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Music of Irkutsk

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Music of Russia
Genres Russian classical music>classical — folk — psytrance — pop — hip hoprock
History (Timeline and Samples)
Awards MTV Russia Music Awards
Charts
Festivals Bard Music Festival
Media
National anthem "Hymn of the Russian Federation"
Regional music
AdygeaAltai - Astrakhan - BashkortostanBuryatiaChechnya — Chukotka — Chuvashia — DagestanEvenkia - IngushetiaIrkutskKaliningradKalmykia — Kamchatka — KareliaKhakassia — Khantia-Mansia - Komi Republic - Krasnodar — Mari El — MordoviaNenetsiaOssetiaRostovEthnic RussianSakha — Sakhalin — TatarstanTuvaUdmurtia
Irkutsk is a Russian oblast and city that has produced several famous popular musicians and has a number of styles of folk music. Musicians from Irkutsk include the rock bands Belyi Ostrog, Printsip Neopredelennosti and Chyorno-Belye Snimki [link]. The city of Irkutsk has long been a center for musical development in Siberia.

Music institutions

The Irkutsk Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in the 1850s. The first major school of musical education was founded in 1899, followed a few years later by the opening of the Irkutsk branch of the Imperial Russian Musical Society. Other music institutions include the Irkutsk Chamber Orchestra [link].

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