Annotation
Заслуженный коллектив России is an honorary title. Do not confuse with Академический симфонический оркестр Санкт-Петербургской филармонии that has the identical name except the title. Both orchestras currently belong to The St. Petersburg Philharmonia. The latter started under the auspices of Leningrad Radio.
Commonly used English name is St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
Acronym used for this orchestra on official website: zkrasof.
During Soviet years the orchestra was renamed to Ленинградский Филармонический Оркестр (Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra), since the city was renamed to Leningrad
Main conductors' periods:
Hermann Fliege (1882–1907)
Hugo Varlikh (1907–1917)
Serge Koussevitzky (1917–1920)
Emil Cooper (1920–1923)
Valery Berdyaev (1924–1926)
Nikolai Malko (1926–1930)
Aleksandr Gauk (1930–1934)
Fritz Stiedry (1934–1937)
Yevgeny Mravinsky (1938–1988)
Yuri Temirkanov (1988–)
Frequently perform at Большой зал Санкт-Петербургской Филармонии - Bolshoi Zal - Large Hall of St Petersburg Philharmonic - Grand Hall.
(This annotation functions as a extended disambiguation.)
Wikipedia
The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Russian: Симфонический оркестр Санкт-Петербургской филармонии, Symphonic Orchestra of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia) is a symphony orchestra based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Their home venue is the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia.
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