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The ensemble «Soloists of Catherine the Great»

Artistic director of the ensemble — Andrey Reshetin

The ensemble «Soloists of Catherine the Great» (Saint-Petersburg) is a unique project of the Foundation for the Revival of Early Music aimed at bringing to light and restoring Russia’s 18th century music. The «Soloists of Catherine the Great» are also very interested in the music, which was performed in the Russian noble estates in the 18th and early 19th centuries and which has kept a special atmosphere of this vanished world. The line-up of the ensemble is designed for the performance of the chamber music (duos, trios, quartets and quintets); on the other hand, it is the basis of the Catherine the Great Orchestra — the first professional baroque orchestra in Russia, founded in 2001.

The «Soloists of Catherine the Great» use historical instruments and practice authentic performance style. In collaboration with a number of leading experts and musiсologists, the musicians of the ensemble have undertaken research in the Russian archives in order to bring to light and present the previously forgotten masterpieces of music by such composers of the Russian Court as Khandoshkin, Jarnovich, Tietz, Facius and others.

The ensemble «Soloists of Catherine the Great»:

Andrei Reshetin - Artistic director of the ensemble, violin
Maria Krestinskaya - violin, viole d'amour
Fatima Lafisheva - violin
Andrei Peniugin - alto
Aleksander Listratov - violoncello
Denis Peniugin - balalaika, mandoline
Maria Uspenskaya - harpsichord

Sources:
http://www.catherinethegreat.ru/
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Солисты_Екатерины_Великой