Oleg Lundstrem: biography. Orchestra of Oleg Lundstrem

Oleg Lundstrem, whose biography is presented in this article, was born in 1916 in the city of Chita. He is a famous composer, as well as the director of the same oldest jazz orchestra in the world. The musician died in 2005.

Biography

Oleg Lundstrem was born in the family of a gymnasium teacher. In 1921 his father was invited to work at the Chinese Eastern Railway in Harbin. First his father taught physics at the school, and later became a lecturer at the institute. In 1932, the future jazzman went to the Polytechnic Institute and the musical technical school. In 1935 the world was carried away by jazz. At first Oleg Lundstrem did not pay attention to new music. But once again selecting the plates for the party, I came across a play performed by the famous Duke Ellington Orchestra in the US and Europe. The young musician was stunned. After that, he became acquainted with the work of Louis Armstrong.

Jazz made a strong impression on Oleg and his friends-musicians. They began to perform this music at the dance. Oleg Lundstrem, by ear from the records, reproduced the arrangements. Young musicians decided to organize a jazz orchestra. Oleg Lundstrem was chosen for the position of the head. First, the repertoire included foreign compositions. Over time, the manager began to make jazz arrangements to Russian songs. In 1947, all musicians of the orchestra came to the Soviet Union. In 1953, Oleg Lundstrem completed the composition training and conducting at the Kazan Conservatory. In 1984 Oleg Leonidovich received the title of People's Artist of Russia. In 1993 he was awarded a doctorate in the Academy of San Marino. Died an outstanding jazzman in 2005.

The history of the orchestra

As already mentioned above, Oleg Lundstrem led the orchestra in 1934. Then it consisted of 9 musicians, counting the leader. A year later, the orchestra won great popularity in Harbin. In 1936 the musicians moved to Shanghai. Here they were a great success. After the war, the musicians became 19 - there was a full big band. Then Oleg Leonidovich decides to try himself as a composer.

The first work he wrote is called "Interlude". The music of Oleg Lundstrem was based on the intonations of S. Rachmaninov. The next piece he wrote was the play Mirages. Since all the musicians of the orchestra were Soviet people, in 1947 they moved with the families to the USSR. Kazan was chosen because of the presence of the conservatory. Musicians wanted to get an education. They expected their collective to become a state jazz orchestra of the Tatar ASSR. But this did not happen. The Central Committee of the CPSU announced that the Soviet people do not need jazz.

The musicians were distributed to different orchestras of the city. Oleg Lundstrem himself became a violinist in the theater of opera and ballet. The artistic director of the Philharmonic organized jazz concerts from time to time. This gave O. Lundstrem's orchestra a chance not to break up. The program of concerts included Soviet and Tatar songs. Oleg Leonidovich made jazz arrangements to them. In 1956 the collective became officially a concert variety orchestra under the direction of O. Lundstrem. Here at different times worked such musicians and vocalists as A. Pugacheva, G. Garanyan, I. Otieva, M. Kristalinskaya, V. Obodzinsky and others.

Musicians

Currently, the head of the orchestra is BM. Frumkin. Conductor - M.V. Piganov. Orchestra composition:

• R.I. Kuleev.
• R.S. Sekachev.
• V.L. Lapina.
• YES. Yezhkov.
• A.I. Suchinsky.
• R.W. Pavly.
• I.G. Ulanov.
• O.I. Grymov.
• S.A. Ponomarev.
• N.M. Shuraeva.
• S.I. Balakirev.
• A.M. Vasin.
• R.W. Kochetov.
• V.V. Zhurkin.
• I.I. Volkov.
• V.V. Queen.
• A.R. Languages.
• M.M. Zhizhin.
• S.A. Filippov.
• D.V. Prushinsky.

Poster

The jazz orchestra of Oleg Lundstrem in the 2015 season offered the audience the following concerts:

• "Pianists in Big Band" (Moscow).
• "Christmas Fireworks of Jazz" (St. Petersburg).
• "Spring is coming" (Dubna, Moscow, Zelenograd).
• A gala concert dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Austrian troops by the Soviet troops from the fascist invaders "Remember Vienna, Remember the Alps and the Danube" (Austria).
• "Broadway, Hollywood, further everywhere" (Moscow).
• Concert of memory of Svyatoslav Belza.
• "Children and Jazz" (Moscow).
• "Solemn concert dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War" (New York) and so on.

And also concerts in Podolsk, Protvino, Saransk, Tula, Vologda, Sukhumi, Orel, Belgorod, Voronezh, Kaluga.