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What choirs created the Kuban Cossack choir. State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir

28.06.2019

Kuban Cossack Choir

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Kuban Cossack Choir
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years	1811 - present time
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Song language	Russian Ukrainian
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Compound	choir - 62, ballet - 37, orchestra - 18 people

Kuban Cossack Choir(full title - State Academic Order of Friendship of Peoples Kuban Cossack Choir) is a choral singing group founded in 1811. The repertoire includes Kuban Cossack, Russian and Ukrainian folk songs, as well as songs based on verses by Russian and Ukrainian poets, edited by Viktor Zakharchenko, the group's artistic director.

Management

The artistic director and chief conductor of the Kuban Cossack Choir is Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko, People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine.
The director of the choir is Anatoly Evgenievich Arefiev, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Chief choirmaster - Ivan Albanov
Chief choreographer - Valery Anuchin
Choreographer - Elena Nikolaevna Arefieva
Ballet tutor - Leonid Igorevich Tereshchenko
Orchestra leader - Honored Artist of Ukraine Boris Kachur

Compound

The total composition of the team - 157 people:

choir - 62
ballet - 37
orchestra - 18
administrative staff - 16
technical staff - 24

Awards

Discography

"In the Kuban in the village" (1990) Gramophone record. Folk songs of the Black Sea and linear Cossacks
Kuban Cossack choir. Songs of Viktor Zakharchenko "(1991) Audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"You are the Kuban, you are our Motherland" (1992) Audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"Kuban Cossack Choir" (1992) Audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"Kuban Folk Songs" (1992) Gramophone record.
"There in the Kuban" (1992) Gramophone record. Folk songs of the Black Sea and linear Cossacks.
"Kuban Cossack Choir" (1992) Gramophone record.
"Folk songs of the Kuban villages" (1992) Gramophone record.
“Rospryagaite, lads, horses” (1997) A video cassette recording a concert of the Kuban Cossack choir in the KZ im. Tchaikovsky.
"Kuban Cossack Choir" (1999) Video cassette recording a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the Concert Hall "Ukraine" Kyiv.
"Kuban Cossack Choir in the Kremlin". First edition (2003) Video album with a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace.
"Russia, Rus', keep yourself safe" (2003-2004) Double audio album with popular folk and author's songs performed by the male choir of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery, the Kuban Cossack choir such as "Black Raven", "Kalinka".
"Author's. Songs by Viktor Zakharchenko to the verses of Russian and Ukrainian classical poets” (2004) Double author's album to the verses of Russian and Ukrainian classical poets.
"Kuban Cossack choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the concert program "We are Cossacks with you" (2004) Video version of the concert of the Kuban Cossack choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the program "We are Cossacks with you".
“Bread is the head of everything” (2004) Video version of the concert “Bread is the head of everything” (performance August 2004 at the State Central Concert Hall “Russia”, Moscow).
"In the minutes of music" (2005) Double audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
“The Kuban Cossack choir sings. Folk songs of the Black Sea Cossacks. The fire will burn beyond the Kuban ”(2005) Double audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack choir.
"Songs of the Great Victory" (2005) Musical album, released on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Victory, contains old Cossack marching and lyrical folk songs, popular songs from the Second World War.
Multimedia disc dedicated to the 195th anniversary of the Kuban Cossack Choir (2006)
"Remember brothers - we are Kuban!" (2007) Double audio album with Kuban songs.
Christmas concerts of the Kuban Cossack choir and the choir of the Moscow Sretensky monastery (2007) Double video album with the Christmas concert of the Kuban Cossack choir and the choir of the Moscow Sretensky monastery.
“They don’t trade, prince, Motherland!” (2008) Anniversary album by V. Zakharchenko.
“Musical offering to Ukraine. Folk Black Sea songs of the Kuban villages” (2008) The deluxe edition includes four audio CDs. 1. Folk Black Sea songs of the Kuban villages. 2. Folk Black Sea songs of the Kuban villages. 3. Songs on verses of Ukrainian poets. 4. Songs of Viktor Zakharchenko and folk songs of the Kuban villages.
“Spryagaite, lads, horses…” (2008) Double audio album of popular songs “Spryagaite, lads, horses!” performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir. The album also includes author's works by Viktor Zakharchenko.
"Songs of Viktor Zakharchenko to the verses of Russian poets". (2009) Anniversary issue. Double audio album dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the creative activity of Viktor Zakharchenko in the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"The author's concert of the composer Viktor Zakharchenko in the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior." (2009) Anniversary issue. Double audio album dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the creative activity of V. Zakharchenko in the Kuban Cossack Choir.
Anniversary concert at the State Kremlin Palace. The Kuban Cossack Choir is 195 years old! Recorded October 26, 2006 (2009) The Kuban Cossack Choir is 195 years old! Anniversary issue. Dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the creative activity of V. Zakharchenko in the Kuban Cossack Choir.
CD "For Faith and Fatherland" (2009) Audio album of songs performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir from the concert program of the same name in the State Kremlin Palace, dedicated to the 64th anniversary of the Great Victory. Dedicated to the defenders of Russia.
"Concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of N. Mikhalkov." April 11, 2003 live recording (2009)
Video album with a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of N. Mikhalkov, as well as an audio album "For Faith and Fatherland".
"For Faith and Fatherland" (2009) Video album with a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the program "For Faith and Fatherland", as well as the audio album "Nobody but Us" by Alexei Melekhov's song.
CD “Golden voices. Anatoly Lizvinsky sings. (2010) Musical album released for the 200th anniversary of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
CD “Golden voices. Marina Krapostina sings "(2010) Musical album, released for the 200th anniversary of the Kuban Cossack Choir.

