Alexandrovci
The A. V. Alexandrov Russian army twice red-bannered academic song and danc… Read Full Bio ↴The A. V. Alexandrov Russian army twice red-bannered academic song and dance ensemble (Russian: Дважды краснознаменный академический ансамбль песни и пляски Российской армии имени А. В. Александрова, Dvazhdy krasnoznamenny akademichesky ansambl' pesni i plyaski Rossiyskoy armii imeni A. V. Alexandrova), shortly the Alexandrov ensemble (Russian: Ансамбль Александрова, Ansambl' Alexandrova) is a performing ensemble that serves as the official army choir of the Russian armed forces.
The ensemble consists of a male choir, an orchestra, and a dance ensemble. The songs they perform range from Russian folk tunes to church hymns, operatic arias and popular music; examples include The Volga Boatmen's Song, Katyusha, Kalinka Red Army Choir - Kalinka.ogg sample (help·info), Kernina and Ave Maria. After the Soviet period, the ensemble has continued performing, entertaining audiences both inside and outside Russia.
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Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov
The ensemble was formed out of the Frunze red army central house in 1928. Under the name Red army song ensemble of the M. V. Frunze red army central house or the "Red army choir", twelve soldier-performers - a vocal octet, a bayan player, 2 dancers, and a reciter - officially performed for the first time on October 12, 1928 under the direction of their conductor, Alexandr Alexandrov, a young music professor at the Moscow Conservatory. The program, entitled The 22nd Krasnodar Division in Song, consisted mainly of short musical scenes of military life, including Songs of the First Cavalry Army, The Special Far-Eastern Army, and Song about Magnitostroi.
Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, the first Conductor of the Orchestra.
In 1929, the ensemble visited the far eastern lands of the Soviet Union, entertaining the troops working on the Far Eastern railway.
With the goal of developing amateur art within the ranks of the army and to encourage soldiers' interest in good music, the ensemble grew to 300 performers by 1933, comprising three different forces of a male choir, an orchestra, and an ensemble of dancers. The Red army choir became known as a propagator of Soviet songs, performing original compositions by composers such as Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy, Anatoli Novikov, Matvey Blanter and Boris Mokrousov.
In 1935, the choir was bestowed the Order of the Red Banner and was renamed the Red army red-bannered song and dance ensemble of the USSR.
Having traveled widely throughout the Soviet Union, from the Arctic north to the sands of Tajikistan, the choir performed at the International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life held in 1937 in Paris, France; it won the Grand Prix, the highest honor bestowed by the jury.
During World War II, the ensemble gave over 1500 performances at both Soviet fronts, entertaining troops about to go into battle, at gun emplacements, airfields, and in hospitals.
Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov
After Alexandrov's death in 1946, Boris Alexandrov, his son, went on to succeed his father as musical director for the ensemble [1] [2] [3].
In 1949 the ensemble was named officially to the A. V. Alexandrov Soviet army twice red-bannered and red-starred song and dance ensemble, so it was not the Red army choir any more. In 1978 the ensemble was renamed to the A. V. Aleksandrov Soviet army twice red-bannered and red-starred academic song and dance ensemble.
Boris Alexandrov led the ensemble on worldwide tours, before finally retiring in 1987. He was succeeded by Igor Agafonnikov the same year, with Anatoly Maltsev as the ensemble chief. He retired his career as the principal conductor in 1994; he died that year and was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery [4]. He was succeeded by Victor Fedorov, the chorus master since 1986.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union the ensemble was bestowed the Order of Red Star by the Russian president Boris Yeltsin in 1998[citation needed] and at the same time was renamed to the A. V. Alexandrov Russian army twice red-bannered academic song and dance ensemble.
Vyacheslav Korobko
Today, the ensemble is led by Vyacheslav Korobko, who has been leading it since 2003.
General comments
Over the years, the ensemble has collaborated with many popular artists and producers including David Foster, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Steve Barakatt.
The ensemble consists of a male choir, an orchestra, and a dance ensemble. The songs they perform range from Russian folk tunes to church hymns, operatic arias and popular music; examples include The Volga Boatmen's Song, Katyusha, Kalinka Red Army Choir - Kalinka.ogg sample (help·info), Kernina and Ave Maria. After the Soviet period, the ensemble has continued performing, entertaining audiences both inside and outside Russia.
Contents
[hide]
History
Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov
The ensemble was formed out of the Frunze red army central house in 1928. Under the name Red army song ensemble of the M. V. Frunze red army central house or the "Red army choir", twelve soldier-performers - a vocal octet, a bayan player, 2 dancers, and a reciter - officially performed for the first time on October 12, 1928 under the direction of their conductor, Alexandr Alexandrov, a young music professor at the Moscow Conservatory. The program, entitled The 22nd Krasnodar Division in Song, consisted mainly of short musical scenes of military life, including Songs of the First Cavalry Army, The Special Far-Eastern Army, and Song about Magnitostroi.
Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, the first Conductor of the Orchestra.
In 1929, the ensemble visited the far eastern lands of the Soviet Union, entertaining the troops working on the Far Eastern railway.
With the goal of developing amateur art within the ranks of the army and to encourage soldiers' interest in good music, the ensemble grew to 300 performers by 1933, comprising three different forces of a male choir, an orchestra, and an ensemble of dancers. The Red army choir became known as a propagator of Soviet songs, performing original compositions by composers such as Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy, Anatoli Novikov, Matvey Blanter and Boris Mokrousov.
In 1935, the choir was bestowed the Order of the Red Banner and was renamed the Red army red-bannered song and dance ensemble of the USSR.
Having traveled widely throughout the Soviet Union, from the Arctic north to the sands of Tajikistan, the choir performed at the International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life held in 1937 in Paris, France; it won the Grand Prix, the highest honor bestowed by the jury.
During World War II, the ensemble gave over 1500 performances at both Soviet fronts, entertaining troops about to go into battle, at gun emplacements, airfields, and in hospitals.
Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov
After Alexandrov's death in 1946, Boris Alexandrov, his son, went on to succeed his father as musical director for the ensemble [1] [2] [3].
In 1949 the ensemble was named officially to the A. V. Alexandrov Soviet army twice red-bannered and red-starred song and dance ensemble, so it was not the Red army choir any more. In 1978 the ensemble was renamed to the A. V. Aleksandrov Soviet army twice red-bannered and red-starred academic song and dance ensemble.
Boris Alexandrov led the ensemble on worldwide tours, before finally retiring in 1987. He was succeeded by Igor Agafonnikov the same year, with Anatoly Maltsev as the ensemble chief. He retired his career as the principal conductor in 1994; he died that year and was buried in Moscow at the Novodevichy cemetery [4]. He was succeeded by Victor Fedorov, the chorus master since 1986.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union the ensemble was bestowed the Order of Red Star by the Russian president Boris Yeltsin in 1998[citation needed] and at the same time was renamed to the A. V. Alexandrov Russian army twice red-bannered academic song and dance ensemble.
Vyacheslav Korobko
Today, the ensemble is led by Vyacheslav Korobko, who has been leading it since 2003.
General comments
Over the years, the ensemble has collaborated with many popular artists and producers including David Foster, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Steve Barakatt.
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