Mikhail Borisovich Turetsky. Born on April 12, 1962 in Moscow. Russian musician, founder and producer of the art groups “Turetsky Choir” and SOPRANO. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2010).
Mikhail Turetsky was born on April 12, 1962 in Moscow into a Jewish family of immigrants from Belarus.
Father - Boris Borisovich Epstein, was born into the family of a blacksmith in the Mogilev province. At the age of 18, after the death of his father, he left for Moscow, where he studied at a pedagogical college, and then at the Academy of Foreign Trade. He worked as a foreman in a silk-screen printing workshop at a factory near Moscow.
Mother - Bella (Beilya) Semyonovna Turetskaya, worked as a nanny in a kindergarten. Her family was destroyed by the Nazis during the war.
Mikhail’s parents met just before the war in the town of Pukhovichi near Minsk. They went through the entire war: their father went to the front from his second year at the Academy in the first days of the war, he was a participant in the breakthrough of the Leningrad blockade, his mother was a nurse at the evacuation hospital in Gorky.
Mikhail is a late child. At the time of his birth, his father was 50, and his mother was 40. Since his son’s birthday coincided with Cosmonautics Day, they wanted to name the child Yuri - in honor. But the father insisted on the name Mikhail. The family decided to give the son his mother’s surname - since at that time not a single representative of the surname was alive.
Has an older brother, Alexander (the difference between them is 15 years).
As Mikhail recalled, his father, even in old age, was an energetic and cheerful man who felt great: even at the age of 70 he worked, went to the skating rink and the dance hall.
The family lived modestly, in a 14-meter room in a communal apartment at the Belorusskaya metro station.
Already in early childhood, Mikhail showed musical abilities. At the age of 3, he was already singing, and the little musician’s first concert platform was a chair on which the boy willingly sang the then popular song “Lilac Fog” for his older brother and his friends.
Soon a second room in a communal apartment and a piano appeared in Mikhail’s house. Noticing his extraordinary abilities, the parents decided to hire a piano teacher for their son. But the classes lasted only four months: the teacher declared the child’s absolute lack of talent.
Then Mikhail Turetsky began to attend a music school in the class of piccolo flute (small flute). In parallel with the flute, the father took his son to the boys’ chapel.
One of the visits of his father’s cousin, the famous conductor Rudolf Barshai, turned out to be fateful for Turetsky’s creative future. Having heard at a family dinner that Mikhail was playing the flute, the maestro offered him a consultation with one of his professional friends. Having learned that his nephew also sings, his uncle asked the boy to perform a song. Afterwards, Rudolf Borisovich made a call to the director of the Choir School named after A.V. Sveshnikov with a request to listen to Mikhail without prejudice. Turetsky at that time was eleven years old, while the average age of applicants was seven. Despite this, the boy was soon accepted.
After graduating from college, having passed a serious competition, Mikhail Turetsky entered the conducting and choral department of the Gnessin State Musical and Pedagogical Institute. In 1985, having received a diploma with honors, he continues his postgraduate studies and is engaged in symphony conducting. Regularly attends rehearsals of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic under the direction of E. A. Mravinsky, observing the work of the maestro. Soon Turetsky became a choirmaster and actor at the Theater of Musical Art under the direction of Yuri Sherling, where he seriously immersed himself in the history of synthetic art.
After graduating from the institute, in 1989, Mikhail Turetsky began recruiting soloists for the men's choir at the Moscow Choral Synagogue. All members of the group had professional musical education. The main goal of the choir was the revival of Jewish sacred music in the USSR. The group's repertoire consisted of Jewish liturgical music, which had not been performed since 1917. According to tradition, the musicians sang all works a cappella, that is, without musical accompaniment, which required high professional training.
In just eighteen months, the choir under the direction of Mikhail Turetsky prepared an extensive program of Jewish spiritual and secular music, which it successfully performed in Israel, America, Germany, Great Britain, France, Canada, Spain (the “Por Me Espiritu” festival in the company of world music stars: Placido Domingo, Isaac Stern, Zubin Mehta).
