Orchestra was founded in 1969 as the Leningrad State Concert Orchestra (Ленинградский Концертный Оркестр). In 1992 the orchestra was renamed and became a State Symphonic Orchestra of St. Petersburg.
Conductors:
1969-1991 Anatoly Badchen ([a=Анатолий Бадхен])
1991-1996 [a=André Anichanov] (Андрей Аниханов)
1996-1998 A. Polischuk (А. Полищук), B. Gruzin (Б. Грузин), V. Beglecov (В. Беглецов), V. Rylov (В. Рылов).
Since 1998 - [a=Nikolai Korniev] (Н. Корнев)
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