With the onset of spring, we devoted one of the first school excursions to the South Bank to the blooming Livadia Park and the organ hall. On our part, it was a kind of challenge to teenagers who flaunted their ignorance. Not a botanical garden, not a zoo, not a cable car, but a concert of organ music! Will they survive?
The schoolchildren went, grimacing and mocking, and suddenly they calmed down. The combination of severity and festive warmth of colors literally hypnotized the children even before the start of the concert. They took their places in the hall quietly, not even whispering to each other.
No epithet, the most sublime and flowery, will be an exaggeration in relation to the organ. Mankind does not know either the name of the inventor or the exact date of the appearance of this divine musical instrument on earth. Its history, very approximate, can be calculated from the flute, which the ancient Greeks depicted in the hands of the forest deity Pan. In the "book of books" of the Bible, in the Old Testament it says: "Praise the Lord with trumpets." This meant, of course, not lonely shepherd's pipes, but different-sized trumpets gathered together, the voice of which - clear, sonorous, disturbing and authoritative - would gather fellow believers, engender a high and tremulous mood in the soul, direct thoughts and gazes to Heaven.
Russian music critic V. Stasov wrote about the organ: “It alone has those amazing sounds, those thunders, that majestic voice, as if speaking from eternity, whose expression is impossible for any other instrument, any orchestra.” Church (or, as they say now, sacred music) deafens and confuses. But wasn’t she conceived in such a way as to listen and submit to the power of the Most High? It was then that the twentieth century was layered on the previous ones, allowing earthlings to enter into conversation with those who should only be revered in awe. You listen - and it begins to seem that the melodies stop time, delay glimpses of childhood and the best moments of youth, resurrect the times of anxieties and charms, gently heal the black holes of loss. Having filled the emptiness of the hall, the creation breaks the ascetic framework and spills into the living, natural, sinful interhuman space to capture us and lead us through its labyrinths.
The ancient Greeks and Romans had something like an organ. The image of the instrument was found on a coin or token from the time of Nero. The art of building organs came from Byzantium and Italy, then penetrated to France, and later to Germany. Since the 7th century, the organ has become an invariable attribute of the church in Catholic worship. But not only cantatas and oratorios, not only Bach's difficult and incomprehensible fugues for an amateur can be performed on this divine instrument, but also, for example, K. Gluck's opera "Orpheus and Eurydice" - gentle, romantic melodies. Even the “Voice of Trumpets” stylized as folk music sounds in the Livadia Organ Hall!
The guide to this infinity and its discoverer for Simferopol schoolchildren was not a clergyman, but a modern musician - Vladimir Anatolyevich Khromchenko. He graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory and moved to Yalta, dreaming of playing the instrument here as well, to which he dedicated his life. But there was no organ in the city! They offered a piano… What could a fan of incomparable music do? Relearn, reconcile, calm down? Or imagine the impossible?
The musician subscribes literature from abroad with drawings and calculations, calculates and designs the instrument he dreamed about. To create an organ, you need to be not only a top-class musician, but also a mathematician, physicist, engineer, jack-of-all-trades and, of course, a diplomat. To convince the authorities of the reality of their plan and the benefits of the end result.
Vladimir Anatolyevich built the first two instruments at the Yalta Music School and in the Armenian Church, and he worked alone. Happened. Believed!
Here, in the former Livadia club, which even earlier served as the power plant of the royal palace, the restless craftsman created a new instrument, the largest in Ukraine. He no longer worked alone, he headed the whole production. The modern world did not know such a precedent! Even in the Baltic States, there are only assembly and restoration workshops for working with finished parts that are produced in Western firms. And they collect organs mainly from metal, which connoisseurs can always determine by ear. Wood pipes sound incomparably richer. The Livadia organ has 4,600 pipes, about a third of which are wooden. They are made of local wood species - cypress, cedar, sequoia, pistachio. Yes, these pipes “praise the Lord”, according to indisputable estimates of experts, are better, more sonorous than branded ones ...
The children listened to the concert with quiet delight, as if they had drunk nectar and penetrated into the mysteries that they had not suspected before this excursion. And the thunder of heaven, and the quiet spring drops - everything sounded for them this Sunday, everything will be deposited in memory like a golden layer.

