The Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra (in ), founded in 1931, is one of the two
symphony orchestras
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, a ...
belonging to the
Saint Petersburg Philharmonia society, the other being the more famous
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (, ''Symphonic Orchestra of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia'') is a symphony orchestra based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Their home venue is the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia.
History
The roots of th ...
, founded in the 19th century.
The Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1931 as the Leningrad Radio Orchestra. In 1953, it came under the umbrella of Saint Petersburg Philharmonia.
Karl Eliasberg
Karl Ilitch Eliasberg (; ) (10 June 1907, in Minsk – 12 February 1978, in Leningrad) was a Soviet conductor.
Eliasberg graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory as a violinist in 1929, and served as conductor of the from 1929 to 1931 before j ...
was its music director since 1942 and
Aleksandr Dmitriyev has been since 1977.
See also
*
Moscow Academic Symphony Orchestra
*
Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7
References
External links
Home page of Saint Petersburg Philharmonia
1931 establishments in Russia
Orchestras in Saint Petersburg
Musical groups established in 1931
Russian symphony orchestras
Soviet musical groups
Former radio and television orchestras
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