MEPhI male choir
The MEPhI male choir is one of the most famous amateur choirs in Russia, the only one of its kind. Since the founding day, October 16, 1956 , only students, graduates and employees of the National University for Nuclear Research "MEPhI" (until 2009 the Moscow Institute for Technical Physics).
Artistic Director
Since 1987 the choir has been artistically directed by Nadezhda Maljawina, a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory . She is a student of Klawdij Ptiza and Wladislaw Sokolow, among others.
The repertoire
The choir has a rich repertoire in different genres of choral music ; these are sacred and secular works by Russian and European composers, opera choirs, folk songs, etc.
Despite its amateur status, the choir was recognized in the professional environment. Together with the leading Russian orchestras, the choir sang important works of the vocal symphonic classical music such as:
- the Alto Rhapsody of Brahms ;
- the overture "1812 " by Tchaikovsky (version with male choir of the themes of the Orthodox Troparion of the Holy Cross and the Russian Tsar anthem God preserve the Tsar sings);
- the oratorio “Paradise and the Peri” by Schumann ;
- the oratorio “Les Béatitudes” ( The Beatitudes ) by Frank ;
- Liszt's Faust Symphony ;
- the 9th Symphony of Beethoven and others.
Concert activity
The choir regularly gives concerts in well-known Moscow concert halls and takes part in Russian and international festivals and competitions.
In July 2016, the choir won the title of Champion of the 9th World Choir Games .
The MEPhI men's choir is a frequent guest in Austria. The choir performed several times at the sessions (including the 50th anniversary session in 2006) of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency . The choir is also a permanent participant in the Austrian-Russian choir festival “Vienna - City of Choirs”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The official website of the National University for Nuclear Research "MEPhI": Music and exact sciences: MEPhI Academic male choir is 60 years old! an article on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the MEPhI men's choir. Retrieved October 24, 2017 .
- ↑ MEPhI Male Choir: Russian sacred music - YouTube playlist. Retrieved October 19, 2017 (English).
- ↑ MEPhI Male Choir: Europian sacred music - YouTube playlist. Retrieved October 19, 2017 (English).
- ↑ MEPhI Male Choir: Opera choruses - YouTube playlist. Retrieved October 19, 2017 .
- ↑ MEPhI Male Choir: Russian songs - YouTube playlist. Retrieved October 19, 2017 (English).
- ↑ http://www.interkultur.com/fileadmin/INTERKULTUR/Events/Results/WCG_2016_Sochi.pdf
- ↑ MEPHIchoir: WORLD CHOIR GAMES 2016 - MEPhI Male Choir (C14 Male Choirs, 82.75, GOLD, QII). youtube.com, September 1, 2016, accessed October 19, 2017 .
- ↑ MEPHIchoir: WORLD CHOIR GAMES 2016 - MEPhI Male Choir (C27 Folklore a cappella, 88.63, GOLD, QI). youtube.com, September 1, 2016, accessed October 19, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.iaea.org/About/Policy/GC/GC50/index_day1.html Day 1: IAEA 50th General Conference ... The conference was officially opened with a guest performance from the Men's Choir of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institutes
- ↑ MEPHIchoir: MEPhI Male Choir at IAEA (Jägerchor) - 2012. September 25, 2012, accessed on October 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Austrian-Russian Festival "Vienna - City of Choirs" -. Retrieved October 19, 2017 .