The Moscow Symphony Orchestra is one of Russia’s leading orchestras. Since its inception in 1989, it has been an active participant in the musical life of its home city. The orchestra performs an annual series of concerts in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with soloists such as Yuri Bashmet, Victor Tretiakov, Vadim Repin, Alexander Knyazev and Alexander Rudin, directed by eminent conductors. Former music directors have included Antonio De Almeida and Vladimir Ziva, and Arthur Arnold has been music director and conductor since 2012.
A regular guest at international festivals, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra has successfully toured the world, including the United States, South America, China, Japan, South Korea and most European countries.
The orchestra is recognised for its outstanding discography, with its recording of film music by Bernard Herrmann (Marco Polo 8.225168) named among the top 10 recordings of 2001 in The Economist. International awards for its recordings include CD of the Month awarded by CD Review, the prestigious Diapason d’Or and the Chairman’s Choice at the Cannes Classical Awards.
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