Notes

Management

The artistic director and chief conductor of the Kuban Cossack Choir is Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko, People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine.
The director of the choir is Anatoly Evgenievich Arefiev, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Chief choirmaster - Vladimir Alexandrovich Kapaev
Chief choreographer
Choreographer - Elena Nikolaevna Arefieva
Ballet tutor - Leonid Igorevich Tereshchenko
Orchestra leader - Igor Prihidko

Compound

The total composition of the team - 157 people:

choir - 62
ballet - 37
orchestra - 18
administrative staff - 16
technical staff - 24

Awards

Discography

"In the Kuban in the village" (1990) Gramophone record. Folk songs of the Black Sea and linear Cossacks
Kuban Cossack choir. Songs of Viktor Zakharchenko "(1991) Audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"You are the Kuban, you are our Motherland" (1992) Audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"Kuban Cossack Choir" (1992) Audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"Kuban Folk Songs" (1992) Gramophone record.
"There in the Kuban" (1992) Gramophone record. Folk songs of the Black Sea and linear Cossacks.
"Kuban Cossack Choir" (1992) Gramophone record.
"Folk songs of the Kuban villages" (1992) Gramophone record.
"Unharness, lads, horses" (1997) Video cassette with a recording of the concert of the Kuban Cossack choir in the Concert Hall named after. Tchaikovsky.
"Kuban Cossack Choir" (1999) Video cassette recording a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the Concert Hall "Ukraine" Kyiv.
"Kuban Cossack Choir in the Kremlin". First edition (2003) Video album with a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace.
"Russia, Rus', keep yourself safe" (2003-2004) Double audio album with popular folk and author's songs performed by the male choir of the Moscow Sretensky Monastery, the Kuban Cossack choir such as "Black Raven", "Kalinka".
"Author's. Songs by Viktor Zakharchenko to the verses of Russian and Ukrainian classical poets” (2004) Double author's album to the verses of Russian and Ukrainian classical poets.
"Kuban Cossack choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the concert program "We are Cossacks with you" (2004) Video version of the concert of the Kuban Cossack choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the program "We are Cossacks with you".
“Bread is the head of everything” (2004) Video version of the concert “Bread is the head of everything” (performance August 2004 at the State Central Concert Hall “Russia”, Moscow).
"In the minutes of music" (2005) Double audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
“The Kuban Cossack choir sings. Folk songs of the Black Sea Cossacks. The fire will burn beyond the Kuban ”(2005) Double audio album with songs of the Kuban Cossack choir.
"Songs of the Great Victory" (2005) Musical album, released on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Victory, contains old Cossack marching and lyrical folk songs, popular songs from the Second World War.
Multimedia disc dedicated to the 195th anniversary of the Kuban Cossack Choir (2006)
"Remember brothers - we are Kuban!" (2007) Double audio album with Kuban songs.
Christmas concerts of the Kuban Cossack choir and the choir of the Moscow Sretensky monastery (2007) Double video album with the Christmas concert of the Kuban Cossack choir and the choir of the Moscow Sretensky monastery.
“They don’t trade, prince, Motherland!” (2008) Anniversary album by V. Zakharchenko.
“Musical offering to Ukraine. Folk Black Sea songs of the Kuban villages” (2008) The deluxe edition includes four audio CDs. 1. Folk Black Sea songs of the Kuban villages. 2. Folk Black Sea songs of the Kuban villages. 3. Songs on verses of Ukrainian poets. 4. Songs of Viktor Zakharchenko and folk songs of the Kuban villages.
"Unharness, lads, horses ..." (2008) Double audio album of popular songs "Unharness, lads, horses!" performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir. The album also includes author's works by Viktor Zakharchenko.
"Songs of Viktor Zakharchenko to the verses of Russian poets". (2009) Anniversary issue. Double audio album dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the creative activity of Viktor Zakharchenko in the Kuban Cossack Choir.
"The author's concert of the composer Viktor Zakharchenko in the Hall of Church Councils of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior." (2009) Anniversary issue. Double audio album dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the creative activity of V. Zakharchenko in the Kuban Cossack Choir.
Anniversary concert at the State Kremlin Palace. The Kuban Cossack Choir is 195 years old! Recorded October 26, 2006 (2009) The Kuban Cossack Choir is 195 years old! Anniversary issue. Dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the creative activity of V. Zakharchenko in the Kuban Cossack Choir.
CD "For Faith and Fatherland" (2009) Audio album of songs performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir from the concert program of the same name in the State Kremlin Palace, dedicated to the 64th anniversary of the Great Victory. Dedicated to the defenders of Russia.
"Concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of N. Mikhalkov." April 11, 2003 live recording (2009)
Video album with a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the participation of N. Mikhalkov, as well as an audio album "For Faith and Fatherland".
"For Faith and Fatherland" (2009) Video album with a concert of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the State Kremlin Palace with the program "For Faith and Fatherland", as well as the audio album "Nobody But Us" by Alexei Melekhov's song.
CD “Golden voices. Anatoly Lizvinsky sings. (2010) Musical album released for the 200th anniversary of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
CD “Golden voices. Marina Krapostina sings "(2010) Musical album, released for the 200th anniversary of the Kuban Cossack Choir.

