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On October 26, 1936, the grand opening of the first concert season of the Kalinin Philharmonic. The concert featured Overture-fantasy “Romeo and Juliet” by P. Tchaikovsky and his 4th Symphony in F minor performed by a symphonic Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of V. Tselikovsky. The Philharmonic did not yet have its own concert hall, and concerts took place in the premises of the Drama Theater, the House of Red Army (Officers' House), in the Teacher's House, on the summer stage city garden and Textile Workers' Park, as well as in city clubs Some concerts were broadcast on local radio.

The first organizer and inspirer of Kalininsky symphony orchestra there was a wonderful Tver musician Nikolai Mikhailovich Sidelnikov. Already in 1933 in the cinema "Volcano" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Richard Wagner. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sidelnikov played Wagner's music during breaks between sessions. In the symphony orchestra under the management of Sidelnikov along with professional Amateurs also played as musicians. However, since the opening Philharmonic Orchestra was strengthened by young musicians. Our fellow countryman, the outstanding singer of our time S.Ya. Lemeshev also performed in Kalinin, accompanied by a symphony Philharmonic Orchestra December 8, 1938

On the basis of the symphony orchestra, a string orchestra was created at the Philharmonic quartet consisting of: J. Kipper (1st violin), K. Thomaidis (2nd violin) violin), N. Volodzko (viola) and A. Polyak (cello). Already in the first season, subscriptions have been issued for music lovers. The subscription programs were educational in nature, and before during the concert, musicologist lecturers gave explanations for the performances essays.

Philharmonic artists who were not mobilized into the Red Army The armies, already in the first days of the war, became part of the concert brigades, performing in military units, hospitals and at conscription points.

After the release of Kalinin, the Theater was formed at the Philharmonic variety stage, and in 1943 the Song and Dance Ensemble arose. First The ensemble's choreographers were Nadezhda Nadezhdina (future creator of the legendary dance “Berezka”) and Tatyana Ustinova (choreographer of the Pyatnitsky choir).

The ensemble's repertoire consisted mainly of songs and dances - Soviet composers and Russian folk, peoples of the USSR and folk countries democracy.

Since 1948, artistic director of the Kalinin regional Philharmonic becomes N.M. Sidelnikov, outstanding musician-educator. Violinist, singer, conductor, composer - he made a great contribution to the process of Tver musical life. 1st May 1953 the opening of a new concert hall took place Philharmonic for 400 seats.

In the 1960s actively worked in the Philharmonic literary and musical lecture hall. At that time propaganda classical music was given great attention, and artists Philharmonic gave concerts not only in Kalinin itself, but also in many We also traveled around the region. Since 1972 he became on the stage of the Philharmonic a new group will perform - a string quartet. As part of a quartet played by Sofya Propishchan (1st violin), Vera Novikova (2nd violin), Alexandra Frantseva (viola) and Galina Soboleva (cello). In 1975, the ensemble became a laureate of a major international festival-competition "Prague Spring".

The soloists of the Philharmonic during this period were such masters performing arts, such as Nina Salnikova, Arkady Kovalev, Alexander Filippov, Alexander Timofeev and others. With the arrival in 1984 as artistic director and director Tver Philharmonic Society of Vladimir Boyarsky from the middle Large-scale reconstruction took place in the 1980s to the mid-1990s concert hall, the territory of the Philharmonic has expanded significantly – new premises, dressing rooms and music rooms appeared rehearsal classes.

1991 was a turning point in the history of the Philharmonic. With the opening of a new concert season the Tver public was presented with an updated A large hall and... an organ from the Czech company Rieger-Kloss! Main initiator and direct participant in the installation of this a wonderful instrument was performed by the People's Artist of Russia, laureate of the Russian State Prize, maestro Harry Grodberg. IN During this period, new groups appeared - madrigal singing ensemble "Russian Partes", which was headed by the outstanding Russian choral musician Igor Zhuravlenko and chamber orchestra "Russian Camerata" under the direction of the Honored Artist Russia Vyacheslav Trushin. These groups, however, could not be called Tver, since their musicians lived and worked in Moscow, where they rehearsed and mostly performed.