Dmitry Tarasenko, Southern Capital.

This building is located in the city of Yalta on Pushkinskaya street, which is located next to the beautiful city embankment. If you arrived at the bus station of the city, then get into Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary you can take a bus or trolleybus to the Spartak stop.

Description of the temple

The church was built in 1906 at the request and at the expense of the Catholic community, which at that time numbered 500 parishioners. Although the need for it arose in the middle of the 19th century, the tsarist authorities did not really want to give the go-ahead for the construction of the temple of the “infidels”. The author of the project is the famous Russian architect N.P. Krasnov. In its architectural style, the building is similar to the structure of Western European medieval architecture. It should be noted that the church in Yalta is designed in strict colors outside and inside, without excessive pomp. The building worked as a temple until 1928, and then it housed various organizations. Since 1988 it has become a concert hall for organ music. In 1993, it was again consecrated as a church church. Currently, his parish is about 200 people.

The main attraction of the church

This is undoubtedly an organ that is located in the temple building. It was installed in the 80s of the last century. According to its characteristics, a very good organ - 2200 pipes and 34 registers make it possible to hold organ music evenings that are very popular among vacationers and guests of the city of Yalta. Therefore, it is a place of pilgrimage for tourists, Roman Catholic church in Yalta. The address this church for those wishing to get to one of the concerts on occasion, simple, Pushkinskaya street, 25.

Analyzing the composition of religious buildings located in the Crimea, belonging to different faiths, it should be noted that all religions coexist peacefully on its territory, parishioners of different religions live peacefully. And among such significant - Roman Catholic Church in Yalta occupies a worthy place both as a religious building for believers and as a tourist attraction, which is very popular with everyone who visits one of the most beautiful cities, Yalta.

Address: Livadia village, Baturina street, house 4.
Phone of the Organ Hall in Livadia +7 365-4 31-25-15, +7 365-4 31-56-78

Geographical coordinates of the Livadia Organ Hall, on the map of Crimea GPS N 44.476874, E 34.142864.

The poster of the Livadia Organ Hall is published once a week in printed form only at the box office. The repertoire of the organ hall includes works by the classics of organ music: Bach, Mozart, Lemmens, Liszt, Buxtehude, Yanchenko and other famous composers.
All performances begin at 16-00 every day, seven days a week.
The Livadia Organ Hall is perhaps one of the most famous in the post-Soviet space and is one of the 10 largest organ halls in Russia.

The uniqueness of the Livadia Hall lies in almost everything, from the organ itself to the building in which it is located.
The building in which the organ is located was built in 1911 as a power plant to provide electricity. In 1927, the equipment was completely removed, part remained in Yalta, part was transported to Simferopol. The building began to operate as a public dining room. In the evenings it was often used as a club. In 1945, 3 months before the start of the Yalta Conference, it was again equipped for a power plant, closer to October of the same year, all the equipment was taken out again and the building was transferred to a prisoner of war camp, which partially restored the Crimean peninsula. Already in 1946, the task was transferred to industrial warehouses. In the late 80s, the building fell into disrepair and was decommissioned, and later simply became abandoned.

Reconstruction of the building began in 1996. Changed purpose several times. In 1997, it was decided to build an organ hall and the building began to take on modern forms. The foundation was strengthened, most of the walls had to be demolished and rebuilt, the load-bearing structures were strengthened and stucco was added to the facade. The building is surrounded by a wrought iron fence and lanterns in the style of the 18th century.
During construction, the question arose of how to purchase an organ, there were no funds for the purchase. One of the creators of the project for the building of the organ hall was V. A. Khromchenko, a graduate of the Tallinn Conservatory in the organ class, and he proposed a bold decision: to assemble the organ on his own. This was not the case in the practice of the USSR, and even more so in the post-Soviet Crimea. A lot of materials were collected on the construction of the organ, many days were spent in consultations with foreign experts, and now they started building. Almost all materials for the organ were Crimean.