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An excerpt characterizing the Kuban Cossack choir

It was a batch of recruits recruited from us and sent to the army. It was necessary to see the state in which the mothers, wives and children of those who were leaving were, and to hear the sobs of both. You would think that humanity has forgotten the laws of its Divine Savior, who taught us love and forgiveness of insults, and that it considers its main merit to be in the art of killing each other.
Farewell, dear and kind friend. May our Divine Savior and his Blessed Mother keep you under His holy and mighty protection. Maria.]
- Ah, vous expediez le courier, princesse, moi j "ai deja expedie le mien. J" ai ecris a ma pauvre mere, [Ah, you are sending a letter, I already sent mine. I wrote to my poor mother,] - the smiling m lle Bourienne spoke quickly in a pleasant, juicy voice, burring on p and bringing with her into the concentrated, sad and cloudy atmosphere of Princess Mary a completely different, frivolously cheerful and self-satisfied world.
“Princess, il faut que je vous previenne,” she added, lowering her voice, “le prince a eu une altercation, “alternation,” she said, especially grasping and listening to herself with pleasure, “une altercation avec Michel Ivanoff.” Il est de tres mauvaise humeur, tres morose. Soyez prevenue, vous savez ... [I must warn you, princess, that the prince has dealt with Mikhail Ivanovich. He's very out of sorts, so gloomy. I'm warning you, you know...]
- Ah l chere amie, - answered Princess Mary, - je vous ai prie de ne jamais me prevenir de l "humeur dans laquelle se trouve mon pere. Je ne me permets pas de le juger, et je ne voudrais pas que les autres le fassent. [Ah, my dear friend! I asked you never to tell me what mood the father is in. I will not allow myself to judge him and would not want others to judge.]
The princess glanced at her watch and, noticing that she had already missed five minutes of the time that she was supposed to use for playing the clavichord, went into the sofa room with a frightened look. Between 12 and 2 o'clock, in accordance with the routine of the day, the prince rested, and the princess played the clavichord.

