Sveshnikova. State Academic Russian Choir named after. A. V. Sveshnikova State Academic Russian Choir

State Academic Russian Choir named after. A. V. Sveshnikova.

“My life has more than once given me serious reason to think and assert that one of the most accessible and at the same time most effective ways to introduce people to high musical culture is through playing music in a choir.”
Professor Alexander Sveshnikov, Hero of Socialist Labor, People's Artist of the USSR, State Prize laureate, founder of the choir and its artistic director in 1936-37 and 1941-1980.
Artistic director and chief conductor of the choir, People's Artist of Russia Igor Raevsky
The State Academic Russian Choir named after A.V. Sveshnikov, a well-known performing group all over the world, has been giving people its art for more than half a century. The biography of the choir is inextricably linked with the name of the luminary of Russian musical culture, its creator and brilliant leader for more than forty years, Alexander Vasilyevich Sveshnikov. “The choir owes its achievements to his rich creative experience, the maturity of his bright talent and skill,” - this is how D. D. Shostakovich wrote about him.
The outstanding artist of our time A.V. Sveshnikov considered choral singing to be the greatest of the arts, capable of uniting people and making them happier: “My life has more than once given me serious reason to think and assert that one of the most accessible and at the same time most effective ways to introduce people to high musical culture lies through playing music in the choir.”
Since ancient times, the Russian land has been famous for its singing art. Invisible but strong threads connected the master singers of the 16th century and the first Russian professional composers Nikolai Kalashnikov, Maxim Berezovsky, Dmitry Bortnyansky, Mikhail Glinka with authors writing today. The choral music of Georgy Sviridov, Rodion Shchedrin and other contemporary Russian composers, performed by the group, is imbued with the life-giving juices of the Russian singing tradition, leaving room for rich creative imagination, bright colors, and rapid rhythms of modernity. In the choir’s performing style, warm and soulful, in expressive phrasing, in leveled, freely flowing vocals, we hear a tireless desire to comprehend the great secret of singing Rus', to comprehend and convey it to people.
History of the State Academic Russian Choir named after. A.V. Sveshnikova dates back more than five decades. It was created in 1936 on the basis of the vocal ensemble of the All-Union Radio, when many now famous musical groups began their activities in the country. The first artistic directors of the choir were outstanding musicians - Honored Artist of the RSFSR A.V. Sveshnikov and the oldest professor of the Moscow Conservatory N.M. Danilin. Literally from the first days of its existence, the USSR State Choir - that’s what it was called at that time - showed itself to be a bright, highly professional and versatile team in its capabilities, bringing together the best performing forces of the country. Brilliant concert programs included works of Russian and foreign classics, modern choral music, and arrangements of Russian folk songs. The choir performed works by P. Tchaikovsky, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Dargomyzhsky, A. Arensky, M. Mussorgsky, S. Taneev, V. Ivannikov and other composers. Monumental works of Western European classics were performed: Handel’s oratorio “Samson”, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Berlioz’s Funeral and Triumphal Symphony. Many works by contemporaries: S. Prokofiev, D. Shostakovich, Yu. Shaporin, V. Muradeli, A. Khachaturian, E. Golubev, S. Vasilenko, A. Gedike and others more than once found their first performer in the USSR State Choir.
