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Turetsky Choir Art Group

The Turetsky Choir (Russian: Хор Турецкого) (art group) is a Russian men's a cappella ensemble and musical collective under the direction of Mikhail Turetsky. Their voices range from tenore contraltino to basso profundo.

The Turetsky Men's Chorus
From left to right: Oleg Blyahorchuk, Evgeny Tulinov, Vyacheslav Fresh, Konstantin Kabo, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Mikhail Turetsky, Alex Alexandrov, Boris Goryachev, Evgeny Kulmis and Igor Zverev, performing at the Green Theater (Moscow), 2011.
Background information
OriginMoscow, Russia
GenresVocal, Crossover, A cappella
Years active1989 (1989) - present
LabelsNikitin
MembersMikhail Turetsky
Evgeny Tulinov
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Alex Alexandrov
Evgeny Kulmis
Oleg Blyahorchuk
Igor Zverev
Konstantin Kabo
Vyacheslav Fresh
Pavel Berkut
Avi Grigoryan
Edward Khacharyan
Alibek Almadiyev
Past membersArthur Keish, Valentin Suhodolets, Boris Goryachev
Websitehttp://www.arthor.ru/

Background edit

The Turetsky Men's Choir was established at the Moscow Choral Synagogue. The chorus made its debut in 1990 with Jewish liturgical and folk music in the philharmonic halls of Tallinn and Kaliningrad. It has served as a vehicle throughout Russia for renewed interest in the Jewish heritage.

In his blog "Teruah Jewish Music" Jack Zaientz wrote, "I don't know if any of the choir members, including Turetsky, are Jewish or what being Jewish might mean to them... And I'm not sure how much it matters. Seeing a bunch of seriously good male vocalists singing Jewish music to a huge crowd of Russians, in the face of the centuries of discrimination that Russian Jews have faced, does my heart proud."[1]

"Very few people were interested in that kind of music at the time, and no one at all in the post-Soviet countries… … … So when I got an opportunity, I did some research in libraries in New York and Jerusalem and discovered this profound, diverse, and very stylish kind of music that was accessible at a basic human level… … … We understood that we had to have a broader scope and began to include secular material in our programs… … … Today, our repertoire contains music from the last four centuries – from Handel to Soviet pop hits, chanson, and the best examples of contemporary pop culture…"

Mikhail Turetsky, leader[2]

History edit

  • 1989 — Chorus formed by Mikhail Turetsky at the Moscow Choral Synagogue.
  • 1990 — With financial support from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the choir made its official debut at the Moscow Choral Synagogue. The Choir gave its first concerts in Kaliningrad, Tallinn, Chisinau, Kiev, Leningrad, Moscow and other cities.
  • 1991–1992 — Performances in the United States. The Choir sang in Washington, D.C. for Congress at the Chanukah celebration, the Park East Synagogue in New York, and at Carnegie and Merkin Halls. They were invited to sing in Spain at the "Por Me Espiritu" international festival, commemorating the 500th year since the Spanish expulsion of the Jews.
  • 1993–1994 — Tours in England, Israel, United States, Poland. In 1993, the American Cantor Association awarded Mikhail Turetsky the Golden Crown of the Cantors of the World Award.
  • 1995–1996 — The Choir split into two segments. One part stayed in Moscow; the other went to Miami, Florida to work at Temple Emmanu-El Synagogue. The Choir performed together alongside Julio Iglesias. The repertoire of the Choir grew to include folk songs, opera arias, Broadway classics, jazz pieces. When the group returned to Moscow, were named the city's official Jewish choir by Mayor Yuri Lujkov.
  • 1997 — The group took part in over 100 concerts in Iosif Kobzon's Russian farewell tour and was recognized as a State Choir.
  • 1998–1999 — The Choir toured the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Australia, and the United States. During the choir's stay in the US, February 6 was proclaimed the Moscow Jewish Choir Day.
  • 2000–2001 — Joint tour with Iosif Kobzon. Performances in Israel, the US, Australia, Germany, and the CIS. The choir performed on the stage of the Moscow State Variety Theatre.
  • 2002 — Mikhail Turetsky received the title "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" for his achievements in the arts.[3]
  • 2002–2003 — Touring the United States and Europe.
  • January 2004 — The first performance under the name Turetsky Choir Art Group. The program, "The Ten Voices that Overwhelmed the World," brought Mikhail an award in the category "Cultural Event of the Year" of the national "Man of the Year Award."
  • December 2004 — The choir presented the program "When Men Are Singing" in the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of Emma Shapplin and Gloria Gaynor.
  • January 2005 — Performances in concert halls of the United States in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Boston, Chicago.
  • 2005–2006 — The anniversary tour "Born to Sing" visited more than 100 cities in Russia and the CIS.
  • 2006–2007 — The choir toured 70 cities in Russia and the CIS with the program "Music of All Times and Peoples."
  • 2007 — The choir received the Russian Music Award "Record 2007" for the best classical album of the year (the collector's edition of Great Music). It was also recognized for the children's charity concert "Be Kind-Hearted Today!". The concert for a group of children in the State Kremlin Palace occurred March 27 with support of the Moscow's Government and the Committee of Culture of the Moscow. More than 5,000 children (gifted and talented children, children from a socially disadvantaged background and those from families having many children, children with disabilities) attended. The choir received a National "Emotion" Award in the category "Respect".[4]
  • 2007–2008 — "Hallelujah to Love" Tour around Russia and the CIS. The choir performed four times at the Kremlin and had another concert at State Concert Hall "Rossiya" (ru: ГЦКЗ "Россия"), in Luzhniki.
  • 2008–2009 — Touring Russia, the CIS, and the US with the new program "And the Show Goes On..."
  • 2010–2011 — anniversary tour "20 years: 10 voices"
  • 2011 — Tour "The Beginning" starts.

