From Wikipedia: The Moscow Chamber Orchestra is a Chamber Orchestra based in Moscow, Russia, and assigned to the Moscow Philharmonia, a State run enterprise under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture. Rudolf Barshai (Russian: Рудольф Борисович Баршай, September 28, 1924 – November 2, 2010) was a virtuoso viola player and a founding member of the Borodin Quartet. He left the Quartet to pursue his conducting ambitions. Barshai assembled young Read more on Last.fm