The gray-haired valet sat dozing and listening to the prince's snoring in the huge study. From the far side of the house, behind the closed doors, the difficult passages of Dussek's sonata repeated twenty times were heard.
At this time, a carriage and a britzka drove up to the porch, and Prince Andrei got out of the carriage, dropped off his little wife and let her go ahead. Gray-haired Tikhon, in a wig, leaning out of the waiter's door, reported in a whisper that the prince was resting, and hastily closed the door. Tikhon knew that neither the arrival of his son nor any unusual events should have disturbed the order of the day. Prince Andrei, apparently, knew this as well as Tikhon; he looked at his watch, as if to believe that his father's habits had not changed during the time in which he had not seen him, and, making sure that they had not changed, he turned to his wife:
He will be up in twenty minutes. Let's go to Princess Mary, - he said.
The little princess grew fat during this time, but her eyes and short lip with a mustache and a smile rose just as merrily and sweetly when she spoke.
- Mais c "est un palais," she said to her husband, looking around, with the expression with which they say praises to the owner of the ball. - Allons, vite, vite! ... [Yes, this is a palace! - Let's go faster, faster! ...] - She , looking around, smiled at Tikhon, and her husband, and the waiter who saw them off.
- C "est Marieie qui s" exerce? Allons doucement, il faut la surprendre. [Is Marie exercising? Hush, let's take her by surprise.]
Prince Andrei followed her with a courteous and melancholy expression.
“You have grown old, Tikhon,” he said, passing by, to the old man who was kissing his hand.
In front of a room in which the clavichords were heard, a pretty blond Frenchwoman jumped out of a side door.
M lle Bourienne seemed maddened with delight.
- Ah! quel bonheur pour la princesse,” she said. – Enfin! Il faut que je la previenne. [Oh, what a joy for the princess! Finally! I need to warn her.]
- Non, non, de grace ... Vous etes m lle Bourienne, je vous connais deja par l "amitie que vous porte ma belle soeur," the princess said, kissing the Frenchwoman. "Elle ne nous attend ras? [No, no, please ... You are Mamselle Bourienne; I already know you by the friendship that my daughter-in-law has for you. She is not expecting us?]
They went up to the door of the divan, from which a repeated passage was heard again and again. Prince Andrei stopped and grimaced, as if expecting something unpleasant.
The princess entered. The passage broke off in the middle; there was a cry, the heavy feet of Princess Marya, and the sound of kisses. When Prince Andrei entered, the princess and princess, who had only seen each other for a short time during the wedding of Prince Andrei, clasped their hands, tightly pressing their lips to the places they had hit in the first minute. M lle Bourienne stood beside them, her hands pressed to her heart, smiling devoutly, apparently as ready to cry as to laugh.
Prince Andrei shrugged his shoulders and grimaced, as music lovers frown when they hear a false note. Both women released each other; then again, as if afraid of being late, they grabbed each other's hands, began to kiss and tear off their hands, and then again began to kiss each other on the face, and quite unexpectedly for Prince Andrei, both began to cry and began to kiss again. M lle Bourienne also began to cry. Prince Andrei was obviously embarrassed; but it seemed so natural to the two women that they wept; they did not seem to imagine that this meeting could have taken place otherwise.
- Ah! chere!…Ah! Marieie!…” both women suddenly spoke and laughed. - J "ai reve сette nuit ... - Vous ne nous attendez donc pas? ... Ah! Marieie, vous avez maigri ... - Et vous avez repris ... [Ah, dear! ... Ah, Marie! ... - And I saw it in a dream. - So you weren't expecting us?… Ah, Marie, you've lost so much weight.
- J "ai tout de suite reconnu madame la princesse, [I immediately recognized the princess,]" inserted m lle Bourienne.
“Et moi qui ne me doutais pas!…” exclaimed Princess Mary. - Ah! Andre, je ne vous voyais pas. [I had no idea!… Ah, Andre, I didn't even see you.]
Prince Andrei kissed his sister hand in hand and told her that she was the same pleurienicheuse, [crybaby,] as she always was. Princess Marya turned to her brother, and through her tears the loving, warm, and meek look of her eyes, beautiful at that moment, large, radiant, rested on the face of Prince Andrei.
The princess spoke incessantly. The short upper lip with the mustache flew down for a moment, touched, where necessary, to the ruddy lower lip, and a smile shining with teeth and eyes opened again. The princess told an incident that had happened to them on Spassky Hill, which threatened her with danger in her position, and immediately after that she reported that she had left all her dresses in Petersburg and that God knows what would go around here, and that Andrei had completely changed, and that Kitty Odyntsova married an old man, and that there is a groom for Princess Marya pour tout de bon, [quite serious,] but that we will talk about this later. Princess Mary still silently looked at her brother, and in her beautiful eyes there was both love and sadness. It was evident that her own train of thought had now been established in her, independent of the speeches of her daughter-in-law. In the middle of her story about the last holiday in Petersburg, she turned to her brother:
– And you are definitely going to war, Andre? oia said with a sigh.
Lise winced too.
“Even tomorrow,” answered the brother.
- II m "abandonne ici, et Du sait pourquoi, quand il aur pu avoir de l" advancement ... [He leaves me here, and God knows why, then how could he get a promotion ...]
Princess Mary did not listen to the end and, continuing the thread of her thoughts, she turned to her daughter-in-law, pointing with affectionate eyes at her stomach:
- Maybe? - she said.
The face of the princess changed. She sighed.
“Yeah, probably,” she said. – Ah! It's very scary…
Lisa's lip drooped. She brought her face close to that of her sister-in-law, and suddenly burst into tears again.
“She needs to rest,” said Prince Andrei, wincing. Isn't it, Lisa? Take her to you, and I will go to the father. What is he, all the same?
- The same, the same; I don’t know about your eyes,” the princess answered joyfully.
- And the same hours, and walks along the alleys? Machine? Prince Andrei asked with a barely perceptible smile, showing that despite all his love and respect for his father, he understood his weaknesses.
“The same watch and machine, still mathematics and my geometry lessons,” Princess Mary answered joyfully, as if her geometry lessons were one of the most joyful impressions of her life.

Victor Zakharchenko has been celebrating his birthday on stage for several decades in a row. Well, Viktor Gavrilovich was not used to blowing out candles in a close family circle. And today, on his anniversary - Viktor Zakharchenko turned 80 on March 22, the legend of the Kuban Cossack choir will come out to the public. Concerts of the famous choir begin in Krasnodar.

On the anniversary of Viktor Zakharchenko, Komsomolskaya Pravda collected five little-known facts from the biography of the artistic director of the Kuban Cossack Choir.

Zakharchenko defended his team

The history of the legendary choir begins in 1811. This is the oldest and only folk group in our country, the history of which has not been interrupted since the beginning of the 19th century. Viktor Zakharchenko has been directing the Kuban Cossack Choir for 44 years. When he took the helm, he was 36 years old.

To get to the first All-Russian competition of Russian folk choirs, which was held in Moscow in 1975, Viktor Gavrilovich deceived the party leadership. Unheard of insolence in those days! Before the concert itself in Moscow, all the teams at that time showed their performances to a special commission. And since at that time it was impossible to perform without propaganda of the Soviet ideology, the artistic director of the choir included works about Lenin in the program. Party officials approved the repertoire. And already in Moscow, on the stage, Zakharchenko showed completely different songs - Cossack ones. And although the jury was shocked, the first place was given to the Kuban artists. And that performance was called "revolutionary."

On the basis of the Kuban Cossack Choir, they wanted to open a music hall

At the time when Viktor Zakharchenko came to the Kuban Cossack Choir, the fate of the folk group hung in the balance. The Krasnodar Philharmonic was going to reform the team. Each concert of the choir cost the budget a round sum, so they decided to cut staff and rename the choir - to make an ensemble out of it. But Viktor Gavrilovich did not give. He went to the villages and farms of the Kuban, recorded more than a thousand folk songs, which the artists began to perform under the guidance of a new artistic director. Zakharchenko, who himself was born and lived in the Kuban village, heard Cossack songs from childhood, he knew how the village lives, what kind of music the villagers need.