The group quickly became in demand abroad, but in Russia in the early 90s, it was difficult for artists to find their audience. In 1993, the musicians were briefly supported by LogoVAZ (Boris Berezovsky) and the President of the Russian Jewish Congress, Vladimir Gusinsky.
In 1995-1996, the team is divided into two parts: one remains in Moscow, the second goes to the USA (Miami, Florida) to work under a contract. Mikhail Turetsky has to lead both groups at the same time.
The experience gained by the group while working in the USA significantly influenced the choir’s further repertoire policy and understanding of the syncretic nature of the present show. The artists immersed themselves in the atmosphere of American culture with its characteristic entertainment, dynamics, brightness of musical colors, as well as everything that is included in the modern concept of action. It is in the USA, among famous Broadway musicals and first-class musicians, that the variety direction of the project is being formed for the first time.
Thanks to a joint concert tour with, in 1997-1998. The public of the former USSR also becomes acquainted with the work of the group.
In 1998, the choir received the status of a city municipal group.
In the period from 1999 to 2002, the choir had its own repertoire performance (“Mikhail Turetsky’s Vocal Show”) at the Moscow State Variety Theater under the direction of , which takes place twice a month. On this stage the presentation of the choir to the general public of Moscow took place.
In 2003, Turetsky discovered his universal concept in music, leaving a mark on the history of world and domestic show business not only as a professional musician, but also as the creator of such a phenomenon in mass musical culture as the “art group.” From that moment on, his team acquired its modern name - "Art group Turetsky Choir". Now it is an ensemble of 10 soloists, in which all existing types of male voices are represented: from the lowest (bass profundo) to the highest (tenor altino). The rebirth of the band opens up broader horizons for musicians. The choir's repertoire is noticeably expanding, going beyond the boundaries of one national culture; Jewish prayers and songs still remain in the repertoire, but no longer form its basis.
The essence of the concept of “art group” lies in the limitlessness of creative possibilities within one musical group. The art group's repertoire covers music from different countries, styles and eras: from spiritual chants and opera classics to jazz, rock music and urban folklore. Within the framework of the new phenomenon, all kinds of performance options coexist: a cappella (that is, without accompaniment), singing with instrumental accompaniment, show performances combining vocals with elements of original choreography.
Turetsky Choir - With you forever
The new style in which the Turetsky Choir works is partly defined by the concept of classical crossover (synthesis of elements of pop, rock and electronic music), however, in the creative activity of the art group there are trends that go beyond this concept: polyphonic singing and voice imitation musical instruments, interactivity and the introduction of happening elements (for example, audience participation in a dance and song program). Thus, each concert number turns into a “mini-musical”, and the concert into a show with extraordinary energy. The repertoire of the “Turetsky Choir” still includes masterpieces of classical music in their original form. Mikhail himself not only sings, but also brilliantly hosts and directs his own show. Today the team has no analogues in the whole world.
Since 2004, the Turetsky Choir has begun extensive concert activities, began its social life and experienced a rapid rise in its pop career, which is accompanied by many awards and a constant increase in the number of fans. The group performs at the best concert venues in the country and the world. Among them: the Olympic Stadium (Moscow) and the Ice Palace (St. Petersburg), the Oktyabrsky Great Concert Hall (St. Petersburg), the Albert Hall (England), the largest halls in the USA - Carnegie Hall (New York), Dolby Theater (Los Angeles), Jordan Hall (Boston).
In 2005, for the 15th anniversary of the team, Mikhail Turetsky wrote an autobiography book "Choirmaster"- about his life, work and choir colleagues.
In 2008, the Turetsky Choir attracted four sold-out crowds at the State Kremlin Palace, and at the request of the audience, gave an additional sold-out fifth concert at the Luzhniki Sports Palace, which set a kind of record.
Despite the fact that the group has existed for many years, its core is still made up of musicians with whom M. Turetsky has known and been friends since his student years or since the formation of the choir.
