Artistic Director and Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Organ Hall – Igor Lerman. Igor Lerman's Chamber Orchestra is one of the best musical ensembles in Russia. The orchestra's repertoire is extensive and multifaceted: from Baroque music to contemporary composers...
Igor Lerman's Chamber Orchestra performed its first program on February 25, 1989. The orchestra has recorded 15 CDs. In addition to transcriptions by the artistic director, conductor, and founder of the orchestra Igor Lerman, the recordings include works by Corelli (12 concerti grossi, Op. 6), Vivaldi, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Hindemith, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Schnittke, Piazzolla and other composers.
Performing with the orchestra at various times were: Elena Obraztsova, Nikolai Petrov, Boris Berezovsky, Cyprien Katsaris, Viktor Tretyakov, Alexander Knyazev, the Borodin Quartet, the "Virtuosi of Moscow" chamber orchestra conducted by Vladimir Spivakov, and other renowned performers and ensembles.
The repertoire of Igor Lerman's Chamber Orchestra is extensive and multifaceted, from Baroque music to contemporary composers. A significant part of it consists of transcriptions by the artistic director and conductor.
The orchestra often performs in cities of Tatarstan and Russia. The ensemble's tours in the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Spain, as well as concerts within music festivals in Russian cities (St. Petersburg, Kislovodsk, Kaliningrad, Perm), Switzerland, and Israel, have been successful.
After several Russian concert tours, according to enthusiastic press and feedback from numerous audiences, it was called one of the best chamber orchestras in Russia. "Mastery of the highest order, remarkable transcriptions made at a very high level, great true art," "the highest dedication of the conductor and orchestra has a very strong impact."
"I have known the ensemble for many years, I really like it, I consider it one of the best chamber orchestras in Russia" (Professor of the Moscow Conservatory Vladimir Ivanov). Here is the revelation of the great singer Elena Obraztsova after one of her performances with Igor Lerman's Chamber Orchestra: "I have been on stage for 43 years, this is one of the best orchestras I have sung with." "There are no such orchestras anywhere else. It is better or worse – you don't even compare – the way this ensemble plays, no other orchestra plays" (Professor of the Moscow Conservatory Irina Bochkova).
Details
Municipal Autonomous Cultural Institution "Igor Lerman Chamber Orchestra"
423808, Russia, Republic of Tatarstan, Naberezhnye Chelny, Gabdulla Tukaya Embankment Street, 31
Tel./fax +7 (8552) 70-16-48, unified email: lerman@bk.ru
Website: https://igorlerman.com/index.php/en/
VK: https://vk.com/lerman.orchestra
Artistic Director-Director – Igor Mikhailovich Lerman
Chief Accountant – Gulnar Nagimullovna Zagidullina
Tel./fax +7 (8552) 71-39-43
