Orchestras

The history of the group begins in the early 50s of the twentieth century, when the Orchestra gathered for certain concert occasions. One of the first conductors of the group was Zinovy Tanklevsky. Since 1965, the Wind Orchestra became a compulsory course unit at the Conservatory, the main task of which was to participate in the final exams of students in the conducting class and was led by Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus Boris Chudakov. The artistic directors and conductors of the Orchestra were: Professor Arkady Berin, Honored Artist of Belarus Viktor Babarikin, People’s Artist of Belarus Mikhail Bersan, Yuri Galyas, Alexey Frolov.

Since 2017, the Orchestra has been led by Maksim Rassokha.

Laureate of festivals and competitions:

• Grand Prix of the International Brass Band Competition (Luxembourg 1998);
• Winner of the 2nd prize at the IV All-Russian Open Festival-Competition of Brass Bands “Vivat, student!” (Russian Federation, Moscow 2018);
• Diploma of participant of the IV International Easter Festival (Republic of Belarus, Minsk 2021);
• Grand Prix of the International Festival-Competition “Nordic Fest” (Finland, Helsinki 2021).

Participant:

• XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX International Scientific Readings in Memory of L.S.Mukharinskaya (Republic of Belarus, Minsk 2018, 2019, 2020);
• International Research and Practice Conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of People’s Artist of the USSR, Professor V.Rovdo “Choral Art in the World Musical Space” (2021);
• concert tour around the cities of Belarus within the framework of the creative project “Musical Heritage of the Motherland” for the 90th anniversary of the birth of People’s Artist of the USSR and BSSR, Professor E.Glebov and the Year of the Small Motherland, implemented under the Grant of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for Support of the Talented Youth (2019);
• musical project “Images of War and Peace in the Works by Belarusian Composers” implemented under the Grant of the President of the Republic of Belarus (2020);
• invited guest of the Children’s Television Competition “Talent of the Country” (Minsk 2018, 2019).

The Orchestra has toured Europe several times. 2 CDs were released for the 100th anniversary of D.Shostakovich and the 75th anniversary of the Academy of Music, and a large concert program was recorded on TV.

The Orchestra actively conducts concert activities both at the Academy of Music and outside it, and participates in particularly significant public events in the city and country.

A large role in the choice of repertoire is given to works written for a brass band, especially works by national composers. The Orchestra performed a number of world premieres of works by Belarusian authors: Symphonietta for brass band and Suite for large brass band “Comedy in Episodes and Persons” by Honored Artist of Belarus V.Voitik, Suite for brass band “The Larks” by S.Yankovich. The Orchestra was the first in Belarus to perform the Symphony for brass band by P.Hindemith and the Russian Suite for the concert brass band by Honored Artist of the Russian Federation G.Chernov.