Central Navy Band of Russia

Central Navy Band of Russia Центральный оркестр ВМФ России
Members of the Central Navy Band of Russia.
Active	23 December 1941; 81 years ago (1941-12-23)
Country	Soviet Union Russia
Branch	Soviet Navy Russian Navy
Type	Military band
Role	Ceremonial duties
Part of	Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia
Headquarters	Moscow
Nickname(s)	CCB-RN (ЦКОО-ВМФ)
Patron	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Colors	Blue, White
March	"Экипаж—Одна семья" ("The Crew—One Family")
Commanders
Conductor	1st rank Captain Alexei Karabanov
Band Drum Major	Major (NI) Roman Plotnikov
Notable commanders	Colonel Georgy Petrovich Alyavdin (1953-1970)^{[citation needed]}
Insignia
Collar insignia

The Central Exemplary Concert Band of the Russian Navy "Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov" (Russian:Центральный концертный образцовый оркестр ВМФ им. Н.А. Римского-Корсакова), also known as the Central Navy Band of Russia (Russian:Центральный оркестр ВМФ России) is the official music representative of the Russian Navy. It is based in Moscow. The Conductor/Director of Music is Honored Artist of Russia, 1st rank Captain Alexei Karabanov. The central band is the leading creative team of the Russian Navy, which has been performing for more than 70 years.

History

On December 23, 1941, the band of the Ulyanovsky Fleet was formed with 53 Musicians, mostly consisting of sailors, front-line soldiers who came from hospitals. The first appointed military conductor was 1st rank Captain Alexander Karpey-Lazarev. In order to improve the training of the musicians of the bands of the navy (especially the fleet forces and the naval infantry), the band was transformed in October 1944 as a training band unit of the Soviet Navy. In February 1993, in honor of the 150th birthday of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the orchestra was given its current honorary name of the Central Concert Band of the Navy Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In different years, the orchestra has performed during concerts in places such as Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria. Since 1945, the orchestra has been a constant participant in the Victory Parades on Red Square, and since 2017, it has been the main musical participant in Naval Parades in St. Petersburg.^[1]^[2]