Conductor

   

OLGA     BUROVA

 

 

Choir and symphony conductor.

The Dean of the Faculty of Musical Art, Professor of the Department of Choral Conducting of the Moscow State Institute of Culture.

Laureate of international competitions

Honored Art Worker of the Moscow Music Society.

Graduated from the Russian Gnesin Academy of Music (1990).

 

 

 

 

 

      She also performs the duties of the «Russian Canon» academic choir artistic director and conductor at the department of choral conducting of Moscow State Institute of Culture. The choir is a prizewinner of a number of international music festivals and competitions, such as «Crystal Chapel», Russia, 2011; “Slovakia Cantat”, Slovakia, 2012; “IFAS-2014”, Czech Republic, 2014; “International festival of Advent and Christmas music”, Slovakia, 2016; «Kaunas Cantat», Lithuania, 2018.  The choir has special prizes and received in 2014 the title of “The Best University Choir” in Czech Republic.

      Olga Burova is the founder and artistic director of the «Ozarenie» chamber choir of the Moscow Music Society. Together with the «Ozarenie» chamber choir she has performed in over 11 countries, winning high prizes at competitions both within Russia and abroad. (www.ozarenie-choir.com)

      Olga Burova is active as a member of musical and public organizations, among which: European Choral Association - ECA - Europa Cantat, All-Russian choral society, Center of Russian Choral Art, and Moscow City Music Society, where she is the Deputy chair of the international affairs in the section Academic Choirs of the Moscow Music Society.

      Olga Burova has been repeatedly awarded for her artistic work : the prize for the Best Conductor  (Slovakia, 2016), she is a laureate of the International Festival of Academic Choirs “IFAS” (Czech Republic, 2012, 2014) and also a recipient of a special prize for “The Best Interpretation of the modern Czech music”, as well as of the All-Russia prize “Professionals of Russia” “For Great Professional Skills, Creative and Significant Contribution to De­velopment of Russian Culture” (Moscow, 2012).

      Olga Burova is a member of the jury at Russian and international choral competitions and choir conductors contests (“Legnica Cantat”, Poland,  2012; “Chorus Inside”, Russia, 2013, 2014, 2016; “Orthodox Tula”, Russia, 2015, 2017; “IFAS”, Czech Republic, 2016, 2018; ”I.Kokars 2nd International Competition for Young Choir Conductors”, Latvia, 2016).   

     Olga Burova is an active participant and lecturer at many seminars and forums for teachers and choral conductors. As a conductor, she plunges the singers into the mysteries of vocal techniques and focuses on the collective sound of the choir. The wide range of her artistic interests includes primarily European choral literature from the 19th—21st centuries.



General Assembly of ECA «Europa Cantat» (Tallinn, Estonia, 2017).  Conference on a subject: «Sing outside the box». President of the Estonian Choral Association, artistic director of the international choral festival «Europa Cantat Tallin 2018» Raul Talmar; Professor Olga Burova; Member of the ECA Presidium «Europa Cantat» Reijo Kekkonen (from left to right).
The 2nd International competition of young conductors of Imantas Kokars (Riga, Latvia, 2016). The competition jury (from left to right): artistic director of the choir of Tallinn University, associate professor at Jüri Rent; Artistic director and conductor of the choir «Viva voce», Professor  Raimondas Katinas (Republic of Lithuania), Professor Olga Burova; Associate Professor of the Latvian Academy of Music of J. Vītols, artistic director of INTERKULTUR Romāns Vanags; artistic director and chief conductor of the State Academic Choir «Latvia», head of the choral conducting department of the Latvian Academy of Music of  J.Vītolsa Māris Sirmais.
General Assembly of  ECA «Europa Cantat» (Helsinki, Finland, 2015).  Vice-President of the International Federation of Choral Music IFCM Gabor Moczar with representatives of ECA member organizations «Europa Cantat»: Deputy Head of the Academic Choirs section of the Moscow Musical Society for International Relations) O. Burova (Moscow); Artistic director of the «Art lycee chamber choir» Olga Dzhanaeva (Republic of North Ossetia, Alania); Head of the choir «Pokrov» A. Goryachev (Moscow) (from right to left).
Worcester, Great Britain, 2013. Olga Burova and sir Bob Chilcott (UK)
Worcester, Great Britain, 2013. Olga Burova and President ECA «Europa Cantat» Carlo Pavese (Italy)
Worcester, Great Britain, 2013. Sir Bob Chilcott with the Ozarenie choir singers after the rehearsal.
Worcester, Great Britain, 2013.  Olga Burova and Margret Boasdottir (Island).
Worcester, Great Britain, 2013. Directors of “Worcester International Festival for Young Singers” (from left to right): Carlo Pavese (Italy), Margret Boasdottir (Island), Sanna Valvanne (Finland / USA), Bob Chilcott (UK).
Worcester, Great Britain, 2013.  Olga Burova and Sanna Valvanne (Finland/ USA).
Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 2007.  Miklos Kocsar and members of chorus «Ozarenie» after the rehearsal «Missa Secunda»
Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, 2007.  Olga Burova, Miklos Kocsar and Denes Szabo (from left to right).
Moscow, Red Square, 2014. On the photo: Alexandra Pahmutova, Olga Burova, singers of the choir «Ozarenie» (Moscow Musical Society) and of the choir “Russian Canon” (Moscow State University of Culture and Arts) after the Russian national celebrating concert dedicated to the «Day of Slavic languages and Culture»
Sicilia, Italy, 2015.  With the members of the jury of the 4th International Choir Festival “In Canto Mediterrane” after the prize giving ceremony. Stojan Kuret, Maria Luisa Sanchez Carbone, Voicu Popescu, Olga Burova, Francesco Saverio Messina, Carmelo Chillemi (from left to right)
Sicilia, Italy, 2015.  The 4th International Choir Festival «In Canto Mediterrane». Olga Burova and Francesco Saverio Messina.
Loreto, Italy, 2014. “A. Tarkovskiy. Russian soul in Loreto”.   Dott. Vito Punzi  (the member of the Deligation media office),  Archbishop  Giovanni  Tonucci;  G. V. Avdeeva; Alexandr Alexeyevich Avdeev (Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary in Vatican, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation from the year 2008 till 2012); Olga Burova; Andrey Tarkovskiy the youngest (the President of the International Institute of Andrey Tarkovskiy); Armando Ginesi (Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation in Ancona) at the presentation of the new edition of the book of A.A. Tarkovskiy “Martyrology. Diaries.” (from left to right)
Loreto, Italy, 2014. “A. Tarkovskiy. Russian soul in Loreto”. Alexandr Alexeyevich Avdeev (Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary in Vatican, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation from the year 2008 till 2012); Olga Burova; Roberto  Stefanelli  (the member of the Pontifical Delegation of the Holy House in Loreto) at the presentation of the new edition of the book of A.A. Tarkovskiy “Martyrology. Diaries.” (from left to right)
Loreto, Italy, 2014. Olga Burova and  Andrey Tarkovskiy the youngest.
Loreto, Italy, 2014. Archbishop  Giovanni  Tonucci and Olga Burova after the awarding ceremony at the final concert of the  54th International  Festival of Church music «Virgo Lauretana»
Tours, France, 2006. Olga Burova and the director of the competition «Florilege Vocal de Tours» Christian Balandras.
Belgium, 1999. Tatyana Kainova, Olga Burova and professor of the Liszt Music Academy in Weimar and Frankfurt am Main Werner Pfaff (from left to right).