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{{Short description|Russian men's a cappella ensemble established in 1989}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Turetsky Men's Chorus
| image = Turetsky Choir 2011.jpg
| alt = Male choir under the direction of Michael Turetsky
| caption = ''From left to right:'' Oleg Blyahorchuk, Evgeny Tulinov, Vyacheslav Fresh, Konstantin Kabo, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Mikhail Turetsky, Alex Alexandrov, Boris Goryachev, Evgeny Kulmis and Igor Zverev performing at the Green Theater (Moscow), 2011.
| landscape = yes 
| background = group_or_band
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| origin = [[Moscow]], Russia
| genre = {{hlist|[[Vocal music|Vocal]]|[[Crossover (music)|crossover]]|[[a cappella]]}}
| years_active = {{Start date|1989}}–present
| label = Nikitin
| website = http://www.arthor.ru/
| current_members = Mikhail Turetsky Evgeny Tulinov Mikhail Kuznetsov Alex Alexandrov Evgeny Kulmis Oleg Blyahorchuk Igor Zverev Konstantin Kabo Vyacheslav Fresh Pavel Berkut Avi Grigoryan Edward Khacharyan Alibek Almadiyev
| past_members = Arthur Keish Valentin Suhodolets Boris Goryachev
}}
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The '''Turetsky Choir''' ({{langx|ru|Хор Турецкого}}) is a Russian men's [[a cappella]] ensemble and musical collective under the direction of Mikhail Turetsky. Their voices range from [[tenore contraltino]] to [[basso profundo]].

== History ==
The Turetsky Men's [[Choir]] was established in 1989. With financial support from the [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee]], the choir made its debut in 1990 at the [[Moscow Choral Synagogue]] with [[Jewish liturgical music|Jewish liturgical]] and [[folk music]] in the philharmonic halls of [[Tallinn]], [[Kaliningrad]], [[Moscow]] and other cities.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zaientz|first=Jack|title=The Turetsky Men's Choir – the Russian Jewish answer to Riverdance|url=http://teruah-jewishmusic.blogspot.co.il/2011/03/turetskys-choir-russian-jewish-answer.html|accessdate=11 July 2013|date=March 30, 2011}}</ref>

=== Performances ===
From 1991–1992, they performed in [[Washington, D.C.]], for Congress at the [[Chanukah]] celebration, the [[Park East Synagogue]] in New York, and at [[Carnegie Hall|Carnegie]] and [[Merkin Hall|Merkin]] Halls. They were invited to sing in Spain at the Por Me Espiritu international festival, commemorating the 500th year since the [[Alhambra Decree|Spanish expulsion of the Jews]]. They also toured England, Israel and Poland. In 1993, the American Cantor Association awarded Mikhail Turetsky the Golden Crown of the Cantors of the World Award.

In 1995, the choir split into two segments. One group stayed in [[Moscow]]; the other went to [[Miami]] to work at Temple Emmanu-El Synagogue. The choir performed together alongside [[Julio Iglesias]]. In 1997, the group took part in over 100 concerts in [[Iosif Kobzon]]'s Russian farewell tour. The next year, the choir toured the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] (CIS). In 2000–2001, they joint toured with [[Iosif Kobzon]] on the Moscow State Variety Theatre.

In 2002, Mikhail Turetsky received the title "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" for his achievements in the arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;1290700 |title=УКАЗ Президента РФ от 16.07.2010 N 909 "О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫМИ НАГРАДАМИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ" |access-date=2011-01-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727150317/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1;1290700 |archive-date=2010-07-27}}</ref> Their first performance under the name Turetsky Choir Art Group took place in January 2004. Later, the choir presented the program "When Men Are Singing" in the [[State Kremlin Palace]] with the participation of [[Emma Shapplin]] and [[Gloria Gaynor]]. In January 2005, they performed in American concert halls in [[San Francisco]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Atlantic City]], [[Boston]] and [[Chicago]]. Their 2005–2006 anniversary tour "Born to Sing" visited cities in Russia and the CIS.

