IOFFE Institute
Chamber Chorus was founded in 1978 in St. Petersburg
A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute - ALMA MATER of Russian physical
scholarship of academician A.F.Ioffe. The first conductor of it was
Olga Kucherova , postgraduate of St. Petersburg Conservatory. Nowadays
she works in USA and the choir leader (conductor) of our chorus is Elena
Joukova, postgraduate of St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts.
The choir now contains about 20 singers. Some of them are professional
musicians, others are scientists, engineers, teachers and students - are
amateur singers, but all of them are joint by love to music. One of them
is bass-profoundo, who gives a rich and unique Russian sound to it.
The main aim of this ensemble is searching for the pearls of Russian music
forgotten nowadays and presenting them to people in Russia and other
countries.
The ensemble has made several concert tours and performances in Russia and
abroad:
USA (1991), Sweden (1999) and Finland (1995,1999, 2002).
The Chorus has performed in the most prestige concert halls of Stockholm
(St. Sofia and St. Clara Churches), Uppsala and Marienfred. In 2002 Ioffe
Chorus has taken part in the
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Vaasa Hoirfestival.
The repertoire of the Iîffe Chorus includes an early and modern music not
only Russian, but of other countries as well.