Soloists edit

Soloist Started to sing in the choir
Mikhail Turetsky — tenor voice. National Artist of the Russian Federation, founder and the leader.

Born in Moscow in 1962. He received a degree in Choir Conducting from the Gnesin Academy of Music. Following an internship as a symphonic conductor, he conducted at the Children's Chapel, the Political Song Ensemble and the choir of the Yuri Sherling Theater.

1989
Alex Alexandrov — dramatic baritone.

Born in Moscow in 1972. He graduated from the Choral Singing College named after Sveshnikov and The Gnesin Academy of Music. Alex is also an assistant choreographer. Many of the dance pieces in the choir's concerts were staged with his help. He is at home in the style of pop stars like Toto Cutugno and Boris Moiseev.

1990
Evgeny Kulmisbasso profundo, director of the choir in the past, poet.

Born near the city of Chelyabinsk in the Southern Urals in 1966. He began as a pianist. He graduated from the Gnesin Russian Music Academy and then became a postgraduate specializing in musicology. Evgeny Kulmis is the author of poems and translations of selected musical compositions executed by the choir. For example, he wrote the text accompanying the original compositions in "Twilight" by the Electric Light Orchestra.

1991
Evgeny Tulinov — dramatic tenor, Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation, assistant art director and a professional choir conductor.

Born in Moscow in 1964. He graduated from the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory and from The Gnesin Academy of Music. In his first student years, Tulinov sang liturgy in the Church of Saint John the Warrior, conducted the choir at the Recreation Centre and sang in the Male Chamber Choir conducted by V. M. Rybin.

1991
Mikhail Kuznetsovtenor altino, Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation.

Born in Moscow in 1962, Kuznetsov graduated from The Gnesin Academy of Music. He then sang in the Moscow Chamber Choir conducted by Vladimir Minin and in the Male Choir of the publishing department of the magazine Moscow Patriarchy.

1992
Oleg Blyahorchuk, lyric tenor, instrumentalist (piano, guitar, accordion, melodica).

Born in 1966 in Minsk, Belarus. He studied at the Minsk Musical College. After college, he entered the Minsk State Conservatoire with a specialty in choral conducting. He worked in the choir of the Belarus Radio and TV Company, where the main conductor was V.V. Rovdo, a student of People's Artist of the USSR A.V. Sveshnikov. Blyahorchuk then became a soloist of the concert orchestra of the Republic of Belarus under the leadership of Mikhail Finberg.

1996
Igor Zverevbass

Born in 1968, in Moscow region. He graduated from The Department of Choral Conducting of the Moscow Academy of Arts and Culture. He worked as a professional singer in the Academic Song and Dance Company of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation and then in the Polyansky's State Academic Symphonic Capella.

2003
Boris Goryachev — lyric baritone

Born in Moscow in 1971. Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. Boris Goryachev worked in the Men's Chamber Choir "Akathist" under the management AV Malyutin. The group performed Russian spiritual music, which was then new and popular. In 1995 Goryachev joined the choir "Peresvet" as well as performing in his own quartet spiritual and Russian folk music. Started singing with the Turetsky Choir in 2003. Died 15 July 2021.[5]

2003
Konstantin Kabo — baritone tenor

Born in Moscow in 1974. Graduated from Sveshnikov Musical College and The Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS). He sang in musicals including "Nord-Ost", "12 Chairs", "Romeo and Juliet", "Mama Mia". He also wrote the music for the program "The Circus on Ice".

2007
Vyacheslav Freshcounter-tenor.

Born in Moscow in 1982. He graduated from the Department of Music and Fine Arts of J. Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.

