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09 December 2024 Moscow (Russia)
Musical theater on the screen
Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra conducted by Sergey Kapkov - Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Program Info: The band traces its history to the times of the "great silent", when in September 1924 the Moscow ARS Cinema on Tverskaya Street replaced their accompanying pianist by an orchestra. As musical accompaniment of films was a success with audiences, the orchestra, led by composer and conductor David Block, soon went on to play in other cinemas as well. Since then, the orchestra has never lost its connection with the film industry. In 1938, the orchestra, which had had no staff musicians until then, got assigned to the/Soyuzdetfilm/ studio of children’s films. In 1943, the /Soyuzdetfilm/ orchestra and choir became an autonomous structure of the national scale.
The orchestra has contributed to the creation of the best of pre-war and wartime films by outstanding directors such as Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Grigory Alexandrov, Grigory Kozintsev, and Ivan Pyrev. During the war, it was evacuated to Central Asia, continuing to be involved in virtually very Soviet film and frontline chronicle. The year 1944 was marked by two historic events: the orchestra recorded Sergei Prokofiev's music for Sergei Eisenstein's film /Ivan the Terrible/ and gave a concert marking its 20th anniversary at the Column Hall of the House of Unions, which opened with the newly recorded music by Dmitry Shostakovich for Leo Arnstam's film /Zoya.
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