Vitaly Gnutov

Vitaly Gnutov graduated from the Higher School of Military Bandmasters and the Department of Opera and Symphony Conducting of the Moscow Conservatory. From 1960 – 1962 worked as a conductor at the National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments of Russia named after N.P. Osipov. The orchestra which he directed made numerous concerts with the participation of the leading soloists. He is an author of a huge number of arrangements for the orchestra of folk songs. V. Osipov’s orchestra used to have large popularity abroad. For first time with international cooperation with the American recording studio "Mercury" the orchestra named after Osipov released a disc under the direction of V. Gnutov in 1962.