In 2010, he established a new project - women's - called "SOPRANO". This unique project, which covers works of world musical culture of any complexity, was created over the course of two years. Hundreds of applicants competed for the right to sing in the group, and as a result of several castings, the best of the best remained in the project. “SOPRANO” represents all existing female singing voices: from the highest (coloratura soprano) to the lowest (mezzo). Each soloist presents her own singing style: from academic to folk and pop-jazz. In one concert of the art group "SOPRANO Turetsky" classics and rock, jazz and disco, fashionable modern music and retro hits are heard. Over the past year, the team has made a powerful leap towards original songs and achieved high results.
The girls performed with their compositions at the festivals “Song of the Year”, “New Wave”, “Slavic Bazaar”, “Five Stars”. The project’s professional biography includes annual tours in Russia and abroad (USA, Canada, Switzerland, Israel, etc.).
Soprano Turkish - Winter, Winter
In 2017, Mikhail Turetsky became the Laureate of the 2016 Russian Government Prize in the field of culture and was awarded the Order of Friendship - For services to the development of national culture and many years of fruitful activity.
The height of Mikhail Turetsky: 170 centimeters.
Personal life of Mikhail Turetsky:
His first wife is Elena, his classmate at the Gnessin Institute. They got married against the wishes of their parents in 1984. In the same 1984, their daughter Natalya was born.
His wife Elena died tragically in an accident. In August 1989, together with his friend and teacher Vladimir Semenyuk, Turetsky went to Klaipeda. At night, the musician received a telegram from his older brother with the words “Call urgently. Sasha". The next morning, Mikhail learned about a terrible tragedy: his father-in-law, his wife and her brother died in a car accident on the Minsk-Moscow highway.
He recalled: “My first wife’s father was driving a car with her and her brother from Lithuania, on her sister’s birthday. According to eyewitnesses, on the 71st kilometer of the Minsk-Moscow highway, the car drove into oncoming traffic, hit a bus, and then collided with the truck head-on and instant death for all three.”
In 2001, he had an illegitimate daughter, Isabelle (Bella), who lives with her mother Tatyana Borodovskaya in Germany. They met in 2000, when Mikhail and his choir were on tour in Germany. During a concert in Frankfurt, he saw an incredibly beautiful woman in the front row and, shocked by her appearance, jumped off the stage and invited the lady to dance. Then he asked for a phone number. Thus began their short romance, from which a daughter was born in December 2001. Bella inherited not only her famous father's appearance, but also his musicality - she plays the violin.
Tatyana Borodovskaya - mother of Mikhail Turetsky’s illegitimate daughter
The second wife is Liana, she is Armenian. The story of Mikhail and Liana began in 2001 during the Turetsky Choir’s tour of America. Liana's father received an offer to organize a concert for the group. It was love at first sight. Four months of mostly telephone communication was enough for Liana to exchange a comfortable American life for an unusual life in Russia. At the time they met, Liana was a woman with a five-year-old child - she had a daughter. Mikhail Turetsky said: “And I saw in her, first of all, a caring mother. Later, when we had more daughters, this opinion only strengthened. For my wife, children always come first, and I accepted that.”
The couple had two daughters: Emmanuelle (born 2005) and Beata (born 2009).
In 2014, Mikhail became a grandfather: Natalya gave birth to a son, Ivan Gilevich. And in 2016, Natalya gave birth to his granddaughter Elena.
Turetsky's eldest daughter Natalya is a lawyer and works in the office of the Turetsky Choir. Sarina graduated from MGIMO, Faculty of International Journalism, and works as a music producer.
Mikhail Turetsky in the program “While everyone is at home”
Bibliography of Mikhail Turetsky:
2005 - Choirmaster
Discography of the “Turetsky Choir”:
1999 - High Holidays (Jewish liturgy)
2000 - Jewish Songs
2001 - Bravissimo
2003 - The Turetsky Choir presents...
2004 - Star duets
2004 - Such great love
2004 - When men sing
2006 - Born to Sing
2006 - Great Music
2007 - Music of all times and peoples
2007 - Moscow - Jerusalem
2009 - Hallelujah of Love
For more than a quarter of a century, the Russian musical group “Turetsky Choir” has been on the crest of success and delights music lovers. Ten soloists, led by the People's Artist of the Russian Federation, have found their way to the hearts of millions of fans not only with their impeccable performance and talent, but also with the fact that the group has no repertoire restrictions. The vocal group's arsenal includes world classic hits, rock compositions, jazz and folk songs.