Since 1987, the already traditional festival “I See wonderful freedom”, dedicated to the great Russian tenor Sergei Lemeshev. The first International Festival took place in 1993 music by Johann Sebastian Bach. Over the years of its existence the festival hosted such outstanding soloists on its stage modernity, leading orchestral and choral groups of Russia and abroad, gave it international recognition. At the same time with Bach Festival in Tver created the project “Young Talents” Tver region", which still exists today. Within its framework winners of the annual scholarship competition Governor of the Tver region have the opportunity to speak at big academic stage.

In 1997, the Tver Philharmonic was awarded the title of laureate of the competition “Window to Russia” in the “Philharmonic Society of the Year” nomination and was awarded Gold medal of the Academy of Russian Art. In 1999 for outstanding achievements in the development of Russian musical art The Tver Philharmonic was awarded an honorary title "Academic". The entry into the new millennium has become The Tver Academic Philharmonic was a truly significant era. For the first time, the Christmas Festival of Choral Music “With faith in the 3rd millennium", which annually brings together the best groups of Tver and Tver region. In 2003 madrigal The singing ensemble "Russian Partes" was transformed into a chamber ensemble choir, whose composition expanded to 18 people.

In 2004, the composition of the chamber orchestra “Russian camerata." Both teams were formed from Tver musicians. This was the fundamental position of their new artistic director and chief conductor - graduate Moscow State Conservatory of Andrei Kruzhkov. WITH the very beginning of the new creative activity of the orchestra and choir, in parallel with painstaking work on a new repertoire, Numerous issues related to the emergence of groups of out-of-town and foreign musicians – providing them housing, obtaining Russian citizenship, studying in domestic higher educational institutions and much more.

During the time that A. Kruzhkov led the groups, the chamber The Russian Camerata orchestra was awarded First Prize Central Federal District in the field of literature and art. In 2014, the orchestra was awarded the Golden brand”, which is awarded to the best concert group season in Brussels (Belgium). Chamber choir "Russian Partes" awarded the Tver Region Governor's Prize for achievements in field of musical art, and also became the owner Gold diploma of the International Competition in Prague (Czech Republic) and was recognized as the best choral group of this festival. In 2016 For the first time in its history, this team took part in Moscow Easter Festival (artistic director – People's Artist of Russia Valery Gergiev) - one of the main music festivals in our country.

Currently, “Russian Partes” and “Russian Camerata” are sought-after, bright, professional teams with extensive musical repertoire that is very popular in our country and abroad. In 2008, the history of a new large-scale festival of the Upper Volga region dedicated to Russian composer Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, a native of Tverskaya land, which glorified it throughout the world. The concerts accept participation of large orchestral and choral groups of our country, as well as leading soloists of musical theaters in Russia and abroad. In 2011, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Tver Academic Philharmonic her team was awarded the highest government award - Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation. Since 2012, the Tver Academic Philharmonic continues carry out its activities under the leadership of the director T.A. Salnikova and artistic director A.V. Kruzhkova. With the direct participation of T. Salnikova Tver Philharmonic won the grant competition twice in a row World Bank within the framework of the project “Preservation of Cultural heritage of Russia". Thanks to this, Tver appeared professional sound and video recording studio, installed the latest lighting equipment in the Great Concert Hall. In 2014, on her initiative, the Tver Academic Philharmonic was included in the Union of Concert Organizations of Russia, which gave the employees of the Tver Philharmonic the opportunity to get acquainted with the experience of colleagues from other regions of our country.

