Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra

The Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra of Moscow is among Russia's leading small orchestral ensembles. The group has offered consistently imaginative programming, introducing obscure Western works to Russian audiences and performing a considerable amount of new music. The orchestra has gone by various names: Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra, Musica Viva, Musica Viva Symphony Orchestra, and Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra, among others. The group can trace its roots to 1978, when conductor Viktor Kornachev, also a violinist, formed a group of nine players who had recently gradua...