In 2007, the choir received the Russian Music Award "Record 2007" for the best classical album of the year.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090228202942/http://www.emotionaward.ru/laureate2007.html] </ref> In 2007, "Hallelujah to Love" toured Russia and the CIS. The choir performed four times at the Kremlin and had another concert at State Concert Hall "Rossiya" in Luzhniki. In 2008–2009, they toured Russia, the CIS and the US with the program "And the Show Goes On... ." Their anniversary tour, titled "20 years: 10 voices," took place between 2010–2011.

== Soloists ==

* 1989: Mikhail Turetsky – tenor voice
* 1990: Alex Alexandrov – dramatic [[baritone]]
* 1991: Evgeny Kulmis – [[Bass (voice type)|basso]] [[Sub-bass|profundo]], director of the choir in the past, poet
* 1991: Evgeny Tulinov – dramatic [[tenor]]
* 1992: Mikhail Kuznetsov – [[tenor altino]], Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation
* 1996: Oleg Blyahorchuk, lyric [[tenor]], instrumentalist ([[piano]], [[guitar]], [[accordion]], [[melodica]])
* 2003: Igor Zverev – [[Bass (voice type)|bass]]
* 2003: Boris Goryachev – lyric [[baritone]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Умер солист "Хора Турецкого" Борис Горячев |url=https://smotrim.ru/article/2588667 |website=smotrim.ru}}</ref>
* 2007: Konstantin Kabo – baritone [[tenor]]
* 2009: Vyacheslav Fresh – [[counter-tenor]]

== Discography ==
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=== High Holidays (Jewish religious songs) ===
# Ma Tovu
# Hashkivenu
# Torah Service
# Ki Lekach Tov
# B’rosh Ha Sho No
# Hayom Haras Olom
# Shehecheyonu
# V’al Yde Avodecho
# Hajjom T’ammezenu
# Kol Nidrei
# L’chu N’ranenoh
# Eil' Melech Yosheiv
# Himmoze Lonu
# Kionu Ammecho
# Classidic Kaddish

=== Bravissimo ===
# Shiru Shalom
# Ismechu
# Ich Hob Dir
# Russian Mood
# Memory («[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]»)
# A Byssele Mazl
# Подмосковные Вечера
# Sunrise, Sunset (''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'')
# To Life (''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'')
# [[Be My Love]]
# [[Go Down Moses|Let my people go]]
# [[Hava Nagila]]

=== Jewish songs ===
# Ma Tovu
# Hashkivenu
# [[Torah]] Service
# Ki Lekach Tov
# B’rosh Ha Sho No
# Hayom Haras Olom
# Shehecheyonu
# V’al Yde Avodecho
# Hajjom T’ammezenu
# [[Kol Nidrei]]
# L’chu N’ranenoh
# Eil' Melech Yosheiv
# Himmoze Lonu
# Kionu Ammecho
# Classidic [[Kaddish]]

=== Star Duets (Russian: Звёздные дуэты) ===

# [[The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|The Show Must Go On]] (with Kirkorov)
# [[Memory (Cats song)|Memory]] from [[Cats (musical)|''Cats'']] (with Laima Vaikule)
# [[Venus (Shocking Blue song)|Venus]] (with Lolita)
# [[Feelings (Morris Albert song)|Feelings]] (with Gazmanov)
# Играл скрипач (with [[Mikhail Shufutinsky]])
# L`chaim (with Boris Moiseev)
# Дорогие москвичи (with Laima Vaikule)
# Ой, мороз, мороз (with Nadezhda Kadysheva)
# Captain (live with [[Joseph Kobzon|Kobzon]])
# Letka-enka (with Anastasia Stotskaya)
# [[O sole mio]] (live with [[Nikolai Baskov]])

=== Une vie d’amour (Russian: Такая великая любовь) ===
# Une vie d’amour
# Composition "Money"
# Medley "[[USSR]]" (a cappella)
# Un amore cosi grande
# Прощальная песня
# Увезу тебя я в тундру
# Medley "Паровоз" (a cappella)
# Sports Medley
# Мы, друзья, перелетные птицы
# Yerushala’im Shel Zahav
# Песня старого извозчика (a cappella)
# Мишка-одессит
# [[Nessun Dorma]]
# [[Notre Dame de Paris]]
# Bonus (a cappella)
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=== When the Men Sing (Russian: Когда поют мужчины) ===
A concert in [[Haifa]], DVD, in 2004. It was performed without [[Gloria Gaynor]] and [[Emma Chapplin|Emma Shapplin]].

