ODESSA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA The Odessa Philharmonie Orchestra was founded in 1937. The head conductor and artistic director was L. Mogilevsky, a professor at the Odessa Conservatoire. For the past 50 years, the orchestra have been closely cooperating with famous conductors like A. Hauk, K. Zanderling, N. Rachlin, Y. Simonov and others. Among the soloists performing with the orchestra, who received world recognition, many were born in Odessa, like Emil Gillels and David Oistrach to name a few. The young generation of pianists and string players also participated in concerts with the orchestra like Y. Kissin, N. Petrov, L. Issakadje, V. Tretyakov, I. Oistrach and others. The orchestra also performed with known choirs like the "Dumka" Odessa State Academy Choir, Russian State Yurlov Choir and the Glinka Choir, St. Petersburg. The orchestra included in its repertoire European and Russian classic compositions as well as Contemporary music. As of September 1991, the conductor Hobart Earle acts as the musical director of the orchestra. He succeeded, in a very short period, to bring it to a very high Professional level and to expand its repertoire. The orchestra made concert tours in Russia, Ukraine, Austria and Spain. The Odessa Philharmonie Orchestra will perform three concerts in the Second International Festival, playing many compositions for the first time in Odessa.