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The A. V. Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir is one of the principal choirs of Russia, founded in 1936 by Aleksandr Sveshnikov as the choir of the USSR All-Union Radio with Sveshnikov as permanent director from 1941. The choir was renamed in his honour after his death.^[1]

Conductors

• Nikolai Danilin (1936-1939)
• Vladimir Vinogradov (1939 - 1941)
• Aleksandr Sveshnikov (1941-1980)
• Igor Agafonnikov (1980–1987)
• Vladimir Minin (1987–1990)
• Evgeniy Tytyanko (1991-1995)
• Igor Raevskiy (1995-2007)
• Boris Tevlin (2008-2012)
• Evgeny Volkov (2012-)

Selected recordings

• Rachmaninov All night vigil 1965
• Russian Folk Songs

References