Real name: Государственный Симфонический Оркестр Санкт-Петербурга / State Symphony Orchestra Of St. Petersburg

Effective period / Period of releases: 1981 - 1988

Members: Анатолий Бадхен, Алексей Голубев, Vadim Afanasiev, Yuri Botnari

Orchestra was founded in 1969 as the Leningrad State Concert Orchestra (Ленинградский Концертный Оркестр = Leningrad Concert Orchestra).
In 1992 the orchestra was renamed and became a State Symphonic Orchestra of St. Petersburg.
In 2013, by decision of the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg, the orchestra was actually disbanded. Part of the team went to the new St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, headed by Sergei Stadler since 2013.
The rest of the group founded the "continuing traditions" collective of the "Petersburg Concert" Variety Symphony Orchestra named after A.S. Badkhen.
Conductors:
1969-1991 Anatoly Badchen = Анатолий Бадхен
1991-1996 André Anichanov = Андрей Аниханов
1996-1998 :
Alexander Polischuk = Александр Полищук
Boris Gruzin = Борис Грузин
Vladimir Begletsov = Владимир Беглецов
Vladimir Rylov = Владимир Рылов
1998-2013 Nikolai Korniev = Николай Корнев