Galina Gorchakova
Biography Galina Gorchakova
Galina Gorchakova
is an outstanding interpreter of Italian and Russian repertoire. Major engagements in the West have included EUGENE ONEGIN at the Tanglewood Festival with Seiji Ozawa, at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, at the Cologne Opera with James Conlon, at the Bastille Opera, the Teatro Comunale, Florence, the Vienna State Opera and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the title role in IOLANTA at the Royal Albert Hall; Prokofiev FIERY ANGEL at La Scala with Riccardo Chailly; Puccini MADAMA BUTTERFLY in Houston, Los Angeles, Vienna, the Metropolitan Opera, New York, at La Scala, Milan with Riccardo Chailly and in Tokyo with the Saito Kinen Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa; AIDA in St. Petersburg, at the Macau Festival, in Bilbao and at the Concertgebouw; TOSCA at Covent Garden, at the Teatro alla Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and at the Bastille Opera (with Placido Domingo); CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA at the Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires; MANON LESCAUT at the Rotterdam Festival, with Valery Gergiev; RUSLAN AND LUDMILA, THE LEGEND OF THE INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH, THE ENCHANTRESS and SADKO with the Kirov Opera at the Edinburgh Festival; and LA FORZA DEL DESTINO with the Kirov Opera in Russia, Paris, Germany and also with the Bavarian State Opera, Munich.
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
The 'dynamic Moscow Chamber Orchestra' (New York Times) is one of the world's great ensembles. First called 'the greatest chamber orchestra in the world' by Dmitri Shostakovich, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2006. The Orchestra's present Music Director, brilliant American pianist/conductor Constantine Orbelian, has brought the MCO into a new era of international activity and acclaim since his appointment in 1991. For his remarkable achievements with the MCO, Orbelian was awarded the title 'Honored Artist of Russia' by President Putin in 2004. Under Orbelian's leadership the Orchestra was accorded the honor of 'Academic' in its official Russian title (The State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia). Maestro Orbelian and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra play over 120 concerts a year to sold-out houses worldwide, and are engaged in a highly-praised recording series on the Delos label.
The New York Times wrote: 'What we heard was the peak of perfection...our expectations were so far exceeded that one was left open-mouthed in admiration.'
Constantine Orbelian, Conductor
The brilliant pianist and conductor Constantine Orbelian is the first American ever to become music director of an ensemble in Russia. His appointment in 1991 as Music Director of the celebrated Moscow Chamber Orchestra was a breakthrough event, and came in the midst of Orbelian's successful career as a concert pianist. In September, 2000, Orbelian was named Permanent Guest Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic, putting him in a unique leadership position with not only Moscow's outstanding chamber orchestra but also its most illustrious symphony orchestra. In January, 2004 President Putin awarded Orbelian the coveted title 'Honored Artist of Russia,' a title never before bestowed on a non-Russian citizen.
