Concertmasters:



Concertmaster of the orchestra
Rodion Petrov

Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.Tchaikovsky (2007). Prize-winner: the First International Tchaikovsky Competition for young musicians in Moscow (1992); Rudolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition in Gorizia, Italy (1996) - II prize and all the five special prizes; Premio Paganini International Violin Competition in Genova, Italy (1997) - II prize and special prize for the best performance of Paganini's Caprices; International Competition Valsesia Musica (Varallo, Italy) - I Prize (2005) ;  The Fourth Paganini Moscow International Violin Competition (2006) -  II prize.


Concertmaster of the orchestra
Yaroslav Krasnikov

Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky (1983). Previous places of work: the Moscow Regional Philharmonic, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio, the Moscow State Philharmonic Society


 

Second violins

 

Violas
Lyubov Popova

Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky (1990). Previous place of work: the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra

 

 

Cellos
Alexander Zababurkin

Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky and postgraduate course. Prize-winner of the International Competition “Virtuosos of the 21 century” (Moscow, 1998, II Prize), Prize-winner of the III Competition “Young Talents of Russia” (1999, I Prize), Prize-winner of the International Competition of “Classical Heritage” Association (2000, I Prize), Prize-winner of the chamber ensembles’ International Competition in Thessaloniki (Greece, 2005, I Prize)


 

Contrabasses

 
 

Flutes

 

Clarinets
Pavel Zolotukhin

Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky (2004). Previous place of work: the Moscow State Conservatory Opera-house

 

Oboes
Svetlana Usacheva

Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky (2007). Previous place of work: the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

 

Bassoons
International competitions prize-winner
Sergey Sonnov

Graduate of the State Musical Teachers’ Training Institute named after M. Ippolitov-Ivanov (2006). Previous places of work: the State Symphony Orchestra conducted by V. Dudarova, the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by P. Kogan


 

Trumpets
Alexander Vetukh

Graduate of the Russian Academy of Music (class of Professor Honoured Artist of Russia V. Pushkarev). International Competitions prize-winner, including the Timofei Dokschitzer Competition (2009, 2 prize), International Delphic Games (2008, 1 prize)

 


Trombones
Igor Bogolepov

Graduate of the Russian Gnesins’ Academy of Music (1981). Previous place of work: the A. Alexandrov Russian Army academic song and dance ensemble

 
 

Horns
Taras Naumenko

  Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky (2006). Previous place of work: the Bolshoy Theatre Orchestra

 

 

Percussion instruments
Dmitry Utenkov

Graduate of the the Russian Gnesins’ Academy of Music (1998). Previous places of work: the National folk music and song theatre “The Golden Ring”, the State Academic Symphonic Chapel of Russia, the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble under the direction of Igor Moiseyev

 
 

Piano

Honoured Culture Worker of Russia
Nadezhda Demianova

Graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky (1983). Prize-winner of the Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud International contest (III prize), Prize-winner of the International J. S. Bach contest in Leipzig (II prize). Previous place of work: the Academic Junior Music College in Association with Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (as a teacher and an accompanist)

 

Harp
Elizaveta Bushueva

International  competitions prize-winner. A student of the Moscow State Conservatory named after P. Tchaikovsky