Our artists have turned into mannequins: the women are all in the same dresses, with the same pink faces, fake smiles. Some sort of sedate pavushki are floating around the stage - swans in sparkles, a sort of leaf chastity is floating around the stage. But is she really like that in real life, a Russian woman! Do not recognize her - before that sugared! And the men ... faceless, expressionless, all as one in satin shirts, belted with sashes, - Viktor Zakharchenko said then and "broke", reworked the choir. Today the Kuban collective is a pearl of Russian folk art.

Every rehearsal begins with a prayer

The artistic director calls his artists children, and the building in which the folk group is located - "the house of the Cossack choir." And for 44 years in a row, the artists begin each rehearsal with a prayer.

Yes, but where else to start? - Viktor Zakharchenko smiles, adding, - we are all one big family, believers love. And how to sing spiritual songs without faith?

The artists read "Our Father" and ask God to protect them from troubles and help them in their accomplishments.

Started walking with a cane after an accident

Viktor Zakharchenko has been walking with a cane for 22 years. Problems with the knee happened after the accident, which was the artistic director of the Kuban Cossack choir.

Until he lost consciousness, he asked the Almighty for mercy, ”Viktor Gavrilovich told Komsomolskaya Pravda. - And already in the hospital, when I began to come to my senses, I heard a chant. I thought that in the church and with a dull look I began to look for icons on the walls. I met only the tearful look of my daughter and asked where the holy images were and what happened? She couldn't explain what it was. Then I realized that together with the priest they were reading a prayer for health. Later, I discovered that I did not feel one leg and it was folded and pressed close to the other. Then I had to endure the most unpleasant procedure of letting oxygen into my knee. Everyone prayed to God for help. Now I know for sure that such tests were sent to me for a reason. As you can see, now I am on my feet and even go in for sports. I have the strength to lead the choir.

Despite a serious injury, Viktor Zakharchenko works out with a coach and can run 4 kilometers. And even ran with a torch during the Olympic torch relay in Krasnodar in 2014.

"The choir will live both with me and without me, because God is with us"

Five years ago, on his 75th birthday, Viktor Zakharchenko admitted in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda:

I read that a person has an average of eighty years to live. And I understand that there is little time left, but I can say with confidence that the choir will live with me and without me, because God is with us!

Viktor Gavrilovich, may the choir live long with you!

The State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir is the oldest and largest national Cossack group in Russia. The only professional group of folk art in Russia that has a continuous successive history since the beginning of the 19th century. It is interesting to note that the next oldest folk group in chronology - the Pyatnitsky Academic Russian Folk Choir - showed its first concert in the year of the centenary of the Kuban Cossack Choir.
The level of skill of KKH is recognized all over the world, which is confirmed by numerous invitations to foreign and Russian tours, crowded halls and press reviews.

The Kuban Cossack choir in a certain aspect is a historical monument, in the forms of culture and art depicting the military and cultural development of the Kuban, the history of the Kuban Cossack army, the history of the classical secular and spiritual culture of Yekaterinodar, the tragic events of the Civil War and the 30s, the history of Soviet aesthetics "great style" of national art. The choir represents both the history of individuals and the everyday life of the singing and musical culture of the Kuban, as well as historical heroism and the great drama of the Cossacks as a whole, integral to the history of Russia.

Story:

On October 14, 1811, the foundation for professional musical activity in the Kuban was laid, and the glorious creative path of the Black Sea Military Choir began. At its origins were the spiritual enlightener of the Kuban, Archpriest Kirill Rossinsky and the regent Grigory Grechinsky.
In 1861, the choir was renamed from the Black Sea to the Kuban Military Singing Choir and from that time, in addition to participating in church services, it gives secular concerts around the region, performing classical works and folk songs along with spiritual ones.

In 1911, celebrations were held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Kuban Military Choir.

In the summer of 1921, by decision of the authorities, the activity of the collective was terminated, and only in 1936, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Azov-Chernomorsky Regional Executive Committee, the Kuban Cossack Choir was created, headed by Grigory Kontsevich and Yakov Taranenko, who had long been regents of the Kuban Military Choir. However, in 1937 G. Kontsevich was groundlessly repressed and shot.

In 1939, in connection with the inclusion of a dance group in the choir, the group was renamed the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kuban Cossacks, which in 1961, at the initiative of N. S. Khrushchev, was disbanded along with other state folk choirs and ensembles of the USSR.

The reconstruction of the Kuban Cossack Choir in the genre and structure of the State Russian Folk Choirs took place in 1968 under the direction of Sergei Chernobay. In 1971, the Kuban Cossack Choir for the first time became a student of the international folklore festival in Bulgaria, which marked the beginning of numerous honorary titles won later at various international and all-Russian festivals and competitions.

