The A. V. Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir is one of the principal choirs of Russia, founded in 1936 by Aleksandr Sveshnikov as the choir of the USSR All-Union Radio with Sveshnikov as permanent director from 1941. The choir was renamed in his honour after his death.[1]
Conductors
edit- Nikolai Danilin (1936-1939)
- Vladimir Vinogradov (1939 - 1941)
- Aleksandr Sveshnikov (1941-1980)
- Igor Agafonnikov (1980–1987)
- Vladimir Minin (1987–1990)
- Evgeniy Tytyanko (1991-1995)
- Igor Raevskiy (1995-2007)
- Boris Tevlin (2008-2012)
- Evgeny Volkov (2012-)
Selected recordings
edit- Rachmaninov All night vigil 1965
- Russian Folk Songs
References
edit- ^ The official website of A. V. Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir is http://www.russianchorus.org Государственный академический русский хор имени А. В. Свешникова