2009

Discography edit

High Holidays (Jewish religious songs)
  1. Ma Tovu
  2. Hashkivenu
  3. Torah Service
  4. Ki Lekach Tov
  5. B’rosh Ha Sho No
  6. Hayom Haras Olom
  7. Shehecheyonu
  8. V’al Yde Avodecho
  9. Hajjom T’ammezenu
  10. Kol Nidrei
  11. L’chu N’ranenoh
  12. Eil' Melech Yosheiv
  13. Himmoze Lonu
  14. Kionu Ammecho
  15. Classidic Kaddish
Bravissimo
  1. Shiru Shalom
  2. Ismechu
  3. Ich Hob Dir
  4. Russian Mood
  5. Memory («Cats»)
  6. A Byssele Mazl
  7. Подмосковные Вечера
  8. Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
  9. To Life (Fiddler on the Roof)
  10. Be My Love
  11. Let my people go
  12. Hava Nagila
Jewish Songs
  1. Ma Tovu
  2. Hashkivenu
  3. Torah Service
  4. Ki Lekach Tov
  5. B’rosh Ha Sho No
  6. Hayom Haras Olom
  7. Shehecheyonu
  8. V’al Yde Avodecho
  9. Hajjom T’ammezenu
  10. Kol Nidrei
  11. L’chu N’ranenoh
  12. Eil' Melech Yosheiv
  13. Himmoze Lonu
  14. Kionu Ammecho
  15. Classidic Kaddish
Star Duets (ru:Звёздные дуэты)
  1. The Show Must Go On (with Kirkorov)
  2. Memory from Cats (with Laima Vaikule)
  3. Venus (with Lolita)
  4. Feelings (with Gazmanov)
  5. Играл скрипач (with Mikhail Shufutinsky)
  6. L`chaim (with Boris Moiseev)
  7. Дорогие москвичи (with Laima Vaikule)
  8. Ой, мороз, мороз (with Nadezhda Kadysheva)
  9. Captain (ru:Капитан) (Live) (with Kobzon)
  10. Letka-enka (with Anastasia Stotskaya)
  11. O sole mio (live, with Nikolai Baskov)
Une vie d’amour (ru:Такая великая любовь)
  1. Une vie d’amour
  2. Composition "Money"
  3. Medley "USSR" (a cappella)
  4. Un amore cosi grande
  5. Прощальная песня
  6. Увезу тебя я в тундру
  7. Medley "Паровоз" (a cappella)
  8. Sports Medley
  9. Мы, друзья, перелетные птицы
  10. Yerushala’im Shel Zahav
  11. Песня старого извозчика (a cappella)
  12. Мишка-одессит
  13. Nessun Dorma
  14. Notre Dame de Paris
  15. Bonus (попурри из фрагментов песен на стихи Ю.Энтина (a cappella)
When the Men Sing (ru:Когда поют мужчины) (Concert in Haifa, DVD, 2004)

(see the next DVD) – concert without Gloria Gaynor and Emma Shapplin.

When the Men Sing (Concert in Moscow, DVD, 2004)
  1. Va pensiero from Nabucco
  2. Opera Medley
  3. Memory
  4. Un amore cosi grande
  5. Une vie d’amour
  6. Money by ABBA
  7. Vedi, Maria/Emma Chapplin-Carmin Meo
  8. Zug
  9. Песня старого извозчика
  10. Мы, друзья, перелётные птицы
  11. Meley «Паровоз»
  12. Мишка-одессит
  13. Medley USSR
  14. Hava Nagila
  15. Ki mi Tzion, Shma Isroel
  16. Yerushalaim Shel Zahav
  17. Sim Shalom
  18. Let my people go
  19. Can't take my eyes
  20. Hit the road Jack
  21. I will survive – Gloria Gaynor
  22. Notre Dame de Paris
  23. Medley San Remo
  24. Caruso
  25. Russian Medley (Русское попурри)
  26. Letka-enka (Летка-енка)
  27. Мурка
  28. O sole mio
  29. Diva
  30. Финал. Прощальная песня
Born to Sing (ru:Рожденные петь)

1st Part

  1. Aria of Loris from «Fedra»
  2. The second aria of Calaf from «Turandot»
  3. В горнице моей светло
  4. Opera Medley
  5. Ariozo of Phantom from «The Phantom of the Opera»
  6. Увезу тебя я в тундру
  7. Liric scenes from Pushkin
  8. Liric scenes from Pushkin
  9. Liric scenes from Pushkin
  10. Полёт шмеля
  11. Medley «Паровоз»
  12. Голуби летят над нашей зоной
  13. Мишка-одессит
  14. Can't Buy Me Love
  15. Back in the U.S.S.R.

2nd Part

  1. Va pensiero from Nabucco
  2. Ma tovu (Jewish liturgical song)
  3. Requiem movement 7 of Mozart
  4. Отче наш
  5. Choir of Apostles from Jesus Christ Superstar
  6. Sim shalom
  7. Окрасился месяц багрянцем
  8. Папиросы
  9. Two Guitars (ru:Две гитары)
  10. Шар голубой
  11. Beigelach (ru:Бублики)
  12. Куплеты Бони из оперетты «Королева чардаша»
  13. Мурка
  14. Песня о дружбе
  15. Прощальная песня из к/ф «Обыкновенное чудо»
Great Music (2 CD + DVD) (ru:Великая музыка)