The abandonment of soundtracks and “live” voices make each performance unique. The repertoire of the “Turetsky Choir” includes songs performed in 10 languages. More than 5 thousand appearances on stages in Russia, post-Soviet countries, Europe, Asia and America have made the group world famous.
The group's debut took place in 1990, but the origins of creativity are deeper. The art group was formed towards the end of the 1980s at the choral synagogue in Moscow. At first, the repertoire included Jewish compositions and liturgical music. After a couple of years, the band’s ambitions grew, and the soloists expanded their genre repertoire with popular songs and music from different countries and eras, opera and rock compositions.
According to Mikhail Turetsky, who headed the group, to expand the circle of listeners, music from the last 4 centuries was included in the repertoire - from chanson to pop hits of the Soviet stage.
The debut concerts of the “Turetsky Choir” took place with the support of the Jewish charitable organization “Joint” and took place in Tallinn, Chisinau, Moscow, Leningrad and Kyiv. Interest in the Jewish musical tradition, which had died down after 1917, flared up with renewed vigor.
In 1991-92, the Turetsky Choir went on tour in Canada, France, Great Britain, America and Israel. In Toledo, Spain, the ensemble took part in a festival organized for the 500th anniversary of the Jewish exile, and took the stage with world stars Isaac Stern and.
In the mid-1990s, the Turetsky Choir split: one half remained in the Russian capital, the second moved to Miami, where the musicians worked under contract. The repertoire of the second half expanded with Broadway classics and jazz hits.
In 1997, vocalists under the leadership of Turetsky joined a farewell tour across the country and, together with the singer, gave over 100 concerts.
In 1999, the “Turetsky Choir” presented to the audience a repertoire performance called “Mikhail Turetsky’s Vocal Show.” The premiere took place on the stage of the Variety Theatre.
In 2002, Mikhail Turetsky received the title of “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation”, and 2 years later the choir gave its first concert in the Rossiya Concert Hall. Also in 2004, at the National Person of the Year Award, the group’s program, entitled “Ten Voices that Shook the World,” was nominated as “Cultural Event of the Year.”
At the beginning of 2005, the Turetsky Choir went on a tour of America and gave concerts on the stages of concert halls in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago. In the same and next year, the vocalists visited hundreds of cities in Russia and the CIS with a new program called “Born to Sing.”
In 2007, the Turetsky Choir became the winner of the Record 2007 award, which was awarded to the ensemble for the album Great Music. The collection includes classical compositions.
In 2010-2011, the musicians went on the anniversary tour “20 years: 10 voices”, and in 2012, to mark the 50th anniversary of the band’s leader, a concert was held in the Kremlin Palace, in which, in addition to the choir, stars of Russian show business took part. In the same year, the ensemble presented fans with the song “The Smile of God Rainbow,” for which a video was recorded.
In the spring of 2014, Turetsky’s team presented music lovers with a show program staged by a choreographer. It was called "A Man's View of Love." To see the performance live, 19 thousand spectators gathered at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex stadium, watching what was happening on stage from interactive screens.
On Victory Day, the musicians gave a 2-hour concert on Poklonnaya Hill, attracting 150 thousand people. In April 2016, at the Kremlin Palace, the Turetsky Choir presented fans with an unforgettable show in honor of the group’s 25th anniversary, calling it “With you and forever.”
Over time, the composition of the art group changed, but the leader, Mikhail Turetsky, remained unchanged. He made his way to becoming the leader of the illustrious team after graduating from the Institute named after him in the mid-1980s. Gnesins. Mikhail’s first charges were children – Turetsky led a choir of young vocalists. Then he headed the choral group of the Yuri Sherling Theater.
In 1990, Mikhail Turetsky organized a men's choir in the capital's choral synagogue, which transformed into a renowned group.
One of the oldest and at the same time youngest soloists of the art group, Alex Alexandrov, joined the choir in 1990. The Muscovite graduated from Gnesinka in the mid-1990s. Alexandrov became famous for copying voices and. The vocalist has a rich, dramatic baritone voice.
