Ensemble of soloists “Premiere”
Tchaikovsky Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory
Artistic Director and Conductor – Igor Dronov

The Ensemble of Soloists “Premiere” is a modern youth group, which is subject to different styles and repertoires from the Baroque era to the avant-garde, from miniatures to opera performances. The ensemble has the experience of performing at the residence of Pope John Paul II Castel Gandolfo, UN headquarters in Geneva, UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The ensemble is a laureate of several foreign festivals: the XVII International Festival of Youth Orchestras in Murcia (Spain); the international festival Musica Sacra Praga (Czech Republic); the international festival “Medina” in Tunisia; International Festival of Russian Art in Italy (Marche region), Festival of Russian Art in Essen (Germany).

The creative collaboration of the conductor Igor Dronov with the director of the Bolshoi Theater Igor Ushakov led to successful performances with productions of the operas “Apothecary” by Haydn, “Impresario in Difficulty” by Cimarosa, “Imaginary Philosophers” by Paisiello. In 2017, Rossini's comic opera The Silk Stairs was staged, which had been absent on the Russian stage for almost twenty years. Thanks to the staging work of Igor Ushakov, the leading director of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, opera performances have evoked a lively response from opera lovers.

In connection with Pushkin's jubilee, the ensemble has created a musical performance “Snowstorm” with music by Georgy Sviridov, staged by the Honored Artist of Russia Sergei Shustitsky.