For the manufacture of organ pipes, Crimean tree species were used: oak, beech, cedar, pine and cypress. Also, some pipes were made of non-ferrous metals: brass, copper, tin and lead. The organ turned out to be almost classical: four keyboards for the hands and one for the legs. The organ consists of 4600 pipes of different diameters and lengths and a variety of mechanical traction systems, including a control panel placed on the main panel of the organ. One of the highlights of the organ was a 700-channel electronic control unit, which significantly expanded the possibilities of sounding the Livadia organ.
And in the fall of 1998, the Livadia Organ Hall was opened for visitors and guests of the Crimea. Organ music has been gaining more and more popularity in recent decades, many young people and the elderly are joining the classics, because it is not for nothing that the organ is the “King” of musical instruments. It is under him that most of the musical works in the world are written. The Livadia Organ Hall is one of the most amazing

Livadia Palace - the former southern residence of Russian emperors , Located in the village of Livadia, 3 km from Yalta.

The palace in a light "Italian" style was built at the end of the 19th century. under the direction of I. Monighetti and N. P. Krasnov. It competes with the Vorontsov Palace for the title of the most luxurious residence in Crimea. The venue for the Yalta Allied Conference, which determined the contours of the post-war world order.

In 1834, Livadia (Livadia from Greek - clearing, lawn) was bought from the commander of the Greek Balaklava battalion Theodosius Reveliotti by Count Lev Severinovich Pototsky. On the Potocki estate, according to the project of F. Elson, a manor house, greenhouses, and a landscape park were built.

Since 1861, the Livadia estate became the summer residence of Emperor Alexander II and the imperial family. According to the Monighetti project, the Pototsky house was rebuilt (the Grand Palace), the Palace of the Heir (the Small Palace), the Svitsky house and the kitchen were built. Also during this period, the Holy Cross Church was built. The architect of the Livadia residence since 1871 was the architect A. G. Vincent, who built the Ereklik dacha, the belfry of the Exaltation of the Cross Church (designed by D. I. Grim), the Ruschukskaya Column, the Ascension Church in Livadia and other buildings.

Alexander III died in 1894 in Livadia.

In 1911, according to the project of the Yalta architect Nikolai Petrovich Krasnov, a new White Palace was built for Emperor Nicholas II. According to some reports, Emperor Nicholas II spent about 4 million gold rubles on the palace. One of N. P. Krasnov's assistants was a young man named Alexander Rotach, who later became a famous artist and restorer.

In the period between 1902-1916. in Livadia, the palace of the Minister of the Court, Baron Frederiks, the Svitsky (Page) Corps and a number of other buildings were built. The Grand Palace was dismantled in 1910 (the White Palace was built in its place), and the Small Palace was destroyed during the Second World War.

After the overthrow of the Provisional Government by the Bolsheviks, the bodies of the Ministry of Agriculture were located on the territory of the Livadia Palace. On April 30, 1918, German troops entered Livadia and immediately began looting the palace. In November of the same year, with the support of the Allies, it was occupied by the Whites.

In 1925, a sanatorium for peasants was opened in the former royal palace, which in 1931 was transformed into a climatic treatment plant. In 1927, the palace was visited by V. V. Mayakovsky, in 1928 - by M. Gorky.

From February 4 to February 11, 1945, the Yalta Conference of the leaders of the three allied powers - the USSR, the USA and Great Britain (I.V. Stalin, F.D. Roosevelt, W. Churchill) was held in the Livadia Palace, and the American delegation headed by the President F. D. Roosevelt.

