'Tschaikowski' St. Petersburg State Orchestra

Maestro Leontiev, one of Russia's finest conductors, leads the orchestra for this 2012 performance that is part of its first trans-continental tour of the U.S. Since its establishment in the years following World War II, the "Tschaikowski" St. Petersburg State Orchestra has become an ensemble with unlimited musical possibilities. The orchestra's extremely diverse repertoire includes baroque compositions by Vivaldi, Bach, Handel to contemporary compositions by Schnitke, Banshikov, and Desyatnikov to composers of the 20th century including Honegger, Poulenc, and Stravinsky. Over the past few decades, many of Russia's most legendary and distinguished soloists and conductors have worked with the orchestra allowing this talented group of musicians to achieve wide notoriety and admiration worldwide.

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