Mosconcert is the oldest cultural organization in Moscow. Its full name is "Mosconcert, state budgetary institution of culture of Moscow" (ГБУК города Москвы «Москонцерт»)
History
At 25 January 1931, in Soviet Union, the National Association of Musical, Variety, and Circus Enterprises was formed. Mosconcert is the successor of it.
During the years of
the Great Patriotic War
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, the concert brigades of "Mosconcert" from masters of all genres performed at the forefront at the front, in the rear, in hospitals. Among the artists were the legendary masters of the Soviet stage:
Lidia Ruslanova
Lidia Andreyevna Ruslanova (sometimes spelt ''Lidiya'' or ''Lydia'', ; 27 October 1900 in Saratov Governorate – 21 September 1973 in Moscow) was a performer of Russian folk songs.
Early life
She was born in the village of Chernavka near Saratov, ...
,
Leonid Utyosov
Leonid Osipovich Utesov, also spelled Utyosov or Utiosov, born Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet estrada singer, and comic actor, who became the first pop singer to be award ...
,
Boris Brunov,
Klavdiya Shulzhenko
Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko (, ; – June 17, 1984) was a Soviet popular female singer and actress.
Biography
Shulzhenko started singing with jazz and pop bands in the late 1920s. She rose to fame in the late 1930s with her version of Seba ...
, Nikolai Smirnov-Sokolsky,
Maya Kristalinskaya
Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya (; 24 February 1932, Moscow – 19 June 1985, Moscow) was a Soviet-Russian singer.
In 1957 she performed at the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow with an amateur ensemble under the direction of Y ...
, Viktor Besedin, Gennady Belov, Valery Kovtun and many others.
Some contemporary artists had collaborated with Mosconcert at various times:
Zemlyane
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In 2009, Zemlyane's 1980s hit " Trava u doma" () became the first official anthem of the Russian s ...
,
Time Machine
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Concept
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The ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' distinguishes between two different types of time ma ...
,
Alla Pugacheva
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,
Valentina Tolkunova,
Zhanna Bichevskaya
Zhanna Vladimirovna Bichevskaya (; ; born June 17, 1944) is a Russian singer and folk musician.
She was born in Moscow. In 1971 she graduated from the Moscow Circus and Performing Arts School. She was a teacher of music in Zagorsk (Sergiev Pos ...
,
Iosif Kobzon,
Klara Novikova,
Efim Shifrin, Nikolai Sokolov, Vladimir Baykov,
Tatiana Sorokina. Mosconcert organizes performances, ballets, shows and concerts in Moscow, and broadcasts concerts online.
In 2019,
Ilya Bachurin was appointed the Director General of Mosconcert.
Structure
The structural divisions of Mosconcert are:
* Moscow Concert Philharmonic Association
* Production Center
* Concert association for work with children and Youth
* Moscow Choral Theater under the direction of Boris Pevsner
* Moscow State Ballet Theater of Classical Choreography "LA CLASSIQUE"
* MINIATURE THEATER under the direction of
Yevgeny Petrosyan
*
Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
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* Moscow Theater of Miniatures under the direction of
Mikhail Zhvanetsky
* Children's music and Drama Theater "A-Ya"
*
Moscow music hall
* Moscow State Variety Theater»
Concert halls
Mosconcert holds events at its concert venues:
* «Mosconcert on Pushechnaya», which has a Hall of Mirrors, a Ballroom, a Theater hall and a Blue living room. Address: Moscow, Pushechnaya str., 4, p. 2.
* Mosconcert Hall Concert Hall. Address: Moscow, ul. Kalanchevskaya, 33
* «Mosconcert Art Salon». Address: Moscow, Leningradsky ave., 30, p. 2
* Children's music and drama Theater "A-Ya". Address: Moscow, Petrovsky lane, 5, p. 9
Children's Music and Drama Theater «A-Ya» /events
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Москонцерт на Пушечной.jpg, Mosconcert on Pushechnaya Street
Москонцерт Холл.jpg, Mosconcert Hall
Москонцерт Арт-салон.jpg, Mosconcert Art Salon
А-Я.jpg, Children's Music and Drama Theater "A-Ya"
References
External links
* https://mosconcert.moscow/billboard Afisha GBUK «Mosconcert»]
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