Public cultural institutions
"Ulyanovsk regional philharmonic"
Ulyanovsk Philharmonic
develops the classical traditions of Russian concert life: promotes classical
music, maintains a high level of performing, supports the creative relationships
with other Russian Philharmonic Halls. Being a center of musical culture in
Ulyanovsk, the Philharmonic hosts concerts and is engaged in arranging tours,
various musical concerts and festivals, performances in academic and pop genres,
invites prominent domestic and foreign performers and conductors.
In addition to traditional concert activity, the Ulyanovsk Philharmonic has a
lot of work on the aesthetic education of children and young people. There have
been worked out the following projects: “Philharmonic for pupils” and
“Philharmonic for preschoolers” in which
there are concerts of chamber music ensembles: “Volga-brass”, “Opus”, “Sadko”,
“Academic – Band”, as well as a string quartet, a chamber ensemble and an organ
. They sell season
tickets for concerts of the Ulyanovsk State Symphony Orchestra "Popular
classical music for the whole family”, and arrange series of concerts “Family
evenings with Russian folk orchestra”.
The Concert Hall of the Ulyanovsk Philharmonic has 430 seats. In 1982, there was
set an organ of the German firm "HOYLE" on the Philharmonic stage. This ancient
musical instrument is still in effect and has 3 manuls, 42 registers and 2500
pipes. Here the prominent organists of the country and abroad give their
concerts; the soloist of the Philharmonic gives the regular concerts as well.
In the Philharmonic all music fans can enjoy great symphonic compositions, the
best examples of folk and brass band music, as well as ever-being compositions
of organ masters. The Philharmonic stuff conducts systematic work on the musical
education of children. All the musical bands of the Philharmonic give concerts
in the districts of the region.
There are three
major state orchestras in the Philharmonic.
Ulyanovsk State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the
Governor
The Ulyanovsk State Academic Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1968.
Due to the high level of performing the orchestra soon
became known as the best band of the Volga region of Russia. Subsequently,
having reached high professional standards, the Ulyanovsk State Symphony
Orchestra became the winner of the All-Russia competition (1974), and then the
winner of the All-Union Competition (1976) of professional orchestras of the
Soviet Union. Today, the Orchestra line-up numbers 107 people. Each concert
season the Orchestra gives over 65 concerts. Talented musicians of the orchestra
have organized various instrumental ensembles that have become famous. Among
them is the winner of the All-Union competition and 3 international competitions
(including France and Germany contests) - a famous brass quintet “ Volga-brass”,
a jazz brass band "Akademik-band” known in Russia and abroad, a string quartet
and a chamber string orchestra.
In 1993 the Russian Ministry of Culture awarded the Orchestra the highest
honorary title of "Academic", which is given only to the best and highly
qualified professional orchestras of the country. In 2005 the orchestra received
a new status - "of the Governor". The Ulyanovsk State Academic Symphony
Orchestra of the Governor is included in a group of creative collectives of
Russia called "Star of Russia's province”. It belongs to the largest and most
reputable non-capital Russian symphony orchestras.
The orchestra has a diverse repertoire. Its high creative potential explains the
constant interest of the world-class performers and conductors to the Simbirsk
orchestra. Many eminent Russian conductors gave concerts with the orchestra.
Among them are Kirill Kondrashin, Evgeny Svetlanov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Fuat
Mansurov, Yuri Temirkanov, Valery Gergiev, Mariss Jansons, as well as foreign
conductors such as Olivier Kyuande (Switzerland), Maria Eklund (Sweden) and
others. Mstislav Rostropovich worked with the orchestra as a soloist and as a
conductor several times.
Prominent musicians have played with the orchestra. Among them are: pianists
Nikolai Petrov, Evgeny Kissin, Nikolai Lugansky, violinists Igor Oistrakh, Oleg
Kagan, Andrei Korsakov, Maxim Fedotov, cellists Natalia Gutman, Alexander
Kniazev, Mark Drobinsky (France) and others, as well as the celebrated Russia's
leading choirs such as: Russian State Academic Choir named after Sveshnikov,
Russian Academic Choir named after A. Yurlov, the St. Petersburg Academic Choir
named after M. Glinka, the State Academic Choir of Belarus, the Magnitogorsk
State Academic Choir named after S. Eydinov, and others.
Throughout its history the Ulyanovsk regional Philharmonic Orchestra has
participated in numerous music festivals in Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Baltic
countries, the Urals, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. There were repeatedly
conducted the visiting plenums of the Composers Union of the USSR and Russia,
where the Orchestra had performed the premieres of many compositions of Russian
composers: T. Khrennikov, Aram Khachaturian, A. Eshpai, B. Tchaikovsky, A.
Babajanian, Frenkel, Kabalevsky -
attended by the authors themselves.
The Orchestra has
received wide recognition outside the Russian borders. The first foreign tour of
the Orchestra was in 1975. The orchestra successfully presented its professional
art in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, France (2003,
2004), Sweden and Norway (2004), Spain (2004-2008), Germany (2005), Switzerland
( 2007), Portugal (2008), Finland (2008).
