Real name: Камерный оркестр Дивертисмент

Members: Ilya Ioff, Elena Raskova

Russian chamber orchestra.
The Divertissement Chamber Orchestra was established in early 1990 thanks to enthusiasm of Professor Elena Komarova of the St. Petersburg Conservatory and her several students. A common school of music and loyalty to Petersburg’s chamber traditions enabled them to make a name from the start, first in their native city, and then outside it.
In a few years, the Divertissement CO developed a vast repertoire including not only Baroque epoch pieces, which are most often played by orchestras of a similar line-up, but also Romantic and today’s masterpieces.
Since 1998, the team has been headed by violinist Ilya Ioff, Hon. Artist of Russia.