The State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after ME Pyatnitsky was founded in 1911 by Mitrofan Efimovich Pyatnitsky, an outstanding researcher, collector and propagandist of Russian folk art, who first showed the traditional Russian song in the form in which it was performed by the people for centuries. Looking for talented folk singers, he sought to acquaint the wide circles of the city public with their inspired skill, to give the artistic value of the Russian folk song.
The first performance of the choir took place on March 2, 1911 on the small stage of the Noble Assembly of Moscow. This concert was highly appreciated by S. Rachmaninov, F. Shalyapin, I. Bunin. After the enthusiastic publications in the periodicals of those years, the popularity of the choir increased year by year. In 1918, according to the decree of VI Lenin, all participants of the peasant chorus were transported to Moscow. In the 1920's. The collective has already toured in many regions of the country.
After the death in 1927 of ME Pyatnitsky, who left more than 400 collected songs as his creative heritage, PM Kazmin, a folklorist, the People's Artist of the RSFSR, a laureate of State Prizes, leads the choir. In the same year the choir receives the name of ME Pyatnitsky.
In 1929, with the commencement of collectivization against the Chorus, a campaign was launched under the slogan "We do not need a choir with the songs of a kulak village. New village - new songs. " The "crisis" allowed the arrival in 1931 of a talented composer, People's Artist of the USSR VG Zakharov, who headed the collective until 1956. During this period, the choir's repertoire includes author's songs, including glorifying the commenced collectivization, electrification and industrialization. Famous for the whole country were the songs of Vladimir Zakharov "And who knows", "Russian Beauty", "Along the Village". In 1936 the collective was given the status of the State.
In 1938, two new professional groups of the choir were created - dance and orchestral, thanks to which the expressive scenic means of the collective were broadened to a considerable extent. The founder and head of the dance group for 60 years was the People's Artist of the USSR TA Ustinova. The founder of the orchestra group was the People's Artist of the RSFSR V. V. Khvatov.
During the Great Patriotic War the Pyotnitsky Choir performed in the front concert brigades, and the song of Vladimir Zakharov in the words of Mikhail Isakovsky "Oh, my fogs" became the anthem of the partisan movement. The choir was one of the few collectives that took part in the celebration of the Great Victory on May 9, 1945 on Red Square.
In the post-war years the collective actively tours the country and is one of the first to whom it is entrusted to represent Russia abroad. With his art the audience of more than 40 countries of the world met, and so far the Choir has been actively and successfully touring abroad. In 1961 the collective was headed by the well-known composer, People's Artist of Russia, laureate of State Prizes VS Levashov. The Pyotnitsky Choir was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1961), the Order of Friendship of Peoples (1986). In 1968 he was awarded the title "Academic".
Since 1989 and up to now the Pyotnitsky Choir is headed by the People's Artist of Russia, Laureate of the RF Government Prize, Professor AA Permyakova.
Rethinking the creative heritage of Pyotnitsky Choir made it possible to make his stage art contemporary, relevant to the audience of the 21st century. Such concert programs as "I'm proud of you country", "Russia is my homeland", "Mother Russia", "... Russia unconquered, righteous Russia ...", meet the high standards of spirituality and morals of the Russian people and are very popular among spectators and in significantly contribute to the education of Russians in the spirit of love for their Fatherland.
About the Pyotnitsky Choir there were created art and documentary films "Singing Russia", "Russian Fantasy", "All Life in Dance", "You, my Russia"; written books "State Russian Folk Choir Pyatnitsky", "Memoirs of VG Zakharov", "Russian Folk Dances"; published a huge number of musical collections "From the repertoire of the Pyatnitsky Choir", newspaper and magazine publications; a lot of records, discs.
In 2001, in honor of the collective, a personal star was laid on the "Star Alley" in Moscow. In 2007, Pyatnitsky Choir was awarded the Russian Government Medal "Patriot of Russia", in 2008 he was awarded the "National Treasure of the Country" prize.
Assignment of the Grant of the President of the Russian Federation allowed the team to preserve all the best created by predecessors, to ensure continuity and rejuvenate the team, to attract the best young performing forces of Russia. Many choir artists are laureates of regional, all-Russian and international competitions of young performers.
The Pyotnitsky Choir is an indispensable participant of all festive events and concerts of State significance. It is the base collective of the All-Russian festivals: "All-Russian Festival of National Culture", "Cossack Circle", "Days of Slavic Writing and Culture", annual solemn ceremony of awarding the Russian Federation Government Prize "The Soul of Russia".
The choir is honored to represent our country at the highest level abroad in the framework of the meetings of the heads of state, the Days of Russian Culture.
The Pyotnitsky Choir retains its unique creative personality, remaining the scientific center of professional folk art. Each performance of the choir is a high achievement and the standard of harmonious scenic folk art.
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