The harsh war years made their own amendments to both the creative image of the group and its name: “State Choir of Russian Song” - that’s how it began to be called in 1942. Indeed, the basis of the choir’s repertoire was Russian folk song, which acquired enormous significance during the war years and became an expression of the patriotic spirit of the people, their unity and unbending will. Many beautiful forgotten songs of workers and peasants, soldiers and students received their rebirth in the arrangements of A.V. Sveshnikov, an excellent arranger and an expert in the performing capabilities of the choir. Songs such as “The Death of “Varyag” and “Ermak”, “Oh, you, the wide steppe”, “The bell rattles monotonously”, “Along and along the river” are still an integral part of the group’s repertoire. “We went with concerts to the fronts, and you had to see with what excitement the soldiers and commanders listened to the songs, who often had to go into battle on the same day,” recalled A.V. Sveshnikov.
A bright page in the history of the choir was the concert in Berlin, liberated from fascism. “The Russians conquered Berlin for the second time,” Illustirt magazine wrote about the concert. This event marked the beginning of a large “triumphal procession” of the choir across European countries. Residents of Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Sweden and other countries enthusiastically greeted the art of the Russian choir, calling its achievements “unheard of.” “The Russian song, sometimes sad and thoughtful, sometimes cheerful and playful, captivated the audience. And although the words were not clear, everyone understood the meaning of the songs perfectly,” wrote one of the Viennese newspapers after the choir’s concert in the Austrian capital. The Belgian newspaper Metropol spoke about the art of the group in the following way: “We are amazed by the artistry of the choir, its amazing discipline, we admire the purity, accuracy and enlightenment of the women’s voices, the warm timbres of the men’s, especially the bass line.”
In 1955, the choir was awarded the title “academic”. The popularity of the group is rapidly growing, its repertoire is expanding, concert programs are appearing dedicated to choral music from different countries, as well as the work of outstanding foreign composers. These programs greatly contributed to strengthening friendship and mutual understanding between peoples and broadened musical horizons. After the choir performed “The Hungarian Psalm” by Zoltán Kodály, the author wrote: “I am very grateful to you and your wonderful choir for the amazing performance of the “Psalm” in Hungarian.” No less eloquent is the statement of the Japanese reviewer: “When I listened to Itsuki’s “Lullaby,” tears involuntarily came to my eyes. This choir once again reminded us of the simplicity and atmosphere of Japanese songs.” During the choir's tour of Italy, a concert took place at the famous La Scala theater in Milan. “This choir, strong and flexible, at times drawn-out and sad, at times jubilant and solemn, is capable of not only exciting, but also completely shocking,” the local press wrote about the group. The art of the choir also gained enthusiastic recognition on Japanese soil, which the group visited several times: “With their performances in Japan, the choir confirmed the ability of song, music, and art in general to be a miraculous thread that binds and brings together the hearts of peoples.”
From 1980 to 1987, the artistic director of the choir was People's Artist of Russia I.G. Agafonnikov, who carefully preserved the traditions of his great predecessor. In the period from 1987 to 1990, the artistic direction of the choir was carried out by People's Artist of Russia V.N. Minin, whose name for music lovers is firmly associated with the famous Moscow Chamber Choir.
Over the many years of its existence, the choir has performed a total of more than three thousand works written in a variety of genres and belonging to different eras and compositional styles. Here are such masterpieces of the oratorio-cantata genre as Mozart’s “Requiem”, Beethoven’s “Solemn Mass” and Ninth Symphony, Haydn’s “Creation of the World”, monumental choral paintings by Bach and Handel, unfading works of old European masters - Vivaldi’s “Gloria”, “Gloria” » Monteverdi, works by Palestrina, Orlando Lasso, Josquin Despres, Lotti, Iomelli.
