The State Chamber Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus (BSCO) was founded in 1968, under the name of "Minsk Chamber Orchestra," by a well-known musician Oleg Yanchenko, an organist, composer and conductor.

 

For twenty-five years the orchestra was lead by Yury Tzyriuk, who came from the Minsk and St.Petersburg (then Leningrad) Conservatories. The highest performing achievements of the ensemble are associated with his name.

 

In 1975, the orchestra received great accolades at the International Festival of Chamber Orchestras in Vilnius, Lithuania, where it was proclaimed to be one of the very best ensembles of the then Soviet Union.

 

In 1977, the orchestra won the All-Union competition of the Professional Performing Ensembles. The Chamber Orchestra has performed in such halls as the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire, The Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, and all main halls of the capital of the former USSR.

 

 

In 1977, the State Chamber Orchestra was the very first of all Belarusian professional ensembles chosen to tour Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Bulgaria. The tour was a resounding success. Since then, the orchestra has toured Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Finland, Lebanon, Turkey, and many other countries.

 

The orchestra enjoys performing extensively in its native Belarus, and there is not a place on the Belarusian map where the orchestra has not performed. In fact, BSCO was instrumental in establishing chamber orchestras in many Belarusian cities, such as Grodno, Brest, Gomel, Molodechno, and others.

 

 

Igor Bukhvalov's in-depth knowledge of tradition and the established canons of music in addition to his unconventional interpretation of many well-known works have led him to create a variety of extraordinary performances with the New York Chamber Virtuosi, the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Berlin, the American Opera Theatre.

 

 

 

 

Pavel Batsian graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in 2015 with a Master's degree.

In 2005 became a laureate of the International competition "Olimpo Musicale" in Kaunas (First prize). In 2007 won the First prize at the XIII International E. Koki competition in Moldova and the Second prize at the II International M. Elsky competition in Minsk.

In 2010 Pavel received a Bronze medal at the Sixth Open Youth Delphic Games of the CIS member states.

Same year was invited to the II International Festival of Young Performers of Classical Music "Rising Stars in Kremlin", accompanied by the chamber orchestra "Virtuosos of Moscow" under Vladimir Spivakov.

 

1. Mozart - Divertimento in D major, K.136
2. Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings

- Intermission -

3. Barber - Adagio for Strings
4. Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings