V.MININ “THE BEGINNING"
The Moscow chamber choir was created at the moment when in my head there was quite a certain image what it should be. By that time during five years I did not supervise any choir and, to tell the truth, had never thought that I would be back. But the love to the choral singing, need of it was still in my heart.
Being rector on the Gnessins musical institute, I have got the opportunity to create the choir and my concept should be just written on paper. My task was creating of a modern chamber ensemble of soloists. I insist - I wanted that all talents of choristers would reveal freely, and each of soloists should be the personality, opposing that time tendency: to brush all artists under one comb. That is why my choir concept was « ensemble of soloists».
As to the definition "modern" it concerns both: repertoire and my dialogue with choristers, choir and public, selection of expression means. The accent on modernity helped choir to live so long time, 37 years, keeping its creativity and audience interest all over the world.
In 1970th there was a certain tendency - to create choirs, but few of them managed to survive. We did. Choirs could sing as much as they wanted Orlando Lasso and Palestrina, but it is not enough to feed the public.
I think it is very important - to be modern. This choir concept remains being the main up till now. In the very beginning our choir included students, graduates and even teachers of the Gnessins musical institute, and it was the amateur choir. But soon due to professionalism of choristers it became professional.
On 23rd April, 1972 we performed our first concert, in Moscow, in the House of scientists. Then the summer vacation came, and only in the autumn we have gathered again.
 During all 1973 we gathered in the evenings for rehearsal, after work, on Saturday and Sunday, performed in Moscow suburbs . But due to active assistance of Georgy Sviridov, Vasily Kuharsky, being deputy of Culture Minister Ekaterina Furtseva, and also due to the fact that our choir was under protection of Rosconcert, we became professionals since January 1, 1974.
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