In 1974, the composer Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko became the artistic director of the State Kuban Cossack Choir, who, for more than 30 years of his creative activity in the Kuban, managed to fully realize his artistic, scientific and educational aspirations. In 1975, the choir became a laureate of the 1st All-Russian competition of state folk choirs in Moscow, repeating this success in 1984 at the second similar competition. Under his leadership, the choir brought to the stage the authentic song folklore of the Kuban Cossacks, in folk songs, rituals, pictures of the Cossack life, individual folk characters appeared, looseness and improvisation appeared, a true folklore choral theater arose.

In October 1988, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the choir was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples, in 1990 it became a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine. T. G. Shevchenko, and in 1993 the team was awarded the honorary title of "academic".

In August 1995, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus', during his stay in Krasnodar, blessed the Kuban Cossack choir to sing at festive divine services in churches.

In October 1996, the Decree of the head of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory "On the recognition of the succession of the (historical) State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir from the Military Choir of the Kuban Cossack Host" was issued.

Currently, in addition to active touring and concert activities, the Kuban Cossack Choir is systematically working on recording, scientific study and stage development of the traditional song and dance folklore of the Kuban Cossacks.

Zakharchenko-folklorist collected 14 collections of songs of the Kuban Cossacks A.D., scattered and almost disappeared from the field of view of musical science and artistic creativity. Bigdaya, republished by him in his creative edition, from the standpoint of modern folklore. In essence, the first, but the most difficult and important steps have been taken towards the creation of an anthology of song folklore of the Kuban.

Viktor Zakharchenko developed and implemented the concept of the Center for Folk Culture of the Kuban, established in 1990, later renamed the State Scientific and Creative Institution (SSTU) "Kuban Cossack Choir", which currently employs 506 people, including in State Kuban Cossack choir 120 people. This is the only cultural institution in the country so far, which is so systematically, comprehensively and promisingly engaged in the revival of traditional folk culture. Since 1998, numerous festivals, international scientific conferences and readings, the publication of studies on the history and culture of the Cossacks, the release of CDs, audio and video cassettes have been significantly activated on the basis of the State National Technical University, intense concert and musical educational activities have been carried out in Russia and abroad.

An assessment of the multifaceted activity of the artistic director of the Kuban Cossack Choir was the assignment of high titles to him: Honored Artist of Russia (1977), People's Artist of Russia (1984) and Ukraine (1994), Honored Artist of the Republic of Adygea (1993), laureate of the State Prize of Russia (1991) and the International Prize of the Foundation of the Holy All-Praised Apostle Andrew the First-Called (1999), academician of the Russian Humanitarian Academy and the Petrovsky Academy (St. Petersburg), full member (academician) of the International Academy of Informatization, which is an associate member of the UN (1993). V. G. Zakharchenko was also awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1981), the Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1987), the Friendship of Peoples (1998) and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2004).

With all its activities, the State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir contributes to the revival and development of the rich cultural heritage of our ancestors, the spiritual and patriotic education of the population.

Compound:

The total composition of the team - 157 people; administrative staff - 16, technical staff - 24, choir - 62, ballet - 37, orchestra - 18.
Founders
Department of Culture of the Krasnodar Territory.

Achievements
The art of the Kuban Cossack Choir has been marked by numerous high awards and brilliant victories in Russia and abroad. The choir is twice a laureate of the All-Russian competitions of state Russian folk choirs, a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine named after. Shevchenko, winner of many international folklore festivals. The merits of the choir in 1988 were awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples, and in 1993 - the title of "academic".

Representing Russian culture in the world, the choir, according to the foreign press, performs on a par with such groups as the State Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Bolshoi Theater.

Management
Artistic director and chief conductor of the Kuban Cossack Choir - People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine, laureate of the State Prize of Russia, laureate of the International Prize of the St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle Foundation, doctor of art history, professor, composer Viktor Zakharchenko.

Director of the choir - Arefiev Anatoly Evgenievich
Chief - choirmaster Ivan Albanov
Chief - choreographer Valentin Zakharov
Choreographer - Elena Nikolaevna Arefieva
Ballet tutor — Leonid Igorevich Tereshchenko
Orchestra leader - Honored Artist of Ukraine Boris Kachur

prospects
In 2011, the team is preparing to celebrate its bicentennial with an all-Russian tour with a new program.

Main dates:

October 14, 1811 - the beginning of the creative activity of the Black Sea Military Choir. At the origins of the organization of the choir were: the spiritual enlightener of the Kuban, Archpriest Kirill of Russia and the choir director Grigory Grechinsky. The foundation of professional musical activity in the Kuban was laid.

Since 1861, the Black Sea Choir has been renamed the Kuban Military Singing Choir. Since that time, in addition to participating in church services, the choir constantly gives secular concerts around the region, in which, in addition to spiritual works, Kuban folk songs and classical works were performed.

In September 1911, celebrations were held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Kuban Military Singing and Musical (wind, and then symphonic) choir, that is, the orchestra.

Summer 1921 - the termination of the activities of the Kuban Military Singing and Musical Choirs.

1925-1932 - the time of active touring activity of the Kuban male vocal quartet - the only professional group in the Kuban, the basis of the repertoire of which was folk songs from the repertoire of the Kuban Military Singing Choir. The leader of the men's quartet was Alexander Afanasyevich Avdeev.

