The center of concert life in Leningrad was the Radio Committee, which had its own soloists, as well as the Great Symphony Orchestra led by conductor K. I. Eliasberg, the folk instrument orchestra led by N. M. Selitsky and the Leningrad Radio Choir, led by A. V. Mikhailov.
In mid-December 1941, the concert in the Great Hall of the Leningrad Philharmonic was the last before the break caused by the lack of electricity. However, in the spring of 1942, symphonic concerts and symphonic programs with the participation of soloists, chamber and solo concerts, and musical and literary evenings resumed.