In 1991, the poet and bass profundo Evgeniy Kulmis, who previously led the children's choir, joined Turetsky's brainchild. Evgeniy was born near Chelyabinsk, began his career as a pianist and also went from Gnesinka to working in the Turetsky Choir. Kulmis is the author of lyrics and Russian translations of some songs.
In 1991-92, two more Muscovites joined the team: dramatic tenor Evgeny Tulinov and altino tenor Mikhail Kuznetsov. Tulinov and Kuznetsov are Honored Artists of the Russian Federation since 2006 and 2007, respectively. Both are Gnesinka graduates.
In the mid-1990s, lyric tenor from Minsk Oleg Blyakhorchuk joined the ensemble, who plays piano, accordion, melodica, electric and acoustic guitars. He came to the team from Mikhail Finberg's orchestra, where he was a soloist.
In 2003, the Turetsky Choir accepted two more capital residents into its composition: Boris Goryachev, who had previously performed Russian sacred music, and has a lyrical baritone, and Igor Zverev (bass cantanto).
In 2007 and 2009, the art group was enriched by baritone tenor Konstantin Kabo and countertenor Vyacheslav Fresh. Both are native Muscovites.
Of those who left the group, music lovers remember Boris Voinov, who worked in the Turetsky Choir from its formation to 1993, tenor Vladislav Vasilkovsky (immigrated to the USA in 1996) and opera tenor Valentin Sukhodolets (left in 2009). From 1991 to 1999, tenor Mark Smirnov and bass Vladimir Aranzon sang in the Turetsky Choir.
In 2017, the art group presented fans with the lyrical song “With You and Forever,” for which director Olesya Aleinikova shot a video. The video was a leader in the VII awards of the RU.TV channel. The ceremony took place in the capital's Crocus City Hall.
At the annual music awards RU.TV presented for the first time a nomination for the best video filmed in Crimea. VladiMir and the Turetsky Choir fought for victory.
In October 2017, Mikhail Turetsky’s team made another surprise for music lovers by presenting the song and video “You Know.” The actress starred in the video.
On the page of the “Turetsky Choir” in "Instagram" and on the official website, fans of the group will learn about news in the creative life of the group. In February 2018, the ensemble gave a concert in the Kremlin.
Crossover
1989 - present
Russia
Oleg Blyakhorchuk, Evgeny Tulinov, Vyacheslav Fresh, Konstantin Kabo, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Alex Alexandrov, Boris Goryachev, Evgeny Kulmis, Igor Zverev
"Choir Turkish"- a musical group led by People's Artist of Russia Mikhail Turetsky. The basis of the group’s unique concept is “live” voices. The artists perform compositions in more than ten languages without a soundtrack, including a cappella, and can replace the orchestra with their voices. Ten vocalists represent the entire palette of male singing voices.
The Turetsky Choir debuted in 1990 in the Philharmonic Halls of Tallinn and Kaliningrad. At the beginning of their career, the repertoire of the group differed from the modern shows of the Turetsky Choir. The origins of the art group originate in the Choir at the Moscow Choral Synagogue. In the late 80s, the future Mikhail Turetsky Choir performed Jewish liturgical music. A few years later, the team’s ambitions went beyond this rather narrow area. Today the group successfully combines a variety of genres in its repertoire: opera, sacred (liturgical), folk, popular music from different countries and eras.
“Very few were interested in this kind of music back then, and no one at all in post-Soviet countries... ... So when I got the opportunity, I did some research in the libraries of New York and Jerusalem and discovered this deep, varied, and very stylish layer music, accessible on an emotional level to every person... ... ... Over time, we came to understand that we needed a wider circle of listeners and began to include secular material in our programs. … … … Today our repertoire includes music from the last four centuries: from Handel and hits of the Soviet era to chanson and the best examples of modern pop culture...”
1989 - Mikhail Turetsky creates and leads the men's choir of the Moscow Choral Synagogue. There, in 1990, the team officially debuted.
