Participant: Konstantin Khazanovich (clarinet, Russia)

12 November 2012
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“I am a professional jazz musician. My main instrument is clarinet, but I also play the piano, drums, percussion and double-bass. I play in different jazz styles from Dixieland and early swing to modern jazz. I like Latin jazz very much. At the moment I constantly play with David Goloschekin and other jazz musicians of [...]

Participant: Nesia Ardi (vocals, Indonesia)

12 November 2012
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"I'm a vocalist born in Jakarta, Indonesia. My passion in music especially jazz has brought me to several local jazz scenes and festivals. I met and worked with several local jazz musicians such as Indra Lesmana, Idang Rasjidi, Tjut Nyak Deviana Daudsjah, Sandy Winarta, Barry Likumahuwa, etc. I studied vocal at Institut Musik Daya Indonesia [...]

Participant: Alexander Volenberg (drums, Moldova)

8 November 2012
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In 2011 I finished the Transnistrian highest musical college as a drummer (mainstream department). I play in different musical ensembles (military mainstream brass orchestra, rock group, funk band, jazz big band). I like music of different styles such as rock, jazz, fusion, jazz-rock…

Participant: Sergey Bondarev (trumpet, Russia)

8 November 2012
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I am a trumpeter of the Astrakhan philharmonic orchestra. I like improvisation! Will be glad to take part in such an interesting contest!

Participant: Konstantin Glouzman (piano, Italy)

8 November 2012
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“I started to play piano at the age of six. Completed music school and music college, both in Norilsk. Started to play professionally in 1979. In 1992 moved to Australia, Melbourne, where continued to play with different bands. Also created my own band 'Juggle' in 1998, we played mainly fusion, latin jazz, etc. (original music). [...]

Participant: Alexander Korneychuk (guitar, Russia)

6 November 2012
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Hello! I am a guitarist from Ufa. Improvisation is my passion!

Participant: Dmitriy Dukhnich (violin, Ukraine)

6 November 2012
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I studied violin at specialized musical school. I am fond of jazz and blues. I like both playing jazz with violin and singing.

Participant: Anna Sukhovetchenko (vocals, Russia)

6 November 2012
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I finished Khabarovsk Art College in 2004, where I studied jazz vocals. I am a regular participant of international jazz festivals and competitions. I live and teach vocals in St. Petersburg.

Participant: Dorel Burlacu (piano, Moldova)

6 November 2012

My name is Dorel Burlacu. I am the member of “Moldova musicians Association”. I have finished the Musical Academy of theatre and fine arts in Kishinev. Kinds of my work in the music area include different aspects of creativity. Among them are the soloist of ethnic-jazz group “Trigon” (keyboard and chromatic harmonica), the representative of [...]

Participant: Francois Nyame (bass, Cameroon)

5 November 2012
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“I am Francois Nyame, musician from Cameroon. I am a bass-guitarist devoted to jazz passionately. I spend my days playing the guitar. I often contemplate nature searching for inspiration, while walking around Yaounde.”

Participant: Mark Rapp (trumpet, the USA)

5 November 2012

Trumpeter, composer and arranger Mark Rapp earned his Master’s in Jazz from the University of New Orleans continuing to live and play there for 5 years studying with piano Master Ellis Marsalis. Now based in NYC for 9 years, he's performed on and released 4 diverse recordings, which include leading and playing the closing track [...]

Participant: Artem Filenko (trumpet, Ukraine)

2 November 2012
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I have been playing in mainstream-symphonic orchestra for about 6 years. I have also participated in different rock, jazz, ethnical and folk ensembles. I think that jazz and improvisation were given to people for expressing their feelings, emotions, characters, moods, when there are not enough words.

Participant: Paolo Donati (clarinet, Italy)

2 November 2012
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Classical studies, jazz workshops, private lessons. I perform in different ensembles. I like all kinds of jazz music from New Orleans to free. Swing and feeling, that's important for me. I play alto sax too. I like to compose.

Participant: Melvin Taylor (guitar, the USA)

28 October 2012
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Melvin Taylor is one of the guitarists recognized as the greatest in the history of rock, blues and jazz music. Melvin performed in front of thousands fans all over the world. The admirers of his music in Argentina, Canada, China, Chile, France, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, and, certainly, the USA [...]

Participant: Yuriy P’yankov-Yanovskiy (vocals, Australia)

28 October 2012
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"I play my voice. With strong influences of best examples in Traditional, Be-Bop, Fusion Jazz Voicing including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Al Jarreau, George Benson, Gino Vannelli, Bobby Mcferrin etc, I creatively through my individual voicing and sounding deliver high quality Jazz interpretations, always in a search for new directions and capabilities of playing Voice [...]