But the main place in the choir’s repertoire invariably occupies the Russian classical heritage, the performance of which is inseparable from the high goals of the spiritual revival of Russia. The choral works of M. Glinka, A. Alyabyev, A. Gurilev, A. Varlamov, A. Borodin, Ts. Cui, A. Serov, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, arrangements of folk songs by M. Mussorgsky and his vocal music are widely and fully represented. symphonic works “Oedipus the King”, “The Defeat of Senacherib”, “Joshua”. The choir performed and recorded all a capella works by P.I. Tchaikovsky and his cantata “Moscow”. In recent years, the repertoire of the group has been enriched with many bright creations by S. Taneev, including the cantata “John of Damascus”, choirs to poems by Y. Polonsky, works by A. Arensky, A. Grechaninov, Yu. Sakhnovsky, P. Chesnokov, V. Kalinnikov, V. .Shebalina.
Russian folk song in arrangements by A. Sveshnikov, D. Shostakovich, N. Rimsky-Korsakov invariably adorns the concert programs of the group. And such famous ones as “Oh, the wide steppe” and “In the dark forest” have become a kind of symbolic songs; the choir’s concert programs, composed of works of Russian choral music, invariably begin with them.
Russian sacred music, which is also widely represented in the choir’s repertoire, is of constant interest to the public. Starting with the famous chants and fragments from the “Cave Act”, spiritual concerts by N. Kalashnikov, D. Bortnyansky and M. Berezovsky, the choir introduces listeners to later examples of this genre: “Holy Week” by A. Grechaninov, “Our Father” by A. .V.Alexandrova, “Sealed by an Angel” by R.Shchedrin. The choir's repertoire at various times included S. Rachmaninov's unsurpassed masterpieces - "Liturgy", "Vespers", "Bells". The performance and recording of S. Rachmaninov’s “Vespers”, stunning in beauty, is not inferior to the masterpiece, the full brilliance of which the choir conveys with complete perfection,” wrote the French “Cahiers du Disc.” This recording was awarded the Grand Prix of the French Recording Academy.
The active creative friendship of the State Academic Russian Choir named after A.V. Sveshnikov with modern composers, interest in their work continues the long tradition of the group, about which D. Shostakovich once wrote: “We, Soviet composers, especially value the work of the choir for this reason , that in almost all cases he is the first performer of new works." Many works by this brilliant composer, including “Ten Poems for Choir”, the oratorio “Song of the Forests”, and the cantata “The Sun Shines Over Our Motherland”, were performed for the first time by the group. The choir also owes its first performance to the cantata “Alexander Nevsky” by S. Prokofiev, the poem “In Memory of Sergei Yesenin” and “Pathetic Oratorio” by G. Sviridov, many choral works by R. Shchedrin, R. Boyko, V. Alexandrov and other composers.
Among the works of contemporary foreign composers performed by the choir are the above-mentioned “Hungarian Psalm” by Z. Kodály, Carl Orff’s cantatas “Catulli Carmina” and “Carmina Burana”, “Three Little Liturgies” by Olivier Messiaen, the Third Symphony of Mikis Theodorakis and others.
From 1991 to 1995, the artistic director of the choir was the outstanding choral conductor E.S. Tytyanko, who died untimely in June 1995.
Under his leadership, the team recorded a number of wonderful Russian operas on CDs: “Judith” by V. Serov; "The Tsar's Bride" and "May Night" by Rimsky-Korsakov; "Aleko" and "Francescu da Rimini" by S. Rachmaninov.
Currently, the team is headed by a famous choral conductor - People's Artist of Russia, Professor Igor Ivanovich Raevsky. A student of the A.S. Sveshnikov Choir School and the Moscow State Conservatory.
In recent years, the choir has been invited to tour to Sweden, China, Greece, Israel, and Egypt. Brilliant success accompanied each performance of the choir on three tours across the United States - January 1993, January - February 1994, February-April 1995.
"...Grandiose, bright and beautiful!"; “...it was one of the best, perhaps the very best choir we have heard in our lives.”; "...its timbre, fluidity, density, smoothness and mobility are amazing."; "...their concert is one of the most beautiful performances of all time." - this is how the American press formulated the listeners’ impressions of the choir’s performances.

