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CENTERARTS PRESENTS MOSCOW STATE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

CenterArts presents Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra with Alexei Kornienko, Conductor on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 8 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre, HSU. The Palm Beach Daily News reviewed a recent performance by the Orchestra as “… one could predict that a special music event was about to start. And an evening of wonderfully played music was what the audience got at the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra concert …” Tickets are $65 general, $60 Senior/Child and $25 HSU students. Tickets are available at the Works in Arcata and Eureka, University Ticket Office at HSU or at centerarts.humboldt.edu.

The Los Angeles Times called them “A crack ensemble that brings a rigorous approach to music-making.”

The Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1978 as an outgrowth of the need for the symphonic repertoire of the 18th, 19th and 20th, centuries to be broadcast throughout Russia for the benefit of its citizens. It was decided that the Orchestra should broadcast performances on a weekly basis.

The Orchestra expanded its activities into Russian television, including projects with Korean KBC and German ZDF.  In 1980 the Orchestra created a major subscription series in Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.   The Orchestra’s first music director was Alexander Mikhailov, who received his education with Evgheny Mravinsky and Ilia Musin.  He headed the Orchestra until 1996 before Anatoli Nemudrov assumed the music directorship.

Presently the Orchestra follows the European music tradition and does not have a permanent Chief Conductor.  Music Director Anatoli Nemudrov invites maestros from Russia and abroad in order to facilitate the continuing development and mastery of the musicians. 

In addition to the Orchestra’s extensive work for television, radio and film soundtracks, the Orchestra has performed at the Kremlin Palace with the Moscow Classical Ballet in performance of The Nutcracker, Giselle, Don Quixote, Cinderella and Firebird. The Orchestra was featured in a concert on the Sobor Square in the Kremlin in 1998 with Monserrat Coballiet. 

At the present the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra is one of the best Moscow orchestras.  The Orchestra gives subscription concerts “Young Stars of Russia” at Tchaikovsky Hall and at the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory.  These concerts are broadcast by radio stations: “Orphey”, “Voice of Russia”, “Mayak”, “Radio of Russia”, and “TV Center” channels.  “Music has no borders” concerts with the participation of foreign musicians and conductors have started at the Moscow House of Radio.

The Orchestra has given performances in: Munich, Stuttgart, Rome, Naples, Milan, Florence, Madrid, Barcelona, Seoul, Pussan, Peking, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, Chicago, Fort Worth, Los Angeles and others. 

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