With the support of the charitable organization "Joint", the first concerts of the Choir were held in Kaliningrad, Tallinn, Chisinau, Kyiv, Leningrad, Moscow and other cities. At that time, the “Male Jewish Chamber Choir” under the direction of Mikhail Turetsky acted as a kind of locomotive for the revival of interest in the Jewish musical tradition. Music, on the verge of extinction since 1917, was again heard outside the synagogues and became available to a wide range of audiences.
2002-2003 - The team actively tours Germany and the USA.
2004 January - The first solo concert of the art group “Turetsky Choir” at the State Central Concert Hall “Russia” with the program “Ten Voices that Shook the World”, for which Mikhail Turetsky was awarded the title “Person of the Year - 2004” in the category “Cultural Event of the Year” of the National Award "Person of the Year - 2004."
2004 December - The art group “Turetsky Choir” presents the program “When Men Sing” at the State Kremlin Palace (with the participation of Emma Shaplan and Gloria Gaynor).
2005 January - American tour: concerts in the best halls of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlantic City, Boston and Chicago.
2005-2006 - the anniversary tour of the art group “Turetsky Choir” with the new program “Born to Sing” covers more than 100 cities in Russia and the CIS countries.
2006-2007 - Tour of the group with the program “Music of all times and peoples” in 70 cities of Russia and the CIS countries.
2007 - The art group "Turetsky Choir" becomes the laureate of the Russian music industry award "Record-2007" for the best classical album of the year - the collector's edition "Great Music", as well as the laureate of the Annual National Award "Emotion" in the category "Respect". The prize was awarded for the most high-profile socially significant charity project - the children's charity concert “Do Good Today!”, held on March 27 with the support of the Moscow Government and the Moscow City Committee for Culture at the main venue of the country, in the State Kremlin Palace. The concert was attended by more than 5,000 children: gifted and talented children, children from socially disadvantaged and large families, and disabled children. “Our action is a unique opportunity to appeal to a huge audience of listeners with a call to do good,” says Mikhail Turetsky, “it’s no secret that the language of music, like no other, is accessible and understandable to each of us. Stormy applause, a sea of flowers, delighted children's faces, fire in their eyes - all this indicates that our goal was achieved."
2007-2008 - Tour of the group with the program “Hallelujah of Love” in cities of Russia and the CIS countries. The choir gives a record number of concerts in Moscow: 4 “solo performances” in the Kremlin Palace and one additional concert in the Luzhniki Stadium (State Concert Hall “Russia”).
2008-2009 - The band’s tour with the program “The Show Goes On...” in the cities of Russia, the CIS countries and the USA.
2011 - The Beginning tour starts.
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Mikhail Turetsky- leader and founder of the group, lyric tenor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation since 2010, People's Artist of the Russian Federation since 2010.
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| Alex Alexandrov- dramatic baritone One of the youngest soloists of the Choir, and, at the same time, an old-timer of the group. Alex Alexandrov is not only a soloist, but also an assistant choreographer; many dance numbers in concerts are choreographed with his help. Perfectly copies the voices of other singers - Boris Moiseev, Toto Cutugno, etc.
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| Evgeniy Kulmis- bass profundo, poet, former choir director. Born in the Southern Urals, near Chelyabinsk in 1966. He began his musical career as a pianist. Graduated from the Institute. Gnesins, majoring in musicology (historical-theoretical-composition department), studied in graduate school. Evgeniy Kulmis is the author of texts and poetic translations of individual Choir numbers. For example, he is the author of the Russian version of a composition from the ELO repertoire - “Twilight”.
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| Evgeniy Tulinov- deputy artistic director, dramatic tenor Honored Artist of the Russian Federation from Born in 1964 in Moscow. He graduated from the music school at the Moscow Conservatory and the Institute named after. Gnesins. In his first years at the institute, Evgeniy sang at services in the Church of St. John the Warrior, was a choirmaster at the MELZ cultural center, taught at a music school and worked in the Men's Chamber Choir under the direction of V. M. Rybin.
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| Mikhail Kuznetsov- tenor-altino Honored Artist of the Russian Federation from Born in 1962 in Moscow. Graduated from the Institute. Gnesins. He worked in the academic choir under the direction of Vladimir Minin and in the Male Choir of the publishing department of the Moscow Patriarchy magazine.
