Serafim Popov

The glorious pages in the history of the Moscow University Choir are connected with the name of  Russian composer and conductor Daniil Kashin (1770-1841) who was a favourite follower of  G.Sarti, a famous Italian musician.  An extraordinary flourishing  of  the Russian musical culture at the end of XIXth - beginning XXth centuries  influenced  the destiny of  the Moscow University Choir as well. At that period the Choir was conducted by  such famous musicians, as M.M.Ippolitov-Ivanov, N.A.Manykin-Nevstruyev, V.M.Orlov, Malm, N.S.Klenovsky, C.C.Albrekht and  P.I.Blamberg. 

Boris Baranov

From 1907 to 1912 the Choir was conducted by talented student Ya.Mikhailovsky. 

Since 1937 and for more than forty years the Moscow University  Choir was conducted by Serafim Popov, Honored Artist of Russia, a founder of the Chorus Conducting Department with the Moscow Institute of Culture. 

Yuri Ukhov

From 1979 to 1984 the Choir was  conducted by Honored Artist of Russia B.V.Baranov, a follower of S.V.Popov. From 1984 to 1997 the Choir was supervised by Honored Artist of Russia  Yuri Ukhov, a follower of famous Russian chorus master and conductor A.V.Yurlov.  The following chorus masters have worked with the Choir these years: C.R.Rumina, V.N.Kostylyova, S.I.Kirpichnikov, I.A.Zhuravlenko. 

Mirza Askerov

INow the Choir is conducted by Mirza Askerov Ph.D. of pedagogy who  earlier taught choral conducting at the Moscow Institute of Culture; he goes along the road of his predecessors.