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Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Formed in 1936 as USSR State Symphony Orchestra = Государственный симфонический оркестр СССР, also known as ГАСО (GASO) or Госоркестр = Gosorchester.

In the 1960s it became "Academic": USSR Academic State Symphony Orchestra = Государственный академический симфонический оркестр СССР.
Since 1991 it is called Russian Federation State Academic Symphony Orchestra = Государственный академический симфонический оркестр Российской Федерации.
On 27 October 2005 the State Academic Symphony Orchestra was officially named after their former conductor, Евгений Фёдорович Светланов = Evgeni Svetlanov.
Note:
For soloists ensemble, please use: [a3516726].
For strings group, please use: [a4386014].
For their chorus, please use: [a1617437].
For cellists quartet, please use: [a15049310]
For wind instrument quintet, please use: [a6559227]
Do not confuse with:
- Большой Симфонический Оркестр Всесоюзного Радио
- Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- [a1027822]
Conductors:
1936—1941 Александр Гаук = Alexander Gauk
1941—1945 Натан Рахлин = [a1293286]
1946—1965 Константин Иванов = [a917373]
1965—2000 Евгений Светланов = Evgeni Svetlanov
2000—2002 Василий Синайский = Vassily Sinaisky
2002—2011 Марк Горенштейн = [a1835341]
2011—2021 Владимир Юровский = Vladimir Jurowski
From 2021 Василий Петренко = Vasily Petrenko

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