Admiralty Navy Band of Russia

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Admiralty Navy Band of Russia Адмиралтейский оркестр России
Admiralty Navy Band of Russia in June 2010
Background information
Also known as	Admiralty Band of the Leningrad Naval Base
Origin	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Years active	1703; 318 years ago (1703)
Labels	Russian Lira
Associated acts	Central Navy Band of Russia Special Exemplary Military Band of the Guard of Honor Battalion of Russia
Website	Адмиралтейский оркестр
Members	Grigory Velko
Past members	Captain Alexei Karabanov

The Admiralty Navy Band of the Leningrad Naval Base (Russian: Адмиралтейский оркестр Ленинградской военно-морской базы) is a Russian military band based in Saint Petersburg. It was founded early in the 18th century about the same time as the Russian Navy itself. The band's chief conductor and director of music is Captain 3rd rank Valentin Lyashenko, who leads the band under the instruction of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia.

The band has toured Europe and performed for visiting heads of state. It has also had a number of guest conductors, both military and civilian. , a music professor at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.A., served as guest conductor of the Admiralty Navy Band for a concert in 2004 at .^[1]

Principal Conductors[]

The band in 2012.

• G. Stepanov (1938-1939)
• S. Rotmil (1939-1940)
• A. Tsvetkov (1940-1949)
• S. Polyansky (1950-1959)
• V. Barsegyan (1960-1975)
• M. Borzhkov (1976-1977)
• N. Idzon (1978-1984)
• Alexei Karabanov (1985–2008)
• Valentin Lyashchenko (2008-2021)
• Nikita Ignatov (since June 2021)

Discography[]

• 50 Years of Victory (1995)
• Music of Our Victory (1995)
• Leningrad Reminiscences (1998)
• Under the Sign of the Eagle (2000)
• Music of the Russian Imperial Guard - Vol. 1 (2000)
• Music of the Russian Imperial Guard - Vol. 2 (2005)
• Music of Russian Glory (2005)

External links[]

• Admiralty Navy Band of Russia Official site, in English.
• Admiralty Navy Band of Russia Official site, in Russian.

References[]

• MilitaryMusic.com E-NEWS – June 19, 2002 – Band Profile: The Saint Petersburg Admiralty Navy Band

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