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Mariinsky Orchestra

The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or just the Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly known as the Kirov Orchestra) is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great, it was known before the revolution as the Russian Imperial Opera Orchestra. The orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in Russia. In 1935 Joseph Stalin changed its name (and that of the Ballet) to the Kirov, after Sergei Kirov, the first secretary of the Communist Party in Leningrad, whose 1934 murder by his regime Stalin was attempting to whitewash.[1] After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the name was changed back to the Mariinsky in 1992. The current artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre is the conductor Valery Gergiev and the principal guest conductor is Nikolaj Znaider. Under Gergiev, the Mariinsky Orchestra has become one of the leading symphony orchestras in Russia.


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Born:
In St. Petersburg, Russia
Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie Dimitri Shostakovitch - Concerto for violin and Orchestra No.2, Symphony No.7 'Leningrad'
Latest Project:
Movie Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila 2016-05-25
Known For
Poster of The Golden Cockerel
Poster of Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 - Gergiev
Poster of The Nutcracker
Poster of Dimitri Shostakovitch - Concerto for violin and Orchestra No.2, Symphony No.7 'Leningrad'
Filmography
Movie Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1 - Daniil Trifonov, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Theater Orchestra 2025
Movie Dimitri Shostakovitch - Concerto for violin and Orchestra No.2, Symphony No.7 'Leningrad' 2025
Movie Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila 2016-05-25
Movie The Golden Cockerel 2014-12-25
Movie Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (Valery Gergiev) 2012-12-03
Movie Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 - Gergiev 2011-10-03
Movie Attila 2010-10-30
Movie Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird / The Rite of Spring 2009-01-01
Movie Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake 2007-12-13
Movie Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades 2002-05-05
Movie Ruslan and Lyudmila 1996-01-01
Movie Sadko 1994-01-01
Movie The Nutcracker 1994-03-31
Movie Boris Godunov Self - Orchestra 1990-01-01