Great Music DVD

  1. Loris's Aria (U.Giordano Fedora)
  2. Nessun Dorma. Calaf's Aria (G. Puccini Turandot)
  3. V gornitse moey svetlo (I.Yechikov / N.Rubtsov)
  4. Opera potpourri (R.Wagner Lohengrin, G.Verdi Il trovatore, W.A. Mozart The Magic Flute, C. Gounod Faust, G. Bizet Carmen)
  5. The Music Of The Night (A. Lloyd Webber / C. Hart / Stilgoe R.H.Z.)
  6. Une vie d'amour (D.Garvarents / C. Aznavour)
  7. Uvezu tebya ya v tundru (М. Fradkin / М. Plyazkovsky)
  8. Pushkin's lyric scenes (P.I. Tchaikovsky)
  9. The Flight of the Bumblebee (N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov)
  10. Parovoz (potpourri)
  11. Golubi letyat nad nashey zonoy (V. Dubovskoy)
  12. Mishka Odessit (М.Tanachnikov / V. Dykhovichny)
  13. Can't Buy Me Love (J. Lennon / P. McCartney)
  14. USSR (potpourri)
  15. Va pensiero (G. Verdi Nabucco)
  16. Ma tovu (Jewish folk song)
  17. Lacrymosa (W.А. Mozart)
  18. Otche nash / Pater noster (N.N. Kedrov, Russian orthodox prayer)
  19. Jesus Christ Superstar (A. Lloyd Webber / T. Rice)
  20. Sim Shalom (Jewish prayer) / Lodochka (Т.Khrennikov / М.Matusovsky)
  21. Go Down Moses (arr. S. Oliver)
  22. Okrasilsya mesyaz bagryantsem (Russian Folk Song)
  23. Papirosy (Jewish folk song)
  24. Dve guitary (I. Vasiliev / А. Grigoriev)
  25. Shar Goluboy (D. Shostakovich)
  26. Bubliki (S.Bogomazov / Y.Yadov)
  27. Boni's Song. The Czardas Princess (I. Kalman)
  28. Letka-Enka (R. Lehtinen / M. Plyatskovsky)
  29. Murka (Odessa folk song)
  30. Money, money, money (potpourri)
  31. Odnozvuchno gremit kolokoltchik (К. Sidorovich / I. Makarov)
  32. Pesnya o druzhbe (V. Bulikov)
  33. Presentation of Turetsky Choir
  34. Davaite negromko (G. Gladkov / Y. Kim)
Moscow – Jerusalem (ru:Москва-Иерусалим) (2 CD + DVD)

Moscow – Jerusalem CD 1

  1. Hu Elokeynu (Jewish folk song)
  2. B’rosh ha Shono (I. Malovani)
  3. Hodo al Eretz (V. Dubovskoy)
  4. Hajjom T'ammezeynu (L. Levandovsky)
  5. Shehecheyonu (M. Machtenberg / Vladovsky)
  6. Al Naharos Bovel (Z. Zilberts)
  7. Kadsheynu B’mitsvosecho (S. Zim)
  8. Areshes S'foseynu (M. Kusevitsky)
  9. Ma Tovu (L.Levandovsky / Z. Zilberts)
  10. Ahavas Olam (L. Levandovsky)
  11. Ki mi Tziyon (L. Levandovsky)
  12. Torah Service (Jewish prayer)
  13. Kol Nidrey (R. Himelstein)
  14. Kionu Ammecho (I. Malovani)
  15. Shma Isroel (L. Levandovsky)
  16. Hayom Haras Olom (Leo)
  17. Ki Lekach Tov (D. Roitman / I. Rumshinsky)
  18. Hasidic Kaddish (Jewish prayer)
  19. Havdola (Z. Zilberts)
  20. Hine Ma Tov (A. Kalib)
  21. Ismechu (Z. Zilberts)
  22. Sabbath Prayer (J. Bock, Fiddler on the Roof)

Moscow – Jerusalem CD 2

  1. Hava Nagila (Jewish folk song)
  2. Bubliki (S. Bogomazov / Y. Yadov)
  3. A bissele mazl (Berry Sisters)
  4. Shiru Shalom (Y. Rosenblum / Y. Rotblit)
  5. Sholom, Sholom (Jewish prayer)
  6. Abi Gesund (Jewish folk song, remix)
  7. 7/40 (Jewish folk song)
  8. A Glesele L' chaim (Jewish folk song, remix)
  9. Shar goluboy (D.Shostakovich)
  10. Ba mir bistu sheyn (Jewish folk song)
  11. Erev shel Shoshanim (M. Dor / Y. Hadar)
  12. Hallelujah (Oshrat-Ventoora Kobi / Or Shimrit)
  13. L'chaim chaveyrim (Jewish folk song)
  14. L'chaim (Jewish folk song)
  15. Mamele (Jewish folk song)
  16. Od Yishama (Carlebach Shlomo)
  17. Yerushalaim (Jewish folk song / A.Hameyiri)
  18. Zug (Berry Sisters)
  19. Ich Hob Dir (Jewish folk song)
  20. Israel, Israel (R. Siegel / S. Meinunger)
  21. Tum Balalayka (Jewish folk song) – featuring I. Kobzon

Moscow – Jerusalem DVD

  1. Ma Tovu (L. Levandovsky / Z. Zilberts)
  2. Ki Lekach Tov (D. Roitman / I. Rumshinsky)
  3. Ismechu (Z. Zilberts)
  4. Areshes S'foseynu (M. Kusevitsky)
  5. Hine Ma Tov (A. Kalib)
  6. Sim Shalom (Abe Nadel)
  7. A Glesele l'chaim (Jewish folk song, remix)
  8. Velirushalaim Ircho (L. Levandovsky / M. Kusevitsky)
Music of all times (ru:Музыка всех времен) (CD + 2 DVD)