# [[Va pensiero]] from ''[[Nabucco]]''
# Opera [[medley (music)|Medley]]
# Memory
# Un amore cosi grande
# Une vie d’amour
# Money by [[ABBA]]
# Vedi, Maria/[[Emma Chapplin]]-Carmin Meo
# Zug
# Песня старого извозчика
# Мы, друзья, перелётные птицы
# Meley «Паровоз»
# Мишка-одессит
# Medley [[USSR]]
# [[Hava Nagila]]
# Ki mi Tzion, Shma Isroel
# Yerushalaim Shel Zahav
# Sim Shalom
# [[Go Down Moses|Let my people go]]
# Can't take my eyes
# Hit the road Jack
# I will survive – [[Gloria Gaynor]]
# Notre Dame de Paris
# [[medley (music)|Medley]] San Remo
# [[Caruso (song)|Caruso]]
# Russian Medley (Русское попурри)
# [[Letka-enka]] (Летка-енка)
# Мурка
# [[O sole mio]]
# Diva
# Финал. Прощальная песня

=== Born to Sing (Russian: Рожденные петь) ===

==== First part ====
# Aria of Loris from «[[Fedra (opera)|Fedra]]»
# The second aria of [[Calaf]] from «[[Turandot]]»
# В горнице моей светло
# Opera Medley
# Ariozo of Phantom from «[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]»
# Увезу тебя я в тундру
# Liric scenes from [[Pushkin]]
# Liric scenes from [[Pushkin]]
# Liric scenes from [[Pushkin]]
# [[Полёт шмеля]]
# Medley «Паровоз»
# Голуби летят над нашей зоной
# Мишка-одессит
# [[Can't Buy Me Love]]
# [[Back in the U.S.S.R.]]

==== Second part ====
# [[Va pensiero]] from ''[[Nabucco]]''
# Ma tovu (Jewish liturgical song)
# [[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]] movement 7 of [[Mozart]]
# [[Отче наш]]
# Choir of Apostles from ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''
# Sim shalom
# Окрасился месяц багрянцем
# Папиросы
# Two Guitars (Russian: Две гитары)
# Шар голубой
# Beigelach (Russian: Бублики)
# Куплеты Бони из оперетты «Королева чардаша»
# Мурка
# Песня о дружбе
# Прощальная песня из к/ф «Обыкновенное чудо»
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=== Great Music (2 CD + DVD) (Russian: Великая музыка) ===
# Loris's Aria (U.Giordano ''Fedora'')
# Nessun Dorma. Calaf's Aria (G. Puccini ''Turandot'')
# V gornitse moey svetlo (I.Yechikov / N.Rubtsov)
# Opera potpourri (R.Wagner ''Lohengrin'', G.Verdi ''Il trovatore'', W.A. Mozart ''The Magic Flute'', C. Gounod ''Faust'', G. Bizet ''Carmen'')
# The Music Of The Night (A. Lloyd Webber / C. Hart / Stilgoe R.H.Z.)
# Une vie d'amour (D.Garvarents / C. Aznavour)
# Uvezu tebya ya v tundru (М. Fradkin / М. Plyazkovsky)
# Pushkin's lyric scenes (P.I. Tchaikovsky)
# The Flight of the Bumblebee (N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov)
# Parovoz (potpourri)
# Golubi letyat nad nashey zonoy (V. Dubovskoy)
# Mishka Odessit (М.Tanachnikov / V. Dykhovichny)
# Can't Buy Me Love (J. Lennon / P. McCartney)
# USSR (potpourri)
# Va pensiero (G. Verdi ''Nabucco'')
# Ma tovu (Jewish folk song)
# Lacrymosa (W.А. Mozart)
# Otche nash / Pater noster (N.N. Kedrov, Russian orthodox prayer)
# Jesus Christ Superstar (A. Lloyd Webber / T. Rice)
# Sim Shalom (Jewish prayer) / Lodochka (Т.Khrennikov / М.Matusovsky)
# Go Down Moses (arr. S. Oliver)
# Okrasilsya mesyaz bagryantsem (Russian Folk Song)
# Papirosy (Jewish folk song)
# Dve guitary (I. Vasiliev / А. Grigoriev)
# Shar Goluboy (D. Shostakovich)
# Bubliki (S.Bogomazov / Y.Yadov)
# Boni's Song. The Czardas Princess (I. Kalman)
# Letka-Enka (R. Lehtinen / M. Plyatskovsky)
# Murka (Odessa folk song)
# Money, money, money (potpourri)
# Odnozvuchno gremit kolokoltchik (К. Sidorovich / I. Makarov)
# Pesnya o druzhbe (V. Bulikov)
# Presentation of Turetsky Choir
# Davaite negromko (G. Gladkov / Y. Kim)