Participant: Chaka Priambudi (double bass, Indonesia)

28 October 2012
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Chaka Priambudi Wicaksono is a Double Bass player from Jakarta, Indonesia. He studied music at Institute Music Daya Indonesia from 2006-2010, majoring in Double bass and Piano as a minor instrument. He is a member of many jazz groups such as Riza Arshad Trio, Sandy Winarta Quartet, Robert MR Quartet. Besides that, he also plays [...]

Participant: Kirill Ganev (drums, Ukraine)

25 October 2012
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Participant: Sergey Petrenko (drums, Moldova)

22 October 2012
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I study drumming skills. My favorite styles of music are jazz, metal, drum’n’bass.

Participant: Nikolay Moiseyenko (sax, Russia)

18 October 2012

"Hello! My name is Nikolay Moiseyenko. I’m a musician. My instrument is saxophone and I was fortunate enough to have my father as a teacher and later Alexander Oseychuk in Academy named by Gnesin. As I was always interested in jazz I always wanted to go to the motherland of jazz – the USA. In [...]

Participant: Dorel Burlacu (chromatic harmonica, Moldova)

18 October 2012
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My name is Dorel Burlacu. I am the member of “Moldova musicians Association”. I have finished the Musical Academy of theatre and fine arts in Kishinev. Kinds of my work in the music area include different aspects of creativity. Among them are the soloist of ethnic-jazz group “Trigon” (keyboard and chromatic harmonica), the representative of [...]

Participant: Javier Delgado (bass, Spain)

18 October 2012
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He studied double bass at the Music Conservatory of Seville and at the Academy of Orchestral Studies of the Barenboim-Said Foundation, with Manfred Pernutz, principal double bass of the Staatskapelle, Berlin. At the same time he started studying and playing jazz music. He studied at workshops with musicians like Ray Drummond, Ben Street, Jerry Bergonzi, [...]

Participant: Zaza Zumba Korinteli (guitar, Georgia)

18 October 2012
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Musician and composer Zaza Korinteli is better known by his stage name Zumba. His music is combining a variety of rhythmic styles of World Music, Jazz, Fusion, Folk-rock and instrumental improvisations. He is a multi-instrumentalist on guitar, bass, wind instruments, percussion, and vocals, he leads the band ZumbaLand and also collaborates within several other musical [...]

Participant: Illya Zyrianov (guitar, Russia)

16 October 2012
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Ilya Zyrianov is a young jazz-musician, the New Guitar School representative. He’s the prize-winner of the contests and the participant of the international jazz fests. He has appeared on stage and recorded together with famous musicians of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Ilya Zyrianov's quartet represents a fusion of jazz, Latin American music and rock music. [...]

Participant: Vladimir Belov (guitar, Russia)

16 October 2012
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“I seek to the enlightenment. My favorite music is classical and contemporary jazz.”

Participant: Ran Levi (bass, Israel)

16 October 2012
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Ran Levi is a talented extraordinary bass-guitarist, composer and educator. He subtly uses vivid folk tunes in his jazz compositions and also instrumental and vocal improvisations, in which sensuality adjoines with drive.

Participant: Miqayel Voskanyan (tar, Armenia)

16 October 2012
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Performer and composer Miqayel Voskanyan was born on the 26th of August, 1986, in Yerevan. Tar isn’t just an instrument for Miqayel. It is a special part of his life, which he is given full. Numerous concerts, festivals and different projects follows each other. Miqayel Voskanyan is an author of some musical projects and a [...]

Participant: Ilya Korchagin (guitar, Russia)

16 October 2012
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I’m a musician, composer. I like jazz-fusion, I like improvising very much! I released a solo album. I prefer playing, guitar but also like different instruments in different ways.)

Participant: Alexey Kochetkov (violin, Israel)

16 October 2012
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Hello. My name is Alexey Kochetkov. I'm a violinist. I'm 28 years old. I started my classical vio-lin education when I was seven. After finishing a music college in Smolensk I moved to Israel, studied here at Rubin academy of music and dance in Jerusalem. During 9 years of living and performing in Israel I [...]

Participant: Gilad Chatsav (piano, Israel)

16 October 2012
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A child prodigy - composed melodies when he was 6 years old. Soon he was accepted to the music conservatory in Tiberias where he began his formal musical education learning piano and trumpet. He continued his education at the music department of the prestigious Talma Yellin high school of arts. During his senior year Gilad [...]

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