The professional traditions of the Moscow Choir School are rooted in centuries-old history. They combined the influences of the two most important singing centers of Rus' in the 15th–16th centuries - the Moscow choirs of the Sovereigns and the Patriarchal Singing Deacons. Boys took part in the activities of both choirs along with adult singers. For several centuries, it was these groups that constituted the glory of the national musical and performing culture. At the beginning of the 18th century, the choir of the Sovereign Singing Deacons was transformed into the Court Singing Chapel and moved to St. Petersburg.

In 1937, a children's choir school was organized at the then Leningrad Singing Chapel. And in 1944, her young students formed the basis of the first intake of the Choir School, which opened in Moscow. The founder and artistic director of the Moscow Choir School was the most prominent master of Russian choral culture A.V. Sveshnikov (1890−1980). The victorious year of 1945 was the year of both the first reporting concert of the Choir School and its first graduation.

Sveshnikov recruited graduates of the Synodal School of Church Singing, a branch of the choir of the Patriarchal Singing Deacons, to work at the Choir School. N.I. Demyanov, A.A. Sergeev, A.F. The Grebnevs brought to the Choir School not only the traditions of their educational institution, but also their own extensive professional experience. Other bright musicians were also involved in teaching at the School: piano school F.M. Blumenfeld was presented by the professor of the Moscow Conservatory, composer M.S. Rauchverger and pianist Ya.M. Kaabak, school V.I. Safonov was represented by V.A. Ziering and N.M. Shlykova, taught at the School by student A.B. Goldenweiser and G.R. Ginzburg V.D. Nyrkov, student of K.N. Igumnova was E.G. Gelman. Among the first teachers of the School is pianist G.M. Dinor, theorists K.M. Shchedrin, T.V. Oboladze, V.V. Sokolov, later F.F. Muller, composer M.A. Partskhaladze. At different times, choral disciplines were taught by professors of the Moscow Conservatory S.S. Blagoobrazov, S.K. Kazansky, K.B. Bird. The group of educators was headed by V.K. Belyaev, former teacher of the Moscow Cadet Corps. Meetings with masters of art were a tradition at the Choir School: K. Igumnov, L. Oborin, A. Goldenweiser, G. Neuhaus, E. Gilels, S. Richter, J. Flier, G. Ginzburg, A. Gedicke, D. Oistrakh, L. Kogan, S. Knushevitsky, composer D. Sig (USA), conductor K. Areng (Estonia) and many others took part in meetings with students. The jury of school composition competitions was headed by A. Khachaturyan.

Choral singing is an art form where the personal and professional level of the leader of the performing group plays a largely decisive role. For the Moscow Choir School in the first decades, A.V. became such a master-mentor. Sveshnikov. Being one of the central figures in the musical hierarchy of the post-war USSR (rector of the Moscow Conservatory, artistic director of the State Choir of the USSR), Sveshnikov laid the cornerstone for all subsequent activities of the Choir School, which now bears his name. The founder of the School, he remained its guardian until the end of his days, but, naturally, over the years, he transferred the functions of the leading conductor-choirmaster to his students. At the same time, since the founding of the School, a group of choirmasters from among the School’s graduates has constantly worked with the boys’ choir.

From the mid-50s and 60s they were performed by Yu.M. Ulanov (1929−1995), an outstanding student and one of the faithful followers of the school of A.V. Sveshnikova. A subtle musician and an excellent organizer, over the years of his work with the choir he perfected that unique “Ulan” sound, which for many years aroused admiration among fans of choral singing. Yu.M. Ulanov continued the main paths of development of the School as a stronghold of professional musical education and a leading educational center of classical choral art.

After leaving in 1969 Yu.M. Ulanov’s duties were performed by A.D. for some time. Kozhevnikov (1933−2011), and since 1970 V.S. began working at the School. Popov (1934−2008).

With the arrival of V.S. Popova (1934-2008) The choir school opened a new bright page in its history. High talent, organizational talent, extraordinary capacity for work and enthusiasm, perceived by V.S. Popov from his mentors A.V. Sveshnikova, A.A. Yurlova, A.B. Khazanov, the experience of creating the Big Children's Choir of the All-Union Radio and Central Television led the masters along the path of fruitful creative activity.

