The Sate Siberian  Russian Folk Chorus was founded in 1945. Its art-adviser Vvacheslav Mochalov, one of the leading experts in popular creative work, is the People's Artist of Russia and a composer.

    After a long creative career the Siberian Chorus, one of the first professional folk ensembles in Russia, is largely enjoying popularity both at home and abroad. Using rich creative legacy of the distant past the company not only creates vivid choral, dance and musical compositions, such as "Rolling The Ring", "Siberian Winter", "Evening Party", "Siberian Mountain-Footer" - a true masterpiece of the Chorus - and others, but also arranges and performs old songs, dances, instrumental variations and festive games. Customarily characteristic of the Chorus is a rich variety of its sound along with a deep penelration into the conception of ancient Siberian epic songs and ballads, intimate lyricism of the female group, full-blooded sonority- of men's vocals in songs praising the beauty of Siberian land, spirited performance of lively Siberian dances, vocal, choreographic and orchestral compositions. All this cannot leave the spectators unmoved, no matter where the State Siberian Russian Folk Chorus performs.

     For its creative attainment the Chorus was rewarded gold medals and honorary diplomas both in Russia and abroad. It is a prize- winner of the World Folklore Festival. The Chorus has toured towns and cities in France, Germany, China, Korea and other countries.

     Many renowned composers and musicians have repeatedly commended a high level of the Siberian Chorus' artistic mastery. Here are just a few of their statements.

     At the moment the Chorus is in a first-rate creative form. It has been assigned the title of Academic Chorus.