In 2014–2015 Philharmonic artists received scholarships for the first time Government of the Russian Federation to young cultural figures and art. Commission for awarding the scholarship for two years in a row gave preference to our musicians and their creative work! Musical and general cultural activities become priority education of the population of Tver and the Tver region. From this Since then, the number of philharmonic premieres has increased significantly, including “Requiem” by G. Verdi, “John Passion” I.S. Bach, cantata symphony “Praise” by F. Mendelssohn and others. Today the Tver Academic Philharmonic Society is This is a serious professional well-coordinated team, is a creative union of vocalists, instrumentalists, workers different professions - true masters and true adherents of your business. Nowadays nothing can happen without their participation. significant event in the Upper Volga region. Tver Philharmonic every concert season presents for music lovers from above 60 new programs, up to the best musical and educational traditions. They use the unchangeable success, recognition of the audience and outside the Tver region - in major cities of Russia, as well as abroad. The Philharmonic holds charity concerts for veterans of the Great Patriotic War war and labor, for orphans and children from low-income families families, organizes special events and concerts for Russian national holidays.

An achievement in recent years has been the regular participation of the chamber orchestra "Russian Camerata" and chamber choir "Russian Partes" under the direction of Andrey Kruzhkov, as well as soloists of the Philharmonic at major international classical music festivals in Moscow, among which: “Organ PLUS” (Tsaritsyno estate, Moscow) and “Rendezvous” (Moscow House of Composers, State museum named after A.S. Pushkin). The last few years at the base Philharmonic Society hosts the annual International Vocal Competition named after People's Artist of the USSR Alexei Petrovich Ivanov - an outstanding opera singer, a native of the Tver land. One One of the visiting cards of the Tver Academic Philharmonic is concert ticket system that has existed since the very first concert season of the institution. Every year this system is developing and today is supplemented by two thematic subscriptions: “Camera+” and “Family subscription”. In October 2013 The Tver Academic Philharmonic began its work modern audio and video recording studios. The main goal complex is the implementation of technically flawless online broadcasts of Philharmonic concerts as part of the “Virtual” project concert hall".

Another important area of work of the multimedia complex is the recording of classical music. In a relatively short period of work, we can already boast several CDs released: “Steps of Mastery” (2014). Gubernatorialsky took part in the recording of the album chamber orchestra "Russian Camerata" under the direction of Andrey Kruzhkova and scholarship holder of the Governor of the Tver region Dobrynya Sitnikov (violin); “Russian choral music a’cappella” (2015), dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the chamber choir “Russian Partes”; “Classicworld” (2015), dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the chamber orchestra "Russian Camerata". In 2016, on the Piano label Classics" (UK) CD was released "Mussorgsky, Tchikovsky virtuoso transcriptions" by the Honored Russian artist, soloist of the Tver Philharmonic Valery Kuleshov. The recording was carried out in October 2015 on a multimedia basis complex of the Tver Academic Philharmonic. Also in 2016 the process of preparing a recording of one interesting thing was completed and an unprecedented musical project called “Open soul for good." It was attended by the Governor's Chamber orchestra "Russian Camerata" and Archpriest Gennady Ulyanich. This concert, or more precisely, a concert-sermon, is certainly is of interest to music lovers because it is an organic symbiosis of spiritual and secular, classics and romance, soulful singing and impeccable musicianship. Also, an unprecedented project of the Tver Philharmonic is "Virtual concert hall". “Virtual Concert Hall” – this is a social initiative of the Tver Academic Philharmonic, aimed at overcoming cultural and digital divides between the “center” and the “periphery” of the Tver region, to increase quality of life for residents of the region, regardless of location residence, social and property status.

The project brings promotion to a new communicative level academic musical art and contributes to the creation equal opportunities for access to cultural values. The best concerts with the participation of Russian and foreign stars, as well as programs for children's audiences can be heard and seen by residents remote areas of our region. Driving force, soul The Tver Academic Philharmonic is its artists, many of whom have been successfully working in it for many years, entirely devoting himself to creating more and more new programs, not forgetting while trying your hand at various genres and roles. Today the Tver Academic Philharmonic is open like never before everything new - be it music itself and its performers, technology and trends. Tver Academic Philharmonic in its activity does not stand still and is directed with all its might to the future - to new achievements, new performers, listeners and concert venues. This is our main task! Whether everything planned will succeed or not, you and I will find out about it next time - when we celebrate the next anniversary Philharmonic. One thing we can say with certainty is time. will be held under our motto - in the wealth of music and feelings!