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Belarussian State Chamber Orchestra (Minsk chamber orchestra) — chamber orchestra from Minsk, Belarus. The orchestra’s repertoire is multifaceted and extensive, ranging from the 17th century to the 21st. Orchestra became a unique creative laboratory for many Belarusian composers. The most outstanding artists who have performed with the orchestra include Sviatoslav Richter, Paul Badura-Skoda, Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Elisso Virsaladze, Mikhail Voskressensky; Mstislav Rostropovich, Natalia Gutman, Victor Tretyakov, Liana Issakadze and others. The ensemble has collaborated with such renowned conductors as Rudolf Barshai, Gennady Provatorov, Vitaliy Kataev, Petr Vandilovsky, Dmitri Zubov, Mikhail Katz, Valeriy Polyansky, Alexander Polianichko, Ingo E.Rheil, Saulius Sondeckis and others.

History
Republic’s Honoured Collective The Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1968, under the name of “Minsk Chamber Orchestra”, by a well-known musician Oleg Yanchenko, an organist, composer and conductor. For twenty-five years the orchestra was lead by Yury Tzyriuk, who came from the Minsk and St.Petersburg Conservatories. The highest performing achievements of the ensemble are associated with his name.

In 1975, the orchestra received great accolades at the International Festival of Chamber Orchestras in Vilnius, Lithuania, where it was proclaimed to be one of the very best ensembles of the then Soviet Union. In 1977, the orchestra won the All-Union competition of the Professional Performing Ensembles. The Chamber Orchestra has performed in such halls as the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire, The Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, and all main halls of the capital of the former USSR. The ensemble received numerous awards, among them – the Honorary Diplomas and Certificates of the Supreme Soviets of Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldavia (Moldova) and the republics of Caucasus and Middle Asia. In 1977, the State Chamber Orchestra was the very first of all Belarusian professional ensembles chosen to tour Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Bulgaria. The tour was a resounding success. Since then, the orchestra has toured Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Finland, Lebanon, Turkey, and many other countries.

Since 2009 Evgeny Bushkov is the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra. Currently, the orchestra is comprised of former graduates of Belorussian and Moscow Conservatories. Among them are five winners of national and international competitions; six performers hold master’s and doctoral degrees from Belarusian Academy of Music; five more also teach in colleges and conservatories. On May, 31 2018 by appointment of the Minister of Culture of Belarus the orchestra was awarded a title of “Republic’s Honoured Collective”.