At the end of the 80s, the Choir School moved to a new building on Festivalnaya Street, building 2 (before that it was located on Bolshaya Gruzinskaya at building 4/6). And in 1991, on the basis of the Choir School, a higher educational institution was created - the Academy of Choral Art was created, uniting the conducting, choral and vocal faculties. Since that time, the Choir School named after A.V. Sveshnikov has been part of the Academy and, naturally, actively fills it with promising students. It is characteristic that even after the formation of the university V.S. Popov never abandoned his work with the boys' choir as a defining link in the activities of the renowned educational institution.

Thanks to intensive concert practice, the boys' choir was constantly in the thick of the modern creative process. A distinctive feature of the Choir School was its frequent collaboration with outstanding conductors and soloists. At various times, conductors E. Mravinsky, S. Samosud, G. Abendrot, A. Gauk, I. Markevich, E. Svetlanov, K. Kondrashin, G. Rozhdestvensky, R. Barshai, D. Kitayenko, V. Fedoseev worked with the choir ... As part of the Academy of Choral Art, the boys' and youth choirs of the Choir School worked with M. Pletnev, V. Spivakov, V. Ponkin, V. Sinaisky, A. Rudin, Yu. Bashmet, P. Kogan, V. Yurovsky... Partners of the Choir School groups there were prominent soloists and among them I. Kozlovsky, Z. Dolukhanova, N. Isakova, I. Arkhipova, G. Pisarenko, D. Hvorostovsky, M. Guleghina, M. Caballe (Spain), J. Carreras (Spain).

Along with the musical development of its students, the Choir School was called upon to provide general secondary education for students (upon completion of training, students receive a diploma of secondary vocational education). Highly professional teachers and boarding school educators have always worked and continue to work at the School, who, being interested in the fate of their musically gifted students, improve teaching methods in connection with the dynamic conditions for ensuring the educational process. With their selfless work, the teachers of the School earned the grateful memory of their students, many of whom became respected musicians.

By the time of its 75th anniversary (2019), the number of graduates of the Choir School crossed the 700 mark. Even a cursory glance at this list of names is enough to understand the role played by the A.V. Choir School. Sveshnikov in the development of Russian music. Subsequently, its graduates, who received higher education in the best music universities of the country, are major artistic figures, leaders of the most prominent creative groups, the most authoritative educational institutions and their artistic and scientific departments, methodological centers, holders of honorary and academic titles, degrees and awards - let us recall just a few of these names: A. Yurlov, V. Minin, F. Kozlov, V. Ilyin, Yu. Petrov, Yu. Ulanov, G. Godzevich, G. Kovalev, B. Kulikov, A. Kozhevnikov, B. Lyashko, V. Popov, N. Sadikov, E. Tytyanko, V. Sukhanov, E. Leonov, I. Raevsky, V. Sudakov, E. Talanov, V. Tuseev, V. Novoblagoveshchensky, S. Nechaev, S. Kalinin, I. Zhuravlenko, E. Morozov, V. Goryunov, L. Kontorovich, L. Pavlov, A. Shishonkov, S. Lykov, A. Sedov, N. Azarov, A. Rudnevsky, M. Turetsky, A. Kislyakov, A. Gavdush, A. Shestov, A. Grande, A. Tsimbalov, Y. Mikirtumov, P. Brokhin, I. Albanov, A. Petrov, A. Rivo, A. Gerasimenko. Famous opera and symphony conductors were E. Serov, L. Nikolaev, V. Yakovlev, L. Gershkovich, A. Petukhov, I. Dronov, M. Granovsky, D. Vlasenko, F. Chizhevsky.

Not only choirmasters and conductors, but also famous composers - R. Shchedrin, R. Boyko, A. Flyarkovsky, A. Ushkarev, E. Artemyev, V. Agafonnikov, V. Grigorenko, V. Kikta, Yu. Evgrafov, A. Kiselev , S. Sosnin, G. Pechenkin - passed music universities within the walls of the Choir School.