In 1953, the sanatorium was reopened. On July 16, 1974, by decision of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions and the Central Council for the Management of Trade Union Resorts, the Livadia Palace was opened to visitors with 2 departments - the historical and memorial department (located in the front halls of the palace, where the exposition "Crimean (Yalta) Conference of 1945" was opened) and the exhibition .

In 1993, the Livadia Palace received the status of a museum.

Organ music center in Livadia.

In 1910–1911 Simultaneously with the construction of the Livadia Palace, work was underway on the construction of a power station building, which subsequently supplied electricity to the whole of Livadia. The author of the project was the first court architect Gleb Petrovich Gushchin, and the building itself is one of the first in Russia created by the sliding formwork method, i.e. from monolithic reinforced concrete. In 1927, the equipment of the power plant was dismantled, and a canteen and a club were placed in the vacant premises. During the Yalta Conference in 1945, the functions of the power plant were temporarily restored. Subsequently, a camp for German prisoners of war (1945 - 1947), warehouses, workshops, etc. were located here. The building was dilapidated and by the end of the 80s. was in a dilapidated state.
During the reconstruction, a large amount of work was done to restore the destroyed parts of the building, as well as new decorative elements were added that transformed its appearance. In addition, thousands of tons of soil were selected around the building, retaining walls were built, and a metal fence was made. On the north side, specifically for the placement of the organ, an additional room was added. The newly created interior included molding consisting of tens of thousands of elements, hundreds of square meters of colored stained-glass windows, metal railings, pilasters, capitals, etc. As a result of all the work done, the building for technical purposes has turned into a brilliant architectural ensemble.
The new large organ in Livadia, built in 1998, is the first domestic instrument of this class, created on the territory of the former Soviet Union and the largest in Ukraine. This organ has over 4600 pipes. The length of the largest pipe is about six meters, while the smallest is only a few millimeters. The pipes are divided into 69 groups (registers) and through a complex system of rods (tractures) are controlled from the organ console using four hand keyboards (manuals) and one foot keyboard (pedals). In addition to the above, over 230 buttons and levers are located on the remote control to control the registers.
During the construction of the instrument, its mechanical parts and pipes, the wood of local tree species was widely used: cedar (Lebanese, Himalayan, Atlas), cypress, pine, oak, beech, pistachio, sequoia, elm, etc. and some tropical, as well as non-ferrous metals : tin, lead, copper and brass.
Along with the traditional organ mechanics (levers on needle axles), this instrument has a 700-channel electronic control unit with a type-setting electronic memory (up to 2000 memorizations) and an optocoupler (non-contact) control system, which allow expanding the technical and artistic capabilities of the organ.
The author and developer of the project for the construction of an organ and the reconstruction of the building Vladimir Anatolyevich Khromchenko is the director and artistic director of the LIVADIA Center for Organ Music, an organist and organ builder, a graduate of the Tallinn Conservatory, a student of the famous Estonian organist and composer Hugo Lepnurm.
At present, the LIVADIA Organ Music Center is the only enterprise in the CIS that creates such instruments and has a closed production cycle.
In Yalta, in addition to the Livadia organ, there are two more instruments by the same author: in a music school and in an Armenian church.
In addition to the above works, the enterprise is engaged in the restoration and reconstruction of organs in the CIS, and also has a permanent staff of performing musicians on various instruments.
The concert hall of the Center regularly (annually) hosts traditional international festivals of organ music LIVADIA-FEST, in which the best musicians from many countries participate, master classes are organized for young Ukrainian and foreign organists. In addition to organ music, you can hear performances by choral and instrumental ensembles, numerous soloists.

Church of the Holy Archangel Michael in Oreanda - a church above the village of Oreanda, built in 2006 at the foot of Mount Ai-Nikola near the Yalta-Sevastopol highway. Landmark of the southern coast of Crimea.

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In 1910–1911 Simultaneously with the construction of the Livadia Palace, work was underway on the construction of a power plant building, which subsequently supplied electricity to the whole of Livadia. In 1927, the equipment of the power plant was dismantled, and a canteen and a club were placed in the vacant premises.