=== Moscow – Jerusalem (Russian: Москва-Иерусалим) (2 CD + DVD) ===

==== Moscow – Jerusalem CD 1 ====
# Hu Elokeynu (Jewish folk song)
# B’rosh ha Shono (I. Malovani)
# Hodo al Eretz (V. Dubovskoy)
# Hajjom T'ammezeynu (L. Levandovsky)
# Shehecheyonu (M. Machtenberg / Vladovsky)
# Al Naharos Bovel (Z. Zilberts)
# Kadsheynu B’mitsvosecho (S. Zim)
# Areshes S'foseynu (M. Kusevitsky)
# Ma Tovu (L.Levandovsky / Z. Zilberts)
# Ahavas Olam (L. Levandovsky)
# Ki mi Tziyon (L. Levandovsky)
# Torah Service (Jewish prayer)
# Kol Nidrey (R. Himelstein)
# Kionu Ammecho (I. Malovani)
# Shma Isroel (L. Levandovsky)
# Hayom Haras Olom (Leo)
# Ki Lekach Tov (D. Roitman / I. Rumshinsky)
# Hasidic Kaddish (Jewish prayer)
# Havdola (Z. Zilberts)
# Hine Ma Tov (A. Kalib)
# Ismechu (Z. Zilberts)
# Sabbath Prayer (J. Bock, ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'')
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==== Moscow – Jerusalem CD 2 ====
# Hava Nagila (Jewish folk song)
# Bubliki (S. Bogomazov / Y. Yadov)
# A bissele mazl (Berry Sisters)
# Shiru Shalom (Y. Rosenblum / Y. Rotblit)
# Sholom, Sholom (Jewish prayer)
# Abi Gesund (Jewish folk song, remix)
# 7/40 (Jewish folk song)
# A Glesele L' chaim (Jewish folk song, remix)
# Shar goluboy (D.Shostakovich)
# Ba mir bistu sheyn (Jewish folk song)
# Erev shel Shoshanim (M. Dor / Y. Hadar)
# Hallelujah (Oshrat-Ventoora Kobi / Or Shimrit)
# L'chaim chaveyrim (Jewish folk song)
# L'chaim (Jewish folk song)
# Mamele (Jewish folk song)
# Od Yishama (Carlebach Shlomo)
# Yerushalaim (Jewish folk song / A.Hameyiri)
# Zug (Berry Sisters)
# Ich Hob Dir (Jewish folk song)
# Israel, Israel (R. Siegel / S. Meinunger)
# Tum Balalayka (Jewish folk song) – featuring I. Kobzon

==== Moscow – Jerusalem DVD ====
# Ma Tovu (L. Levandovsky / Z. Zilberts)
# Ki Lekach Tov (D. Roitman / I. Rumshinsky)
# Ismechu (Z. Zilberts)
# Areshes S'foseynu (M. Kusevitsky)
# Hine Ma Tov (A. Kalib)
# Sim Shalom (Abe Nadel)
# A Glesele l'chaim (Jewish folk song, remix)
# Velirushalaim Ircho (L. Levandovsky / M. Kusevitsky)