The school put forward, especially during the period of V.S. Popov, and a galaxy of famous singers - soloists of domestic and foreign opera houses, winners of laureate titles, including V. Marutaev, M. Nikiforov, V. Grivnov, A. Morozov, A. Yudenkov, A. Efanov, N. and O. Didenko , E. Stavinsky, G. Vasiliev, G. Faradzhev, D. Korczak, V. Ladyuk, E. Liberman, A. Nemzer, Y. Abaimov, P. Kolgatin, I. Morozov and others.

History of the Choir School named after A.V. Sveshnikova continues.

State Academic Russian Choir of the USSR

Sov. performing group. Created in 1942 in Moscow as State. Russian song choir, in 1955 received the modern title. name Organizer, permanent leader and chief. conductor art. USSR A. V. Sveshnikov. The first concert took place on July 20, 1943 in the Great Hall of Moscow. conservatory. The initial task of the team was to revive ancient folkways. songs (peasant, city, factory, student, soldier), development of national. voc.-chorus traditions. The name of the choir is inextricably linked with such songs as “Evening Bells”, “The Death of the Varyag”, “Oh, you, wide steppe”. Great patriotic. Military song programs were important. years. Already in 1944, the choir performed productions. rus. classics: M. I. Glinka, A. S. Dargomyzhsky, N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, S. I. Taneyev; all R. 50s The first concerts of the choir took place. music by J. S. Bach, then by Italian composers N. Jommelli, A. Lotti and others.
Means. place in the choir's repertoire is occupied by productions. owls composers, many of which were performed by the choir for the first time, including “Song of the Forests” (1949), “Ten Poems” (based on poems by revolutionary poets, 1951) by Shostakovich, “Poem in Memory of Sergei Yesenin” (1956) and the oratorio “Vladimir Mayakovsky” (1959) by Sviridova, “How long will the kite circle” by Shaporin (1962), etc. In the 60s. The choir successfully performed cycles of productions. a cappella (including R.K. Shchedrin to poems by A.T. Tvardovsky).
The development of Soviet choral performance and the popularization of national choral art were facilitated by numerous choir concerts with programs of ancient Russian music by composers of the 18th century. - D. S. Bortnyansky, M. S. Berezovsky, V. P. Titov and others. In 1968, the choir recorded Rachmaninov’s “All Night Vigil” on a record. For the first time in the USSR, many songs were performed by a choir. prod. modern foreign composers, including “Symphony of Psalms” by Stravinsky (1966), “Hungarian Psalm” by Kodály (1967), oratorio “Joan of Arc at the stake” by Honegger (1968), many plays by M. Ravel, F. Poulenc and etc.
The repertoire includes a choir. music of all times and peoples (approx. 1000 works), including a cappella choirs, works of cantata-oratorio and voc.-symphony. genres ("Requiem" by Mozart, "Requiem" by Verdi, the Ninth Symphony and "Fantasy" for piano, choir and orchestra by Beethoven, etc.), rarely performed works. J. S. Bach, Palestrina, C. Monteverdi, A. Vivaldi, Russian. adv. songs, songs and anthems of other peoples of the world, as well as songs by Soviet composers (more than 200). The choir (1973) consists of 85 artists.
The team pays main attention to the development of Russian traditions. wok lawsuit Perfect mastery of a cappella style characterizes the creative artist. the appearance of the choir, the degree of its skill. The band's performance is distinguished by its monolithic and harmonious sound; it is characterized by a richness of color. shades. The choir performs in the cities of Sov. Union and abroad (Austria, Belgium, East Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Romania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Japan). The team was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1970).
Literature: Lokshin D., Russian Song Choir, M., 1950; A. V. Sveshnikov. Sat. articles, M., 1970. V. F. Balashov.

Musical encyclopedia. - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, Soviet composer. Ed. Yu. V. Keldysh. 1973-1982 .

