Vyatka Tchaikovsky Philharmonic

The Vyatka Philharmonic named after P. I. Tchaikovsky in Kirov was founded on January 28, 1958, on the basis of the concert and variety bureau that had existed since 1939. The institution received the name of the great composer in 2022 at the initiative of schoolchildren, which emphasized the historical connection of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with the Vyatka region, where he was born in Votkinsk. Famous Soviet performers, including Lyudmila Zykina and Muslim Magomayev, as well as opera singers Sergei Lemeshev and Galina Vishnevskaya, performed on the stage of the philharmonic. Since 2019, a virtual concert hall has been operating here, broadcasting performances from the Moscow Philharmonic in high resolution, and the institution includes a hall for organ and chamber music.