Terem Quartet is a musical ensemble from Saint Petersburg, Russia. The ensemble playing in the genre of Crossover was created in 1986. Since that time, Terem Quartet has released 17 CDs, and its repertoire includes more than 500 musical compositions of classical and modern music.
Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (JJF) is one of the largest jazz festivals in the world and arguably the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere, held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The annual jazz festival is held every early March and was designed to be one of the largest jazz festivals globally. It was held for the first time in 2005, when approximately 125 groups and 1,405 artists performed in 146 shows. The first festival was attended by 47,500 visitors during its three-day stretch. The festival, which is also known as Java Jazz, was founded by Indonesian businessman Peter F. Gontha.
Elena Olegovna Firsova is a Russian composer.
Vladislav Shoot is a Russian-British composer of contemporary classical music. Born in Voznesensk, Soviet Union, now Ukraine, he moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, settling on the artists' estate of Dartington Hall.
The Great Russian Encyclopedia is a universal Russian encyclopedia, completed in 36 volumes, published since 2004 by Great Russian Encyclopedia, JSC. It is released under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) after President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree №1156 in 2002. The complete edition was released by 2017.
Cruise is a rock band from the former Soviet Union. While the band was originally formed in 1978, they were largely unknown in the west for a number of years. They are best known for their video, In Flames, which was played many times in the mid-1980s, on the Canadian metal show, The Power Hour.
The Koktebel Jazz Festival is a well-known jazz and world music festival in Ukraine. Until 2013 it used to take place annually in second week of September in Koktebel on the Black Sea coast. The 2014th edition was held in Zatoka and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi.
David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov PAR is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2000), State Prize of Russian Federation (2003).
Viatcheslav Sergeyevich Nazarov was a world-class jazz trombonist, pianist, and vocalist, whose extraordinary performance was recognized by jazz musicians and critics in Russia and in the United States.
Gabala International Music Festival is an annual festival of classical music held every summer beginning in 2009 in Gabala, Azerbaijan. The festival is organised with the support of Heydar Aliyev Foundation at the initiative of the rector of the Baku Academy of Music Farhad Badalbeyli and conductor Dmitri Yablonski. At this festival, musicians perform in the open air. Participants have included musicians from Europe, the US and Israel, as well as musicians from republics of the former USSR. In 2009, a contest of young pianists was held at the same time with the musical festival. Jazz and mugham evenings were held along with classical music concerts. In 2010, the festival was held on August. General director of UNESCO Irina Bokova was in the opening ceremony of the festival. The festival began with the performance of overture from Uzeyir Hajibeyov's "Koroglu" opera as in 2009. Opening ceremony of the festival was charged to Royal Philarmonic Orchestra. Such musicians as Dmitri Yablonski, Yuri Bashmet, Khloe Khanslip and other Azerbaijani and foreign musicians took part in the festival. In 2011, the festival lasted from July 15 to August 5.
Elena Denisova is an Austrian violinist and festival director of Russian descent.
Moscow Art Trio is a Russian trio comprising Arkady Shilkloper, Misha Alperin and Sergey Starostin, performing in the Classical/Jazz/Traditional music genres.
Arkady Shilkloper is a Russian multi-instrumentalist and composer, currently living in Germany. He is also known as one of the best jazz performers on horn and alphorn in the world.
Sinyaya Ptitsa was a Soviet music group, vocal and instrumental ensemble (VIA), which existed from 1972 to 1991. Later, several Russian musical groups created by former members of the original band took the name Sinyaya Ptitsa.
Pavel Karmanov is a composer and a Russian rock musician.
Vahagn Hayrapetyan is a jazz pianist, singer and composer. Honored Artist of Armenia.
Alexey Steblev is a Russian cellist, composer, conductor, and entrepreneur.
Oleg Vyacheslavovich Bezuglov – is a Russian violinist, chamber musician and teacher, co-founder of the violin and piano duo Class&Jazz. The Honored Worker of the Russian Musical Society since 2010.
The Shostakovich competition is a classical music contest in chamber music performance. The two editions of the competition were held in 2008 and 2010 in Moscow, Russia. The contest was open to the participants of all countries in two categories: chamber music ensembles and piano duets. The Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition continued the line of musical contests named after Shostakovich and dedicated to the chamber music: e.g. Shostakovich String Quartet Competition in Moscow.