CD: Music of all time

  1. Ах, Этот Вечер
  2. Ave Maria
  3. Almirena's Aria (G.F. Handel Rinaldo)
  4. Flight Of The Bumblebee (Tale Of The Tsar Saltan)
  5. Song Of The Old Cab
  6. Black Eyebrows
  7. There Is Only A Moment
  8. Looking At The Lake Blue
  9. Fantasy on the Theme of "Poljushko-Pole"
  10. Letkajenkka (Letkis)
  11. Verdimania: Rigoletto, Aida, La Traviata, La Forza del Destino (opera potpourri, G. Verdi)
  12. Tango Ostap (A. Zatsepin / N. Derbenev)
  13. How Young We Were
  14. Тайна / Twilight (ELO)
  15. The Show Must Go On (B. May)
  16. Hello, Dolly
  17. We Are The Champions (F. Mercury)
  18. Farewell Song (G. Gladkov / Y. Kim)
  19. Bamir Bistu Sheyn (bonus track)

DVD 1: Music of all times (The Kremlin – 2006, Live)

  1. Oh, This Evening
  2. Ave Maria
  3. Almirenas Aria (G.F. Handel Rinaldo)
  4. Lacrymosa
  5. Our Father
  6. Yerushala'im Shel Zahav
  7. The Choir Of The Apostles (from Jesus Christ Superstar)
  8. Hallelujah From Messiah
  9. God Forbid
  10. The Opera Medley
  11. Flight Of The Bumblebee (from Tale Of The Tsar Saltan)
  12. Song Of The Old Cab
  13. Mishka-Odessit
  14. Black Eyebrows
  15. There Is Only A Moment
  16. Aria Herman (from Queen Of Spades)
  17. Looking At The Lake Blue
  18. Oy, Moroz-Moroz
  19. Coloured Hues Of The Month
  20. Walking Horses
  21. Fantasy on the Theme of "Poljushko-Pole"
  22. Lizaveta
  23. Letkajenkka (Letkis)
  24. Historia De Un Amor
  25. Honestly
  26. Sole Mio
  27. Song About Friendship

DVD 2: Hallelujah to Love (ru:Аллилуйя любви) / Kremlin Live DVD – 2008

  1. Alliluya lyubvi (D. Novikov / S. Olenberg)
  2. O Fortuna! (C. Orff Carmina Burana)
  3. Verdimania: Rigoletto, Aida, La Traviata, La Forza del Destino (opera potpourri, G. Verdi)
  4. Ukrainian Motives (arias from N. Lysenko Natalka-Poltavka, S. Gulak-Artemovky Zaporozhets za Dunaem, V. Ivasyuk Tchervona Ruta)
  5. Tango Ostap (A. Zatsepin / N. Derbenev)
  6. Kak molody my byli (A. Pakhmutova / N. Dobronravov)
  7. Charlie (R. Pauls / I. Reznik)
  8. Тайна / Twilight (ELO)
  9. The Show Must Go On (B. May)
  10. Scorpions' Fantasy
  11. Et si tu n'existais pas (P. Delano, C. Lemesle / T. Cutugno, P. Losito)
  12. Aspekty lyubvi (potpourri: I. Dunaevsky / V. Lebedev-Kumach “Kak mnogo devushek horoshikh”, T. Mauss / E. Renalls “Sex Bomb”, A. Bard / J.P. Barda / M. Dornonville / D. Peczynski / A. Wollbeck “Sexual Revolution”)
  13. Winter Medley "Tundra"
  14. Hello, Dolly (J. Herman)
  15. Storie di tutti i giorni (M. Fabrizio / G. Morra)
  16. Vivo Per Lei
  17. Ba Mir Bistu Sheyn
  18. Hava Nagila (Jewish folk song)
  19. Boni's Song. The Czardas Princess (I. Kalman)
  20. Blue Fog
  21. We Are The Champions (F. Mercury)
  22. Farewell Song (G. Gladkov / Y. Kim)

References edit

  1. ^ Zaientz, Jack (March 30, 2011). "The Turetsky Men's Choir – the Russian Jewish answer to Riverdance". Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  2. ^ [1] [dead link]
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  4. ^ [2] [dead link]
  5. ^ "Умер солист "Хора Турецкого" Борис Горячев". smotrim.ru.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Passport Magazine about Mikhail Turetsky
  • Turetsky Choir Art Group discography at Discogs