Ulyanovsk State Orchestra of Russian folk instruments.
Artistic director and chief conductor of the orchestra - Honored Artist of
Russia Yevgeny Fyodorov.
The Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments was formed in
1984 due to the efforts of a group of enthusiasts headed by Yevgeny Fyodorov,
now a permanent artistic director and principal conductor of the orchestra, an
Honored Artist of Russia.
In 1991 in Nizhny Novgorod the musical band awarded first
prize at the All-Russia competition of folk instrument orchestras. In 1993 the
orchestra received the status of a state professional one, and in 1996 the
orchestra became a part of the professional concert music organizations – the
Ulyanovsk Oblast Philharmonic.
In 2001, the orchestra became a winner of the II
International Festival of plucked Music "Pearl of the Volga Region” (Samara). In
2008 it won the Interregional Festival “The Volga flows into my heart” (Samara).
Famous conductors such as Nikolai Kalinin, a People's
Artist of Russia, Honored Artists of Russia Viktor Kuznetsov, Anatoly Shutikov,
Gennady Mironov and others have given concerts with our orchestra.
Moreover, well-known performers have given concerts
together with the Ulyanovsk State Orchestra of Russian folk instruments. Among
them are the People's Artists of Russia Mikhail Rozhkov (balalaika), Alexander
Tsygankov (domra), Sergey Lukin (domra), Michael Gorobtsov (alto domra),
Vyacheslav Semyonov (accordion), Sergei Baikov (bass) Anna Litvinenko (vocal);
winners of international competitions Sergei Voitenko (accordion), Natalia
Polyaninova (soprano), Vassily Pjanov (baritone), Gennady Kalmykov (harmonica)
and others.
The orchestra have successfully toured in different
cities of Russia: in Moscow, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Penza, Saratov,
Orenburg, Tver.
Today the Ulyanovsk State Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments is considered
reputable within the musical society, loved and respected by the audience. The
orchestra team constantly works and actively helps the amateur and amateur
musical bands of the region, and is considered the leader of the folk musical
culture of the Ulyanovsk oblast.
The main trend of the creative activity of the orchestra
is to develop and preserve Russian national culture, to promote high-performance
skills of folk instrumental art. Over the years, there have been staged a large
number of season programs for both adult and infant listeners.
Ulyanovsk State Wind Orchestra "Derzhava".
Chief Conductor and Artistic Director - Nikolai
Bulatov, an Honored Artist of Russia
The orchestra was formed in 2002. "Derzhava" is an
indispensable participant of all the most significant events of the Ulyanovsk
oblast: the opening of international festivals, championships, tournaments,
forums, inter-regional trade shows and fairs, commemorative concerts, trade
events, presentations and balls.
In 2003, the orchestra was recognized the best at the
international festival of brass band league "Euroorchestria" - "Silver
Trumpets". The orchestra "Derzhava" constantly performs with the outstanding
composers, arrangers and soloists, including the Honored Artist of Russia
Vladimir Kupriyanov, People's Artist of Russia Professor Valery Khalilov,
Honored Artist of Russia Professor Benjamin Myasoedov, "The first trumpet of the
world" - Steve Shannet (Canada).
The Repertoire of "Derzhava" includes original compositions for brass band:
Russian marches, waltzes, contemporary works, works of Russian and foreign
classics, pop and jazz compositions, Latin American music, favorite tunes from
movies and television. For each concert season the orchestra prepares 8-10 new
concert programs (among them "Great Russia", "Fiesta", "Hollywood Dreams",
"Breath of Passion", "Bravo XX century", "Black Orchid", "Waltz revue," Flowers
for the loved ", "Affectionate song of the surf"," Invincible and legendary
","Languid evening"," Love Story "and many others).
Chamber bands of the Ulyanovsk Regional Philharmonic.
Ensemble
"Volga-Brass"
Leaders: Honored Artist of Russia Andrey Moskalev
and Ivan Shilov.
It was formed in 1989. The ensemble includes the brass
section of the Ulyanovsk State Academic Symphony Orchestra.
Its repertoire includes the Baroque music by Vivaldi,
Bach, G. Handel, classical music by Mozart, Russian church music by D.
Bortniansky, S. Rachmaninov, jazz and pop songs arranged for brass quintet,
compositions by
V. Ewald, the
founder of the "Brass Quintet" genre. The
quintet is on creatively friendly terms with many famous musicians and
composers.
The band have toured in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan,
Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod and other cities of Russia, as well as abroad: in
Germany, Britain, France, Sweden, Norway, Croatia, Poland, Slovenia, South
Korea. It is
the winner of Russian and international festivals.
String Quartet under the leadership of Alexander Vinogradov.
The line-up of the String Quartet includes the leading musicians of the symphony
orchestra string section. The repertoire of the Quartet is made up with the
piano quintets by J. Brahms and R. Schumann, Shostakovich, S. Taneyev and
Borodin.