=== Music of all times (Russian: Музыка всех времен) (CD + 2 DVD) ===

==== CD: Music of all time ====
# Ах, Этот Вечер
# Ave Maria
# Almirena's Aria (G.F. Handel ''Rinaldo'')
# Flight Of The Bumblebee (''Tale Of The Tsar Saltan'')
# Song Of The Old Cab
# Black Eyebrows
# There Is Only A Moment
# Looking At The Lake Blue
# Fantasy on the Theme of "Poljushko-Pole"
# Letkajenkka (Letkis)
# Verdimania: ''Rigoletto'', ''Aida'', ''La Traviata'', ''La Forza del Destino'' (opera potpourri, G. Verdi)
# Tango Ostap (A. Zatsepin / N. Derbenev)
# How Young We Were
# Тайна / Twilight (ELO)
# The Show Must Go On (B. May)
# Hello, Dolly
# We Are The Champions (F. Mercury)
# Farewell Song (G. Gladkov / Y. Kim)
# Bamir Bistu Sheyn (bonus track)
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==== DVD 1: Music of all times (The Kremlin, 2006, live) ====
# Oh, This Evening
# Ave Maria
# Almirena''s Aria'' (G.F. Handel ''Rinaldo'')
# Lacrymosa
# Our Father
# Yerushala'im Shel Zahav
# The Choir Of The Apostles (from ''Jesus Christ Superstar'')
# Hallelujah From ''Messiah''
# God Forbid
# The Opera Medley
# Flight Of The Bumblebee (from ''Tale Of The Tsar Saltan'')
# Song Of The Old Cab
# Mishka-Odessit
# Black Eyebrows
# There Is Only A Moment
# Aria Herman (from ''Queen Of Spades'')
# Looking At The Lake Blue
# Oy, Moroz-Moroz
# Coloured Hues Of The Month
# Walking Horses
# Fantasy on the Theme of "Poljushko-Pole"
# Lizaveta
# Letkajenkka (Letkis)
# Historia De Un Amor
# Honestly
# Sole Mio
# Song About Friendship
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==== DVD 2: Hallelujah to Love (Russian: Аллилуйя любви) Kremlin, live DVD, 2008 ====
# Alliluya lyubvi (D. Novikov / S. Olenberg)
# O Fortuna! (C. Orff ''Carmina Burana'')
# Verdimania: ''Rigoletto'', ''Aida'', ''La Traviata'', ''La Forza del Destino'' (opera potpourri, G. Verdi)
# Ukrainian Motives (arias from N. Lysenko Natalka-Poltavka, S. Gulak-Artemovky Zaporozhets za Dunaem, V. Ivasyuk Tchervona Ruta)
# Tango Ostap (A. Zatsepin / N. Derbenev)
# Kak molody my byli (A. Pakhmutova / N. Dobronravov)
# Charlie (R. Pauls / I. Reznik)
# Тайна / Twilight (ELO)
# The Show Must Go On (B. May)
# Scorpions' Fantasy
# Et si tu n'existais pas (P. Delano, C. Lemesle / T. Cutugno, P. Losito)
# Aspekty lyubvi ([[Potpourri (music)|potpourri]]: I. Dunaevsky / V. Lebedev-Kumach "Kak mnogo devushek horoshikh", T. Mauss / E. Renalls "Sex Bomb", A. Bard / J.P. Barda / M. Dornonville / D. Peczynski / A. Wollbeck "Sexual Revolution")
# Winter Medley "Tundra"
# Hello, Dolly (J. Herman)
# [[Storie di tutti i giorni]] (M. Fabrizio / G. Morra)
# Vivo Per Lei
# Ba Mir Bistu Sheyn
# Hava Nagila (Jewish folk song)
# Boni's Song. The Czardas Princess (I. Kalman)
# Blue Fog
# We Are The Champions (F. Mercury)
# Farewell Song (G. Gladkov / Y. Kim){{col-end}}

==References==
{{Commons category|Turetsky Choir}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.arthor.ru/ Official website]
* {{Discogs artist|Хор Турецкого}}

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