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from tenore contraltino to basso profundo The Turetsky Men s ChorusFrom left to right Oleg Blyahorchuk Evgeny Tulinov Vyacheslav Fresh Konstantin Kabo Mikhail Kuznetsov Mikhail Turetsky Alex Alexandrov Boris Goryachev Evgeny Kulmis and Igor Zverev performing at the Green Theater Moscow 2011 Background informationOriginMoscow RussiaGenresVocal Crossover A cappellaYears active1989 1989 presentLabelsNikitinMembersMikhail TuretskyEvgeny TulinovMikhail KuznetsovAlex AlexandrovEvgeny KulmisOleg BlyahorchukIgor ZverevKonstantin KaboVyacheslav FreshPavel BerkutAvi GrigoryanEdward KhacharyanAlibek AlmadiyevPast membersArthur Keish Valentin Suhodolets Boris GoryachevWebsitehttp www arthor ru Contents 1 Background 1 1 History 2 Soloists 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksBackground editThe Turetsky Men s Choir was established at the Moscow Choral Synagogue The chorus made its debut in 1990 with Jewish liturgical and folk music in the philharmonic halls of Tallinn and Kaliningrad It has served as a vehicle throughout Russia for renewed interest in the Jewish heritage In his blog Teruah Jewish Music Jack Zaientz wrote I don t know if any of the choir members including Turetsky are Jewish or what being Jewish might mean to them And I m not sure how much it matters Seeing a bunch of seriously good male vocalists singing Jewish music to a huge crowd of Russians in the face of the centuries of discrimination that Russian Jews have faced does my heart proud 1 Very few people were interested in that kind of music at the time and no one at all in the post Soviet countries So when I got an opportunity I did some research in libraries in New York and Jerusalem and discovered this profound diverse and very stylish kind of music that was accessible at a basic human level We understood that we had to have a broader scope and began to include secular material in our programs Today our repertoire contains music from the last four centuries from Handel to Soviet pop hits chanson and the best examples of contemporary pop culture Mikhail Turetsky leader 2 History edit 1989 Chorus formed by Mikhail Turetsky at the Moscow Choral Synagogue 1990 With financial support from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee the choir made its official debut at the Moscow Choral Synagogue The Choir gave its first concerts in Kaliningrad Tallinn Chisinau Kiev Leningrad Moscow and other cities 1991 1992 Performances in the United States The Choir sang in Washington D C for Congress at the Chanukah celebration the Park East Synagogue in New York and at Carnegie and Merkin Halls They were invited to sing in Spain at the Por Me Espiritu international festival commemorating the 500th year since the Spanish expulsion of the Jews 1993 1994 Tours in England Israel United States Poland In 1993 the American Cantor Association awarded Mikhail Turetsky the Golden Crown of the Cantors of the World Award 1995 1996 The Choir split into two segments One part stayed in Moscow the other went to Miami Florida to work at Temple Emmanu El Synagogue The Choir performed together alongside Julio Iglesias The repertoire of the Choir grew to include folk songs opera arias Broadway classics jazz pieces When the group returned to Moscow were named the city s official Jewish choir by Mayor Yuri Lujkov 1997 The group took part in over 100 concerts in Iosif Kobzon s Russian farewell tour and was recognized as a State Choir 1998 1999 The Choir toured the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS Spain the Netherlands Germany Belgium Switzerland Australia and the United States During the choir s stay in the US February 6 was proclaimed the Moscow Jewish Choir Day 2000 2001 Joint tour with Iosif Kobzon Performances in Israel the US Australia Germany and the CIS The choir performed on the stage of the Moscow State Variety Theatre 2002 Mikhail Turetsky received the title Honored Artist of the Russian Federation for his achievements in the arts 3 2002 2003 Touring the United States and Europe January 2004 The first performance under the name Turetsky Choir Art Group The program The Ten Voices that Overwhelmed the World brought Mikhail an award in the category Cultural Event of the Year of the national Man of the Year Award December 2004 The choir presented the program When Men Are Singing in the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of Emma Shapplin and Gloria Gaynor January 2005 Performances in concert halls of the United States in San Francisco Los Angeles Atlantic City Boston Chicago 2005 2006 The anniversary tour Born to Sing visited more than 100 cities in Russia and the CIS 2006 2007 The choir toured 70 cities in Russia and the CIS with the program Music of All Times and Peoples 2007 The choir received the Russian Music Award Record 2007 for the best classical album of the year the collector s edition of Great Music It was also recognized for the children s charity concert Be Kind Hearted Today The concert for a group of children in the State Kremlin Palace occurred March 27 with support of the Moscow s Government and the Committee of Culture of the Moscow More than 5 000 children gifted and talented children children from a socially disadvantaged background and those from families having many children children with disabilities attended