Yekaterinburg Philharmonic Choir

Artistic Director – Andrei Petrenko, Honored Artist of Russia

Founded in 2008. Performs about 50 concerts annually, in Russia and abroad.

Consists of 60 professional singers.

The Choir’s repertoire includes Magnificats by J.S.Bach and C.P.E. Bach, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Britten’s Spring Symphony, requiems by Mozart, Verdi, Fauré, Berlioz, Schnittke and Sylvestrov, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Missa Sancti Spiritus and Passion Week by Grechaninov, Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 13 and The Execution of Stepan Razin, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Shchedrin’s Byurokratiada, Victorova’s Exodus, cantatas by Taneyev and Prokofiev, works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Sviridov, and Gavrilin, Russian romance and ethnic songs.

Led by Andrei Petrenko, the Choir performed across Russia, as well as in France, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Denmark, Japan and China. It participated in the Symphonic Forum of Russia and international festivals, including Beethovenfest, La Roque d’Antheron, La Folle Journee, Via Aeterna, Moscow Easter Festival, Le Rivage des Voix, Preobrazhenie, Eurasia International Music Festival, Bach-Fest and Be@thoven Festival Yekaterinburg. Along with the regular domestic broadcasts, the Choir’s international performances were broadcast by ARTE, WDR and DW.

The Choir enjoyed collaboration with conductors – Dmitry Kitayenko, Krzysztof Penderecki, Valery Gergiev, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Dmitry Liss, Alexander Vedernikov, Evgeny Brazhnik, Andrey Boreyko, Enkhe; and orchestras – Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Harbin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, and Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra.

Along with its residence, Sverdlovsk Philharmonic, the Choir performed at Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and the Cathedral of Christ-the-Savior in Moscow, the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre and Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Elbphilharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus, Philharmonie Luxembourg, the Pleyel Hall in Paris, the Beethovenhalle Bonn, La Cité des Congrès de Nantes, Harbin Philharmonic, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo Metropolian Theatre and other great venues across Eurasia.