On March 21, 1935, according to the Decree of the Presidium of the Azov-Black Sea Executive Committee for "the establishment of musical services of the region", the Rostov State Philharmonic was established. Great contribution to the creation of the Philharmonic was made by his first leader - musicologist, teacher, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Grigory Savelievich Dombaev.
