaborated with world famous conductors such as
Mykola Kolessa
Mykola Filaretovich Kolessa (6 December 1903 – 8 June 2006) was a Ukrainian composer and conductor, born in Sambir near Lviv.
His father Filaret was a Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and composer and his cousin was the pianist Lubka Kolessa. ...
,
Natan Rakhlin
Natan Grigoryevich Rakhlin (Russian: Натан Григорьевич Рахлин, Ukrainian: Натан Григорович Рахлін; in Snowsk near Chernihiv − June 28, 1979 in Kazan) was a Soviet conductor.
Natan Grigorievich Rakhlin ...
,
Theodore Kuchar
Theodore Kuchar (born May 31, 1963) is an American and Ukrainian conductor of classical music and a violist.
Biography
Kuchar was born in 1963 in New York City.Aram Gharabekian
Aram Gharabekian ( hy, Արամ Ղարաբեկյան, 4 July 1955 – 10 January 2014) was an Iranian-born Armenian conductor, former Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia. In 1983 he founded and unt ...
and several others – as well as toured all across Europe and Asia including
Germany
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,
Italy
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,
France
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,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
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Poland
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South Korea
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,
Iran
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Homepage of ''Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra'' on the website 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.