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| Oleg Blyakhorchuk- lyric tenor, multi-instrumentalist (piano, acoustic and electric guitar, accordion, melodica). Born in 1966 in Minsk (Belarus). Graduated from the Minsk Music College named after. M.I. Glinka and the Belarusian State Conservatory named after. A. V. Lunacharsky, majoring in choral conducting. In his third year at school, Oleg had his own vocal and instrumental group, in which he was the leader, vocalist and keyboard player at the same time. He worked in the Radio and Television Choir, where the main conductor was A.V. Sveshnikov's student, People's Artist of the USSR V.V. Rovdo, then as a soloist of the concert orchestra of the Republic of Belarus under the direction of Mikhail Finberg.
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| Boris Goryachev- lyric baritone. Born in Moscow in 1971. Graduated from the Choral School. Sveshnikov, entered the Moscow Conservatory, graduated from the choral conducting department of the Institute. Gnesins. He worked in the Akathist Men's Chamber Choir under the direction of A.V. Malyutin. The group performed Russian sacred music, which was interesting and new at that time. In 1995, he went to work in the Peresvet choir and at the same time worked on his own project - a quartet that performed spiritual and Russian folk music.
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| Igor Zverev- high bass (bass cantanto) Born in 1968 in the Moscow region. Graduated from the Choral School. Sveshnikov, Moscow Academy of Culture and Art, department of choral conducting. He worked in the song and dance ensemble of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and in the choir named after. Polyansky.
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| Konstantin Kabo- baritone tenor, composer. Born in 1974 in Moscow. Graduated from the Choral School. Sveshnikova, then RATI (GITIS) with a degree in musical theater actor. He sang in the musicals “Nord-Ost”, “12 Chairs”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “Mama Mia”. At the same time, he wrote music, in particular, for the “Circus on Ice” program.
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| Vyacheslav Fresh- counter-tenor Born in 1982 in Moscow. Graduated from the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts of the University. Johann Guttenberg in Mainz (Germany).
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For a complete discography, see the article Turetsky Choir (discography)
| Disc name | Year of issue |
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| High Holidays(Jewish liturgy) | |
| Jewish Songs | |
| Bravissimo | |
| The Turetsky Choir presents... | |
| Star duets | |
| Such great love | |
| When men sing (Live in Haifa, DVD, 2004) |
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| When men sing (Live in Moscow, DVD, 2004) |
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| Born to Sing |
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| Born to sing. (Live in Moscow, 2005, DVD) |
Many people know such a wonderful group as the “Turetsky Choir”, as well as the new project of its illustrious leader called SOPRANO. Let's get to know their participants better.
"Turetsky Choir", the composition of which will be presented below, is a Russian musical group led by M. Turetsky. The uniqueness of the group is that its ten vocalists represent the entire diversity of male singing voices. The Turetsky Choir performs various a cappella compositions in ten languages and can easily replace an entire orchestra with its voices.
The ancestor of the illustrious group should be considered the choir at the Moscow synagogue, where in the late eighties Turetsky’s group delighted listeners with the performance of liturgical Jewish compositions. And now at the performances of the “Turetsky Choir” they sound both world hits in unusual arrangements and songs of their own composition.
Let's meet all ten members of the team:
The following artists were part of the “Turetsky Choir” at various times:
SOPRANO is a female project by M. Turetsky, consisting of 9 wonderful soloists, selected as a result of a serious casting from hundreds of applicants. The group, like the Turetsky Choir, consists of a whole variety of singing voices, only in this case female: from coloratura soprano (the highest) to mezzo (the lowest).
In addition, each of the soloists has her own singing style: from academic to jazz and folk. That’s why SOPRANO’s repertoire includes rock, retro, classics, jazz, and modern music. Along with hits, the female composition of the “Turetsky Choir” also performs original songs. Let's imagine charming girls:
The “Turetsky Choir,” whose composition was discussed in the article, is a unique Russian musical group that performs its compositions a cappella only live, without the use of phonograms. The listeners were pleased to get acquainted with Mikhail's new project - the women's SOPRANO.
