Artists' Bio

Valeri Polyansky
Chief Conductor

 The State Symphony Capella of Russia was founded in 1991 as a result of a merger of the USSR State Chamber Choir under the leadership of Valeri Polyansky and State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Culture headed by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Specialists mark strict performing discipline reigning in the collective, flexibility of phraising, rich and warm sounding, nobility of expression, skillfully balanced sounding sections, all that make it the State Symphony Capella of Russia.
Capella’s programs include such master pieces as Masses of Mozart and Schubert, Bruckner and Liszt, Requiems by Verdi, Cherubini, Brahms, Mozart, Dvorak, Britten, Schnittke, Rachmaninoff’s Bells, Stravinksy’s Wedding, operas in concert performances, etc.

Having visited numerous Russian cities, the Capella has toured Spain, Hungary, France, Holland, Germany, Sweden, Canada, England, Italy, and other European countries. Many critics around the toured countries noted the flawless vocal and choral technique, beautiful continuous sounding, crystal-clear and precise intonation and unfailing attention to poetic words. In December of 2005 the Capella made a debut tour of the Far East by visiting Hong Kong and Mainland China as a part of the Holiday Festival activities.

Capella under Polyansky conqueres the hearts of audiences by its emotionally strained, passionate performing. Never before did the listeners around the world demanded an encore with such insistency and admiration.

“What a Choir! Beautiful, noble, ideally balanced sounding, diversity of timbres, flawless clear intoning… We can only dream about such a Choir…”

                                                            - Le Monde de la Musique”, France

 
Valeri Polyansky

Music Director & Chief Conductor
State Symphony Capella of Russia

Peoples’ Artist of Russia
Laureate of the State Award

Valeri Polyansky was born in 1949 in Moscow, Russia. Upon graduating from the Moscow Conservatoire his interests went far beyond his basic specialty – he was attracted first of all by that special powerful music synthesis, which appears while merging choir with orchestra.

In 1977 Maestro Polyansky was invited as a conductor to Bolshoi Theatre, where he had a chance to work very closely with Gennady Rozhdestvensky. During the years of his work at the Bolshoi Theatre Maestro Polyansky was a frequent guest conductor with orchestras in Iceland, Finland, Germany, Holland, Turkey and Taiwan.

In 1992 Maestro Polyansky was appointed as a chief conductor and artistic director of the State Symphony Capella of Russia which consists of symphony orchestra and a chorus, numbering more than 200 artists.

Polyansky has made a great number of musical recordings with the leading sound recording firms here in Russia and abroad. Among them are compositions of Tchaikovsky, Taneyev, Glazunov, Skryabin, Bruckner, Dvorak, Reger, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and many others. Valeri Polyansky is one of the recognized representatives of this “genre”. He is a universal artist in this respect. That is why his CDs are widely sold all over the world.

Capella under Polyansky continues to conquer the hearts of audiences around the world by its emotionally strained and passionate performances.