Conference at TASS dedicated to the premiere of the oratorio «Winners!»

On April 2 at 12:00, TASS (Saint Petersburg) will host a press conference dedicated to the premiere of the oratorio «Winners!», which will take place on April 10 in the Great Hall of the Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after D.D. Shostakovich.

The oratorio «Winners!» is a large-scale work written by the outstanding Russian composer, Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Pleshak for the State Academic Russian Orchestra named after V.V. Andreev, reader, vocalists, children's and mixed choirs for the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and personifying the strength, courage and unbending spirit of the victorious people.

The artistic director and principal conductor of the Andreevsky Orchestra, People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Khokhlov; composer, Honored Artist of Russia Viktor Pleshak; laureates of international competitions, soloists Svetlana Moskalenko (soprano, Mikhailovsky Theatre) and Alexander Mikhailov (tenor, Mariinsky Theatre) will talk about the work on the piece, the materials that became the basis for the composition, and its features.

Entry is only for media representatives and with prior accreditation upon presentation of a passport and editorial ID. 

Accreditation will be conducted until 18:00 on 1 April 2025. 

To obtain accreditation, you must send a letter on the media letterhead to tass_spb@tass.ru from the editorial office's corporate email, indicating the full name, position, and current contacts of the journalist.

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