The quartet works hard to promote the best examples of
world music among the younger generation. There have been created musical
compositions based on the ballets “Swan Lake”, “Nutcracker”, “Sleeping Beauty”
by Tchaikovsky, the ballet “Cipollino” by Karen Khachaturian and “Children's
Album” by Tchaikovsky.
The String Quartet of the Honored Artist of Russia
Alexander Vinogradov is one of the most popular bands at various ceremonies and
events of the city.
"Sadko", the State Ensemble of Russian songs and folk instruments
under the leadership of Tamara Kulyabina. It was formed in 2002 by the leading
musicians-soloists of the Ulyanovsk State Orchestra of Russian folk instruments.
It is the winner of the International Folk Music Festival “Days of Slavic
heritage” held in 2008 in Warsaw.
The ensemble's repertoire includes Russian folk songs,
ballads, popular classical and folk music, original works by Russian composers,
fantasies on folk melodies. The ensemble performs at the
Philharmonic Hall, the Lenin Memorial, the Center for Popular Culture, in
universities, colleges and high schools of Ulyanovsk, in the districts of the
Ulyanovsk oblast, in the Volga cities.
The thematic programs created especially for pupils
introduce the folk instruments, help the children to feel the beauty of folk art
and acquaint them with the heroes of fairy tales, and reveal the harmony of
words and music in the songs based on Russian poetry.
Jazz Ensemble "Opus"
under the leadership of Vladimir Grishin
The ensemble was formed in 1988.
The band is the winner of national and international jazz festivals.
The repertoire of the
band includes classic jazz music, as well as compositions by Vladimir Grishin.
"Opus" performs versatile jazz programs and thematic jazz concerts. For pupils
it has developed thematic programs, such as "Blue Bird", "We're from Jazz»,
«Modern-jazz concert», «In jazz, only children", designed to acquaint the young
audience with the samples of world jazz classics, and various genres of jazz.
Jazz Ensemble "Akademik-Band" under the leadership of Nikolai Novichkov
The ensemble was formed in 1986 by the musicians of the Symphony Orchestra.
"Academic-Band" is the winner of Russian and international festivals. The
ensemble tours in the U.S.A. and Russia. The ensemble's repertoire includes jazz
and popular entertaining compositions. The band has a thematic program "Discover
the world of jazz" for performances in schools of the city and region. The
concerts help pupils to become true lovers of music, but the main thing -
children become a true cultural audience, which is listening the music actively
and with interest, able to judge the music, and to determine their attitude to
what they have heard.
String Chamber Ensemble under the leadership of Valentina Andryushchenko
The String Chamber Ensemble of the Ulyanovsk Regional Philharmonic was formed in
1974 by the leading musicians of the symphony orchestra.
The band gives concerts at the enterprises and
educational institutions of the city: universities, colleges, high schools,
school in the districts of the Ulyanovsk region. The String Chamber Ensemble is
one of the most in-demand ensembles of the Philharmonic due to its concert
program for young listeners.
The ensemble's repertoire includes the best samples of
foreign and Russian classics. Especially for the younger generation they have
created musical fairy tales based on "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" by Hans
Christian Andersen's, "Puss in Boots" by C. Perot., "A train from Romashkovo",
"The smallest Rain", "Cutter", "Where Sparrow have dined", "Cinderella”,"
Musical Journey ".
Festivals
Traditional music festival "World - Age - Names"
The annual International Music Festival “World-age-names" is one of the most
exciting cultural events of the city, whose participants are the Ulyanovsk
Philharmonic Orchestras and the outstanding musicians and performers from Russia
and abroad - the stars of classical music. During the festival there are
concerts of different genres: symphonic, organ, folk and choral music.
A chance to listen to musicians of European and world
level supports and promotes the interest of the general public to the
philharmonic types of music.
Interregional Festival of Folk Music "Play and sing, my soul Volga "
The Festival helps to preserve the cultural heritage of Russia, to improve
accessibility of cultural values, to preserve the authentic folk culture of the
Volga region, to restore the traditional folk music,
rituals, customs and crafts - the unique cultural heritage of the Volga
region. It helps to attract young people to the traditional folk arts.
The festival "Play and Sing, my soul Volga!" –is a bright musical celebration of
folk art and a great event in cultural and public life of the Volga region, a
creative project whose participants are Russian leading artists in the genre of
folk music, the Ulyanovsk State Orchestra of Russian folk instruments, art
groups of the Ulyanovsk oblast. The festival includes master classes, round
tables on the development and preservation of traditional regional culture and
song traditions of the Volga region. It gives a unique chance to play on
traditional musical instruments of the Volga region. The festival concerts are
held in all districts of the Ulyanovsk oblast and are accompanied by exhibitions
of folk crafts and traditional crafts of the Volga region.
432601, Ulyanovsk, str.
Lenina 6
Tel. Reception (8422)
41-37-42
fax (8422) 41-39-97
Ticket office (8422) 41-83-16
www.ulconcert.ru
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Working
hours:
Administration
Monday-Friday 09.00-17.00
Sunday - holiday
Ticket office
Tuesday-Sunday 12.00-19.00
Monday - closed