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On February 16, a charity concert of the State Academic Russian Choir named after A.V. took place at the Gymnasium of St. Alexis Hermitage. Sveshnikov, in fact, is a choir chapel, which for many years was the leader among large groups of Russian traditional choral culture. The founder of the famous State Choir of the USSR was the legendary Russian choral conductor, an outstanding musical figure of the 20th century - Alexander Vasilyevich Sveshnikov. Graduated from the Music and Drama School of the Moscow Philharmonic Society (now GITIS) in 1913, and headed the vocal section of the First Studio of the Moscow Art Theater in the 1920s, A.V. Sveshnikov, like no one else before him, mastered the art of the spoken and sung Russian word and was an unsurpassed master of the word in choral performance. No other choir in Russia has achieved such dictionary and semantic clarity. In the same 20s, he was one of the most famous regents of Moscow (he served in the Church of the Assumption on Mogiltsy).

Sveshnikov is the founder of the Moscow Choral School (now the Academy of Choral Art), the All-Russian Choral Society, and for more than 30 years (until 1980) he was the rector of the Moscow Conservatory during its most “stellar” period. But his main brainchild, of course, was Goskhor. The official date of its creation is considered to be 1936 (decree of the USSR Government), although he created a vocal group under the Radio Committee back in 1928, which soon grew into the Academic Russian Song Choir, which regularly gave public concerts. During the Patriotic War, the choir was disbanded, but at the end of the war, in 1944, it returned to the concert stage and became the most popular propagandist and performer of Russian folk songs. Sveshnikov's arrangements of Russian songs are still very popular and are classics in Russian choral literature.

The concert in the Desert was a great success. In addition to the students of the Gymnasium, teachers and residents, the hall was attended by His Eminence Theodore, Bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich, the Abbot of the Monastery, Hieromonk Peter, representatives of the administration of the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky, and numerous guests of the Hermitage. The concert program, compiled in the traditions of Alexander Vasilyevich himself, made a strong impression on the audience: many wonderful arrangements of Russian folk songs (including modern ones), soldiers' songs and marches, works by S. S. Prokofiev (Song of Alexander Nevsky from the cantata of the same name), Valery Gavrilin, Aram Khachaturyan and G.V. Sviridov. The virtuoso skill of the soloists was rewarded with enthusiastic applause. The soloists were: Alexander Nikolaev (tenor), Marina Kokhanova (soprano) and a veteran of the choir, People's Artist of Russia - Sergei Golovushkin (baritone). The audience did not lose sight of the polished high professionalism of the choir’s two conductors: its artistic director, laureate of the All-Russian and International competitions Evgeniy Volkov (he was also an excellent host of the concert) and the chief choirmaster, laureate of International competitions Alexander Toplov.

We are deeply grateful to all the performers, the choir administration, as well as our benefactors - the Player-ru company, who helped organize this concert, and we hope for continued cooperation! We look forward to new meetings with the wonderful Russian choir named after A.V. Sveshnikova!

State Academic Russian Choir named after A.V. Sveshnikov is a Russian musical group whose repertoire is based on classical and modern works of choral music.

History of the team

The choir's tasks included, first of all, broad propaganda of Soviet music, which was actively created in those years in a variety of genres - from cantatas and oratorios to songs and choral miniatures. A significant place in the choir’s repertoire was given to Russian and foreign choral classics, the performance of which met the educational objectives of the group.

The leadership of the USSR State Choir was entrusted to two outstanding musicians - Honored Artist of the RSFSR A. V. Sveshnikov and Professor of the Moscow Conservatory N. M. Danilin. On February 26, 1937, the first concert of the USSR State Choir, conducted by A.V. Sveshnikov, took place in the Hall of Columns of the House of Unions. In 1937-39 The State Choir was led by N. M. Danilin, and in 1941-80 by A. V. Sveshnikov. In 1971, for outstanding services in the development of Soviet musical art, the choir was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and its artistic director A.V. Sveshnikov was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor - the first among performing musicians.

After the death of Alexander Vasilyevich Sveshnikov, the legendary choir was headed by a galaxy of famous choral conductors:

• I. G. Agafonnikov (artistic director in 1980-1987)
• V. N. Minin (1987-1990)