Music of Irkutsk

Music of Irkutsk

The city of Irkutsk is the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, both of which produced several famous popular musicians and have a number of styles of folk music. Musicians from Irkutsk include the rock bands "Bely Ostrog", "Printsip Neopredelyonnosti", and "Chyorno-Belye Snimki" [http://www.icc.ru/fed/culture.html] . The city of Irkutsk has long been a center for musical development in Siberia.

Music institutions

The Irkutsk Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in the 1850s. The first major school of musical education was founded in 1899, followed a few years later by the opening of the Irkutsk branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society. Other music institutions include the Irkutsk Chamber Orchestra [http://www.manus.baikal.ru/eng/es20.htm] .

References

* [http://www.icc.ru/fed/culture.html]
* [http://www.manus.baikal.ru/eng/es20.htm]


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