The choir received a National Emotion Award in the category Respect 4 2007 2008 Hallelujah to Love Tour around Russia and the CIS The choir performed four times at the Kremlin and had another concert at State Concert Hall Rossiya ru GCKZ Rossiya in Luzhniki 2008 2009 Touring Russia the CIS and the US with the new program And the Show Goes On 2010 2011 anniversary tour 20 years 10 voices 2011 Tour The Beginning starts Soloists editSoloist Started to sing in the choir Mikhail Turetsky tenor voice National Artist of the Russian Federation founder and the leader Born in Moscow in 1962 He received a degree in Choir Conducting from the Gnesin Academy of Music Following an internship as a symphonic conductor he conducted at the Children s Chapel the Political Song Ensemble and the choir of the Yuri Sherling Theater 1989 Alex Alexandrov dramatic baritone Born in Moscow in 1972 He graduated from the Choral Singing College named after Sveshnikov and The Gnesin Academy of Music Alex is also an assistant choreographer Many of the dance pieces in the choir s concerts were staged with his help He is at home in the style of pop stars like Toto Cutugno and Boris Moiseev 1990 Evgeny Kulmis basso profundo director of the choir in the past poet Born near the city of Chelyabinsk in the Southern Urals in 1966 He began as a pianist He graduated from the Gnesin Russian Music Academy and then became a postgraduate specializing in musicology Evgeny Kulmis is the author of poems and translations of selected musical compositions executed by the choir For example he wrote the text accompanying the original compositions in Twilight by the Electric Light Orchestra 1991 Evgeny Tulinov dramatic tenor Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation assistant art director and a professional choir conductor Born in Moscow in 1964 He graduated from the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory and from The Gnesin Academy of Music In his first student years Tulinov sang liturgy in the Church of Saint John the Warrior conducted the choir at the Recreation Centre and sang in the Male Chamber Choir conducted by V M Rybin 1991 Mikhail Kuznetsov tenor altino Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation Born in Moscow in 1962 Kuznetsov graduated from The Gnesin Academy of Music He then sang in the Moscow Chamber Choir conducted by Vladimir Minin and in the Male Choir of the publishing department of the magazine Moscow Patriarchy 1992 Oleg Blyahorchuk lyric tenor instrumentalist piano guitar accordion melodica Born in 1966 in Minsk Belarus He studied at the Minsk Musical College After college he entered the Minsk State Conservatoire with a specialty in choral conducting He worked in the choir of the Belarus Radio and TV Company where the main conductor was V V Rovdo a student of People s Artist of the USSR A V Sveshnikov Blyahorchuk then became a soloist of the concert orchestra of the Republic of Belarus under the leadership of Mikhail Finberg 1996 Igor Zverev bass Born in 1968 in Moscow region He graduated from The Department of Choral Conducting of the Moscow Academy of Arts and Culture He worked as a professional singer in the Academic Song and Dance Company of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation and then in the Polyansky s State Academic Symphonic Capella 2003 Boris Goryachev lyric baritone Born in Moscow in 1971 Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory Boris Goryachev worked in the Men s Chamber Choir Akathist under the management AV Malyutin The group performed Russian spiritual music which was then new and popular In 1995 Goryachev joined the choir Peresvet as well as performing in his own quartet spiritual and Russian folk music Started singing with the Turetsky Choir in 2003 Died 15 July 2021 5 2003 Konstantin Kabo baritone tenor Born in Moscow in 1974 Graduated from Sveshnikov Musical College and The Russian University of Theatre Arts GITIS He sang in musicals including Nord Ost 12 Chairs Romeo and Juliet Mama Mia He also wrote the music for the program The Circus on Ice 2007 Vyacheslav Fresh counter tenor Born in Moscow in 1982 He graduated from the Department of Music and Fine Arts of J Gutenberg University in Mainz Germany 2009Discography editThis section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is Formatting non use of wikitable s laundry list appearance unreferenced Please help improve this section if you can July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message High Holidays Jewish religious songs Ma Tovu Hashkivenu Torah Service Ki Lekach Tov B rosh Ha Sho No Hayom Haras Olom Shehecheyonu V al Yde Avodecho Hajjom T ammezenu Kol Nidrei L chu N ranenoh Eil Melech Yosheiv Himmoze Lonu Kionu Ammecho Classidic Kaddish Bravissimo Shiru Shalom Ismechu Ich Hob Dir Russian Mood Memory Cats A Byssele Mazl Podmoskovnye Vechera Sunrise Sunset Fiddler on the Roof To Life Fiddler on the Roof Be My Love Let my people go Hava Nagila Jewish Songs Ma Tovu Hashkivenu Torah Service Ki Lekach Tov B rosh Ha Sho No Hayom Haras Olom Shehecheyonu V al Yde Avodecho Hajjom T ammezenu Kol Nidrei L chu N ranenoh Eil Melech Yosheiv Himmoze Lonu Kionu Ammecho Classidic Kaddish Star Duets ru Zvyozdnye duety The Show Must Go On with Kirkorov Memory from Cats with Laima Vaikule Venus with Lolita Feelings with Gazmanov Igral skripach with