Music in Irkutsk Oblast
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The city of
Two Siberians (White Fort)), Printsip Neopredelyonnosti, and Chyorno-Belye Snimki.[1] The city of Irkutsk has long been a center for musical development in Siberia
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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.[2]
Musicians
The bass singer Leonid Kharitonov was born in the village of Golumet in the Irkutsk Oblast in 1933.
Russian singer-songwriter Oleg Medvedev lives and works in Irkutsk.
References
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