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Art
director – Vladimir PLAKSIN
The history of the orchestra started in 1981
when professor Semion Yaroshevich set up a chamber orchestra within the
precincts of the Nizhniy Novgorod Conservatoire. In 1990 the orchestra was
headed by Sophia Propischan, Chair of the Faculty of The Nizhniy Novgorod State
Conservatoire after M.I.Glinka, Honoured Artist of Russia, art manager of the
orchestra since 1990 till 2003 (in this period of time the orchestra was called
“Sophia”). Under her guidance the student chamber orchestra turned from a
training ground into a highly professional concert group which got independence
and the status of a municipal cultural establishment in 1994. The orchestra is
one of the essential parts of the musical life of the town. Every season the
musicians accomplish numerous musical projects the participation in which
frequently attracts outstanding Russian and foreign musicians. The constantly
updated repertoire of the orchestra includes almost all from classical music
and works of contemporary composers created especially for this group. The
manner of performance is very peculiar the characteristic features of which
are: definiteness and precision in the understanding of the conception of the
work, emotional openness and timbre richness of sound. A high professional
level of the orchestra was marked by the jury of the 1st all-Russian
radio-festival of orchestras on the radio “Orpheus” (Moscow). The orchestra
recorded five discs, two of them in South Korea (May-June 2003) together with
the Korean conductor Tael Cheol No.
The staff of the orchestra includes 16
musicians. The art credo of the musicians is striving for permanent
improvement, search of new ideas and forms of musical life.