NRCU Symphony Orchestra

National Radio Company of Ukraine Symphony Orchestra ( usually short: NRCU Symphony Orchestra; Ukrainian spelling: Симфонічний Оркестр НРКУ, to German about: National Radio Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine) is the international name of the Radio Orchestra of the Ukrainian state radio institution Natsionalna Radiokompanya Ukrainy.

History

The orchestra of the then newly founded Ukrainian radio center made ​​as part of the Radio Theatre on October 5, 1929 his first public appearance. After a very positive review of this concert was soon one of the highlights in the cultural production of the country. Under the direction of Yakiv Rozenshteyn the 45 members of the orchestra were Kharkiv most famous musicians. On October 14, the orchestra opened its first symphonic circle around works by Peter Tchaikovsky with his Symphony No. 5 in E Minor and Suite No. 3 in G major.

Due to political upheavals and internal changes, the orchestra moved its location to the new capital of Ukraine, Kiev, and increased its number of members to 60 musicians. The last state-sponsored orchestra devoted exclusively symphonic works, the ensemble began to produce in addition to his radio recordings for international record labels. Continue concerts were held, the video recordings soon noticeably increased as a particularly successful commercially turned out and the financial resources of the orchestra.

For his contributions to the care of the Eastern European musical tradition, but in particular the Ukrainian, with over 10,000 productions, the orchestra received the honorary title for associations, academic status for his contributions in the development of arts art in Ukraine, he was recognized.

Over the years, the orchestra has collaborated with internationally renowned conductors such as Mykola Kolessa, Natan Rakhlin, Theodore Kuchar or Aram Gharabekian and went on concert Tournees countries such as Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Poland, South Korea, Iran and Algeria.

Conductors

  • Yakiv Rozenshteyn
  • Herman Adler
  • Mykhailo Kanershteyn
  • Petro Polyakov
  • Kostyantyn Simeonov
  • Vadym Gnedash
  • Volodymyr Sirenko
  • Viatcheslav Blinov
  • Since 2005: Volodymyr Sheiko
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