Mikhail Shufutinsky L chaim with Boris Moiseev Dorogie moskvichi with Laima Vaikule Oj moroz moroz with Nadezhda Kadysheva Captain ru Kapitan Live with Kobzon Letka enka with Anastasia Stotskaya O sole mio live with Nikolai Baskov Une vie d amour ru Takaya velikaya lyubov Une vie d amour Composition Money Medley USSR a cappella Un amore cosi grande Proshalnaya pesnya Uvezu tebya ya v tundru Medley Parovoz a cappella Sports Medley My druzya pereletnye pticy Yerushala im Shel Zahav Pesnya starogo izvozchika a cappella Mishka odessit Nessun Dorma Notre Dame de Paris Bonus popurri iz fragmentov pesen na stihi Yu Entina a cappella When the Men Sing ru Kogda poyut muzhchiny Concert in Haifa DVD 2004 see the next DVD concert without Gloria Gaynor and Emma Shapplin When the Men Sing Concert in Moscow DVD 2004 Va pensiero from Nabucco Opera Medley Memory Un amore cosi grande Une vie d amour Money by ABBA Vedi Maria Emma Chapplin Carmin Meo Zug Pesnya starogo izvozchika My druzya perelyotnye pticy Meley Parovoz Mishka odessit Medley USSR Hava Nagila Ki mi Tzion Shma Isroel Yerushalaim Shel Zahav Sim Shalom Let my people go Can t take my eyes Hit the road Jack I will survive Gloria Gaynor Notre Dame de Paris Medley San Remo Caruso Russian Medley Russkoe popurri Letka enka Letka enka Murka O sole mio Diva Final Proshalnaya pesnya Born to Sing ru Rozhdennye pet 1st Part Aria of Loris from Fedra The second aria of Calaf from Turandot V gornice moej svetlo Opera Medley Ariozo of Phantom from The Phantom of the Opera Uvezu tebya ya v tundru Liric scenes from Pushkin Liric scenes from Pushkin Liric scenes from Pushkin Polyot shmelya Medley Parovoz Golubi letyat nad nashej zonoj Mishka odessit Can t Buy Me Love Back in the U S S R 2nd Part Va pensiero from Nabucco Ma tovu Jewish liturgical song Requiem movement 7 of Mozart Otche nash Choir of Apostles from Jesus Christ Superstar Sim shalom Okrasilsya mesyac bagryancem Papirosy Two Guitars ru Dve gitary Shar goluboj Beigelach ru Bubliki Kuplety Boni iz operetty Koroleva chardasha Murka Pesnya o druzhbe Proshalnaya pesnya iz k f Obyknovennoe chudo Great Music 2 CD DVD ru Velikaya muzyka Great Music DVD Loris s Aria U Giordano Fedora Nessun Dorma Calaf s Aria G Puccini Turandot V gornitse moey svetlo I Yechikov N Rubtsov Opera potpourri R Wagner Lohengrin G Verdi Il trovatore W A Mozart The Magic Flute C Gounod Faust G Bizet Carmen The Music Of The Night A Lloyd Webber C Hart Stilgoe R H Z Une vie d amour D Garvarents C Aznavour Uvezu tebya ya v tundru M Fradkin M Plyazkovsky Pushkin s lyric scenes P I Tchaikovsky The Flight of the Bumblebee N A Rimsky Korsakov Parovoz potpourri Golubi letyat nad nashey zonoy V Dubovskoy Mishka Odessit M Tanachnikov V Dykhovichny Can t Buy Me Love J Lennon P McCartney USSR potpourri Va pensiero G Verdi Nabucco Ma tovu Jewish folk song Lacrymosa W A Mozart Otche nash Pater noster N N Kedrov Russian orthodox prayer Jesus Christ Superstar A Lloyd Webber T Rice Sim Shalom Jewish prayer Lodochka T Khrennikov M Matusovsky Go Down Moses arr S Oliver Okrasilsya mesyaz bagryantsem Russian Folk Song Papirosy Jewish folk song Dve guitary I Vasiliev A Grigoriev Shar Goluboy D Shostakovich Bubliki S Bogomazov Y Yadov Boni s Song The Czardas Princess I Kalman Letka Enka R Lehtinen M Plyatskovsky Murka Odessa folk song Money money money 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Jewish prayer Abi Gesund Jewish folk song remix 7 40 Jewish folk song A Glesele L chaim Jewish folk song remix Shar goluboy D Shostakovich Ba mir bistu sheyn Jewish folk song Erev shel Shoshanim M Dor Y Hadar Hallelujah Oshrat Ventoora Kobi Or Shimrit L chaim chaveyrim Jewish folk song L chaim Jewish folk song Mamele Jewish folk song Od Yishama Carlebach Shlomo Yerushalaim Jewish folk song A Hameyiri Zug Berry Sisters Ich Hob Dir Jewish folk song Israel Israel R Siegel S Meinunger Tum Balalayka Jewish folk song featuring I Kobzon Moscow Jerusalem DVD Ma Tovu L Levandovsky Z Zilberts Ki Lekach Tov D Roitman I Rumshinsky Ismechu Z Zilberts Areshes S foseynu M Kusevitsky Hine Ma Tov A Kalib Sim Shalom Abe Nadel A Glesele l chaim Jewish folk song remix Velirushalaim Ircho L Levandovsky M Kusevitsky Music of all times ru Muzyka vseh vremen CD 2 DVD CD Music of all time Ah Etot Vecher Ave Maria Almirena s Aria G F Handel Rinaldo Flight Of The Bumblebee Tale Of The Tsar Saltan Song Of The Old 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Champions F Mercury Farewell Song G Gladkov Y Kim References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Turetsky Choir Zaientz Jack March 30 2011 The Turetsky Men s Choir the Russian Jewish answer to Riverdance Retrieved 11 July 2013 1 dead link UKAZ Prezidenta RF ot 16 07 2010 N 909 O NAGRAZhDENII GOSUDARSTVENNYMI NAGRADAMI ROSSIJSKOJ FEDERACII Archived from the original on 2010 07 27 Retrieved 2011 01 11 2 dead link Umer solist Hora Tureckogo Boris Goryachev smotrim ru External links editOfficial website Passport Magazine about Mikhail Turetsky RJC SPONSORED PROJECTS MOSCOW JEWISH CHAMBER CHOIR Article about the choir in Ogonyok magazine ru TURECKIJ NA MARShE Turetsky Choir Art Group discography at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Turetsky Choir Art Group amp oldid 1217811979, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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