1929 - the first singer of the anthem of the Kuban Cossacks "You are the Kuban, you are our Motherland" and the leader of the Kuban men's quartet Alexander Afanasyevich Avdeev was repressed and shot.

July 25, 1936 - By the Decree of the Presidium of the Azovo-Chernomorsky Regional Executive Committee, the Kuban Cossack Choir was created, headed by Grigory Mitrofanovich Kontsevich (artistic director) and Yakov Mikhailovich Taranenko (conductor), both of them were regents of the Kuban Military Choir for a long time.

1937 - Grigory Mitrofanovich Kontsevich, an outstanding musical figure of the Kuban, artistic director of the Kuban Cossack Choir, was repressed and shot on December 12.

1939 - in connection with the inclusion of the Kuban Cossack dance group in the choir, it was renamed the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kuban Cossacks.

1961 - along with other ten State Ensembles of the Soviet Union, on the initiative of N. S. Khrushchev, the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Kuban Cossacks was disbanded.

1968 - the revival of the Kuban Cossack Choir under the direction of Sergei Alekseevich Chernov, the team was created in the genre and structure of the State Russian Folk Choirs.

1971 - The Kuban Cossack Choir for the first time becomes a diploma winner of the international folklore festival in Bulgaria.

October 14, 1974 - the artistic director of the Kuban Cossack Choir was headed by Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko.

December 1975 - The Kuban Cossack Choir took first place and received the title of laureate of the first All-Russian review - competition of the State Russian Folk Choirs in Moscow.

Summer 1980 - the choir becomes a diploma winner at the International Folklore Festival in France.

December 1984 - the choir again took first place and received the title of laureate of the second All-Russian competition of the State Russian Folk Choirs in Moscow.

October 1988 - By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the choir was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples.

March 1990 - The Kuban Cossack Choir becomes a laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine named after. T. G. Shevchenko.

1993 - the team was awarded the honorary title "Academic".

August 1995 - Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II, during his stay in Krasnodar, blessed the Kuban Cossack choir to sing at festive services in the temple.

October 1996 - Decree of the head of the administration of the Krasnodar Territory "On the recognition of the succession of the (historical) State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir from the Military Choir of the Kuban Cossack Host."

2006 - Anniversary year of the Kuban Cossack Choir - 195 years

The influence of music on a person 15.10.2017

Dear readers, today in our section there will be an interesting meeting with a Russian folk song. The article was prepared by Lilia Shadkovska, a person who is in love with music. She is already familiar to many of you from blog posts. Today Lilia will tell us about the famous Kuban choir, and we will listen to folk songs performed by him. I pass the word to Lily.

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Golden voices of Russia

Russian song is deep
like human suffering
sincere as a prayer
sweet as love and consolation.

It is through the song that one can comprehend the character of the people. For a Russian person, the song is like repentance: “In the song you will cry, and you will repent, and you will confess, and you will lighten your soul, and the weight will fall like a stone from your heart.” How many of them, diverse in genre: historical, labor, soldier, ritual, calendar, lyrical and comic ... This is a real treasury of the Russian soul, its heritage and historical memory.

But the song becomes famous and popular primarily thanks to its performers. Today we invite you to listen to Russian songs performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir, the full name of which is: State Academic Order of Friendship of Peoples and the Holy Right-Believing Grand Duke Dimitry Donskoy, I degree Kuban Cossack Choir.

How a Cossack traveled the whole world

I had a childhood dream, and she
came true. Looked at the world. And made sure:
there is no better place than Russia and Kuban ...
V. Zakharchenko

This team was applauded on all continents and in the overcrowded concert halls of our vast country. Performance has always been a delight. The repertoire of the choir includes Kuban Cossack, Russian and Ukrainian folk songs, songs of composers, diverse in genre and character. The Kuban Cossack Choir under the direction of Viktor Zakharchenko is recognized as the national brand of Russia. Let's start our acquaintance with the incendiary song "Through the Carpathian Mountains".

Kuban Cossack Choir "Through the Carpathian Mountains"

This oldest Cossack choir was founded in 1811 and has its own unique history. At its origins were the spiritual enlightener of the Kuban, Archpriest Kirill Rossinsky and the regent Grigory Grechinsky. In 1867, the choir was renamed from the Black Sea to the Kuban Troops, which performed not only spiritual works during worship, but also performed Cossack folk songs, works of classical music.

The fate of the Kuban Cossack Choir is inseparable from the difficult fate of the Kuban Cossacks and the country as a whole. So, in 1921, by decision of the Bolshevik authorities, the choir was disbanded. It was prescribed: “All conductors, musicians, singers and others who have official notes, instruments, hand them over immediately. Persons who hide the above property will be handed over to the revolutionary tribunal.”

Kuban Cossack choir "My Bitter Motherland"

Listening to this song, the words of the great Russian writer N.V. Gogol immediately come to mind: “Rus! Rus! I see you, from my wonderful, beautiful far away I see you: poorly scattered and uncomfortable in you ... But what incomprehensible secret force attracts you? Why is your melancholy song, rushing along your entire length and width, from sea to sea, heard and heard incessantly in your ears? What's in it, in this song? What calls, and sobs, and grabs the heart? .. "

When the Cossack choir sings

In 1936, the choir was recreated in the USSR again, and in 1939, a dance group was also created with the choir. The group's repertoire was enriched with bright original dance numbers. The Kuban Cossack Choir has a lot of ardent fans. Even in the most difficult years for the country, it seemed, when there was no time for dancing and no time for songs, the choir sang in such a way that everything painful spilled out of the soul.

