The Pacific Symphony Orchestra was organized at the Primorsky Regional Radio Committee in 1935. Due to this, regular studio music programs appeared in Vladivostok, programs in which live symphonic sound was broadcast. For more than half a century, the orchestra worked at Primorsky Radio, and in 1993 it gained independence and received a new name – Pacific. For the next ten years, the Classical Opera Studio theater operated at the orchestra. Since 2004, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra has joined the artistic staff of the Primorsky Regional Philharmonic.
During its creative activity, the orchestra has accumulated a huge repertoire: works by Baroque, classical, and Romantic composers, including all symphonies and instrumental concertos by Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff, music from the 20th and 21st centuries, and works by Far Eastern authors.
The Pacific Symphony Orchestra of the Primorsky Krai Philharmonic conducts active tours in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region: Japan, the Republic of Korea and, especially often, in the People's Republic of China. The band fruitfully cooperates with many famous conductors, singers and instrumentalists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, and abroad.
In 2025, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra of the Primorsky Regional Philharmonic will celebrate its 90th anniversary.
Conductors:
Sergey Shebalin, the orchestra's artistic director and chief conductor, is a laureate of the All-Russian competition.
2013 – Chief choirmaster of the Governor's Chamber Choir of the Kemerovo Regional Philharmonic named after B.T. Shtokolov.
2014, lecturer at the Conducting Department of the Novosibirsk State Conservatory named after M.I. Glinka
2019 – Conductor of the I.I.Sollertinsky Student Symphony Orchestra of the Novosibirsk State Glinka Conservatory.
2022 – Associate Professor of Conducting at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory named after M.I. Glinka
Since 2011, he has been the head of the Siberian Seasons International Festival.
More than 100 concerts in the Siberian Federal District, subscriptions and programs have been prepared: "Musical chronograph", "Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow", "Music with character", "Classics are cool", "Become music, slovo", "Classics in jeans", "In an ensemble with an organ", "Symphonic choirs of M.P.Mussorgsky", "Russian portraits. Sergei Rachmaninov"; "In anticipation of Christmas..", "George Sviridov. dedicated to the 100th anniversary."
He performs with the symphony orchestras of the Moscow, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Khabarovsk, Donetsk, Smolensk, Orenburg, Tula Philharmonic Societies, the State Philharmonic Society of the Altai Territory, the Academic Orchestra of Jinan (China), the orchestra of the Higher School of Music named after H.Eisler (Berlin).
Since 2025, Sergey Shebalin has been the artistic director and chief Conductor of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor – Otabek Rasulov
Otabek Rasulov has been working at the Primorsky Regional Philharmonic since 2008. Laureate of international competitions, one of the most active solo performers of the orchestra. For 15 years he has worked as concertmaster of the clarinet group, and since 2023 he has been conductor of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor of concert programs – "Friendship Concert. Russia-China" with the participation of musicians of the Northern Symphony Orchestra of the Shenyang Conservatory (Shenyang, China), "Popular Classics for Everyone", "Summer Encore", "World Rock Hits", "Anime", "Genshin impact. A musical journey through Teiwat", "Symphonic worlds of Video Games".
