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Capella Taurida

The International Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Capella Taurida

   Capella Taurida is a group of highly talented musicians, consisted of the International Youth Symphony Orchestra and Youth Chamber Choir «St. Petersburg Voices», the Russian Horn Band, Ensemble of old baroque music «Soloists of Catherine the Great», has been founded in the image and likeness of the choir, that formerly served His Serene Highness Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin.

   Capella has been founded in 2009 by the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the States (the CIS members) and the company «Art Assembly» to the 220‑year anniversary of the Taurida Palace — a remarkable monument of Russian architecture of the XVIII century, built as a country residence of Prince G. A. Potemkin, who loved music and inspired impressive concerts and theater performances, that created a bright page in the cultural life of Russia at the time of Catherine the Great. The main objective of the modern multinational group Capella Taurida is to promote the world musical heritage. The International Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the winner of national and international contests Mikhail Golikov, follows the bicentenary traditions set by Prince G. A. Potemkin. Capella Taurida is eager to popularize Russian music in Russia as well as abroad, raise the professional skills of young musicians.

   Bright, young, fresh sounding of the band attracts great attention to the outstanding performers and composers of our time. The orchestra accompanied Elena Obraztsova, Zurab Sotkilava, Basil Gerello, Irina Bogacheva, Igor Butman, David Goloshchekin, Anatoly Kroll, Terem Quartet, Alexander Knyazev, Alessandro Safina, Anatolia Kalvarskaya, Juan de la Rubia, Francis Goya, Hiroko Inoue, Yuri Rozum, Pauline Ossetian, Ekaterina Mechetina and many others. A huge numbers of CDs and DVDs were recorded with the participation of world celebrities.

   Capella Taurida Orchestra tours extensively, performing in prestigious concert halls in Russia, Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy, France, Austria, and participates in international events, charity events: a concert at the Théâtre du Châtelet under the patronage of the President of France, the Ceremony of awarding N. V. Gogol Literary Prize in Rome, the concerts in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and in the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre in Moscow, the multimedia project «BLOKADE. NET» celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum in St. Petersburg and in Versailles, concerts in St. Petersburg Economic Forum, the presentation of the project «Imperial Music Collection», the opening of the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Madrid with participation of Spain’s Queen Sofia, the Days of Russian Culture in Baden-Baden and Festival of Russian Cinema, a unique concert in the Hall of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, taking part in many iconic international projects supported by the Ministry of Culture, Russian partnership, the Government of St. Petersburg.

   Capella Taurida is performing under the personal patronage of Vladimir Putin.