Kuban Cossack choir "Lord, have mercy"

I always listen to this song with tears in my eyes. When you hear it, you truly feel the spirit and power of Russia, you are filled with them to the depths of your soul.

Agree, friends, that the outstanding creative achievements of the team do not happen by themselves. They are associated with the names of talented leaders and conductors. So, in 1968, the choir was again recreated in a new genre and new structure under the direction of the Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR Sergei Chernobay. And already in 1971, the Kuban Cossack Choir for the first time became a student of the international folklore festival in Bulgaria.

boy with a dream

In 1974, when the band was again on the verge of disintegration, the composer Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko became the artistic director and chief conductor, who realized all his wildest dreams and creative ideas. And this activity began with a childhood dream - the boy had a great desire to learn music.

I had to write a letter to I. Stalin himself. He wrote that the children of the village and he personally had a great desire to learn music, and there was not even an accordion at school. Soon a commission raided the village - no, not with a button accordion, but with a check. The commission reprimanded the school director for insufficient attention to the creative development of children and left. After some time, the mother nevertheless bought an accordion for her son: “With what excitement I touched my harmonica!”. Happiness knew no bounds. He even went to bed with an instrument.

He was collected by the whole village to enter the music school: some gave soap, some shoes, some towels. But at the exams at the school they gave a turn from the gate, since he did not know musical notation. “I went out into the street, as if in a frenzy. I climbed the high bridge. I wanted to jump down. The thought brought me to my senses: what about mother without me? .. "

There, on the bridge, a passer-by approached him, weeping bitterly. O miracle! He turned out to be a teacher at another music school. Having learned the reason for his tears, the teacher suggested that Victor play the harmonica. Hearing how selflessly the boy plays, the teacher said: "You will study with us." After several years of study and work, V. Zakharchenko managed to realize another of his cherished dreams - he became the leader of the illustrious team of the Kuban Cossack choir. Thanks to deep knowledge, his talent, high efficiency, he embodied this.

“The Kuban Cossack choir is my cross, the meaning of my life…”

In the new team, V. Zakharchenko set the main goals - the revival of the classical Cossack choir and the preservation of the traditions of his people. Thus began the fruitful work. The vocal abilities of the artists were honed, and each member of the choir became a pearl of rare beauty in the crown of the collective. There are new songs, new dance numbers and concert programs. Over the years of work, it was possible to realize all the creative and artistic aspirations.

“The Kuban Cossack choir is my cross, the meaning of my life, for the sake of it every day I get up at six in the morning and go to bed after midnight.” Creative work takes a lot of mental strength. It also happens like this: “When I am out of sorts, the thought of my quiet homeland always warms me. I remember the native thresholds of my father's house.

Kuban Cossack Choir "My Quiet Motherland"

It should be noted that despite all the ups and downs of Viktor Gavrilovich's life, it was faith in God that helped him survive, even at a time when life hung in the balance. There were also unforgettable happy moments of life that fate gave him.

Kuban Cossack choir "Ah, fate, my fate"

All his most cherished dreams came true. The work of a lifetime also came true - he brings the spiritual culture of the forefathers to the audience through the songs of the Kuban Cossack choir. Victor Gavrilovich firmly believes: “All dreams come true, the main thing is to believe and strive!” I propose to listen to another song that charges with powerful energy, faith in all good things and uplifting.

Kuban Cossack choir "Transportation Dunya held"

Do you know that:

the choir, formed in 1811, performed before Alexander II, Alexander III and Nicholas II;
over forty years ago, V. Zakharchenko received a team of 15 people, and today there are almost 150 artists - singers, dancers, musicians;
traveling through the villages, V. G. Zakharchenko recorded several thousand Kuban songs and returned them to the audience in their original form at concerts of the Kuban Cossack Choir;
the maestro created the Regional Children's Experimental Secondary School of Folk Art of the Kuban Cossack Choir;
the pedagogical team prepares performers for work in creative teams of folk art. Today, five departments (folk choral singing, folk dance, arts and crafts, wind instruments, folk instruments) of the school have 576 students, including talented children from many cities;
V. G. Zakharchenko dreamed of performing on the stage of the Kremlin Palace, and his dream came true. The bicentennial anniversary of the Kuban Folk Choir took place on the stage of this palace;
The Kuban Cossack choir traveled all over the continents, where kings and presidents gave him a standing ovation. Also, this team performed at the G8 summit;
the folk collective forced even the highest ranks of NATO to “dance to its own tune”;
Italian politician Silvio Berlusconi, having visited the concert, said: "The Kuban Cossack choir conquered Italy not with guns, but with songs."

Today Viktor Gavrilovich Zakharchenko is an Honored Art Worker, People's Artist of the RSFSR, an honorary citizen of Krasnodar, awarded with many orders and medals. He created a unique team, became an idol for the younger generation, is an example of selfless devotion to his people, the Kuban region and Russia. The main motto of his life: "Our fortitude is nourished by faith - in God, goodness and justice."