During the Yalta Conference in 1945, the functions of the power plant were temporarily restored. Subsequently, a camp for German prisoners of war (1945 - 1947), warehouses, workshops, etc. were located here. The building was dilapidated and by the end of the 80s. was in a dilapidated state.

During the reconstruction, a large amount of work was done to restore the destroyed parts of the building, as well as new decorative elements were added that transformed its appearance. In addition, thousands of tons of soil were selected around the building, retaining walls were built, and a metal fence was made. On the north side, specifically for the placement of the organ, an additional room was added. The newly created interior included molding consisting of tens of thousands of elements, hundreds of square meters of colored stained-glass windows, metal railings, pilasters, capitals, etc. As a result of all the work done, the building for technical purposes has turned into a brilliant architectural ensemble.

The new large organ in Livadia, built in 1998, is the first domestic instrument of this class, created on the territory of the former Soviet Union and the largest in Ukraine. This organ has over 4600 pipes. The length of the largest pipe is about six meters, while the smallest is only a few millimeters. The pipes are divided into 69 groups (registers) and through a complex system of rods (tractures) are controlled from the organ console using four hand keyboards (manuals) and one foot keyboard (pedals). In addition to the above, over 230 buttons and levers are located on the remote control to control the registers.

During the construction of the instrument, its mechanical parts and pipes, the wood of local tree species was widely used: cedar (Lebanese, Himalayan, Atlas), cypress, pine, oak, beech, pistachio, sequoia, elm, etc. and some tropical, as well as non-ferrous metals : tin, lead, copper and brass.

The concert hall of the Center regularly (annually) hosts traditional international festivals of organ music LIVADIA-FEST, in which the best musicians from many countries participate, master classes are organized for young Ukrainian and foreign organists. In addition to organ music, you can hear performances by choral and instrumental ensembles, numerous soloists.

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In 1910–1911 Simultaneously with the construction of the Livadia Palace, work was underway on the construction of a power plant building, which subsequently supplied electricity to the whole of Livadia. In 1927, the equipment of the power plant was dismantled, and a canteen and a club were placed in the vacant premises. During the Yalta Conference in 1945, the functions of the power plant were temporarily restored. Subsequently, a camp for German prisoners of war (1945 - 1947), warehouses, workshops, etc. were located here. The building was dilapidated and by the end of the 80s. was in a dilapidated state. During the reconstruction, a large amount of work was done to restore the destroyed parts of the building, as well as new decorative elements were added that transformed its appearance. In addition, thousands of tons of soil were selected around the building, retaining walls were built, and a metal fence was made. On the north side, specifically for the placement of the organ, an additional room was added. The newly created interior included molding consisting of tens of thousands of elements, hundreds of square meters of colored stained-glass windows, metal railings, pilasters, capitals, etc. As a result of all the work done, the building for technical purposes has turned into a brilliant architectural ensemble. The new large organ in Livadia, built in 1998, is the first domestic instrument of this class, created on the territory of the former Soviet Union and the largest in Ukraine. This organ has over 4600 pipes. The length of the largest pipe is about six meters, while the smallest is only a few millimeters. The pipes are divided into 69 groups (registers) and through a complex system of rods (tractures) are controlled from the organ console using four hand keyboards (manuals) and one foot keyboard (pedals). In addition to the above, over 230 buttons and levers are located on the remote control to control the registers. During the construction of the instrument, its mechanical parts and pipes, the wood of local tree species was widely used: cedar (Lebanese, Himalayan, Atlas), cypress, pine, oak, beech, pistachio, sequoia, elm, etc. and some tropical, as well as non-ferrous metals : tin, lead, copper and brass. The concert hall of the Center regularly (annually) hosts traditional international festivals of organ music LIVADIA-FEST, in which the best musicians from many countries participate, master classes are organized for young Ukrainian and foreign organists. In addition to organ music, you can hear performances by choral and instrumental ensembles, numerous soloists. Save Changes

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