MJF2014 Participant: Ilya Korchagin (guitar, Russia)
"I prefers playing guitar but also like different instruments in different ways" - says Ilya.[...]
MJF2014 Participant: Philip Mescheryakov (bass, Russia)
He made his debut at “Kvadrat” jazz-club in 1997. In 1998 he became a winner of the young performers contest “Autumn Marathon”, which was held by St. Petersburg jazz music Philharmonic. He performed as a member of different ensembles, representing various kinds of music, such as Alexey Kanunnikov jazz-band, big-band conducted by Sergey Gusityanskiy. In [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Eugeniy Kitayev (bass, Transnistria)
Eygeniy Kitayev is a Transnistrian bass-guitarist, arranger and composer, who performs music of different genres. Accompanied to such musicians as Alexey Kuznetsov (Russia), Vladidmir Danilin (Russia), Yuriy Kuznetsov (Ukraine), Lee Andrew Davidson (USA), John Daniel Walter (USA), Giovanni Falzone (Italy), Edith Steyer (Germany) etc. on Jazz sessions. He took part in the international project “Trigon(Moldova) [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Andrey Pletnev (sax, Russia)
Anrey Pletnev is a saxophonist, composer, arranger, one of the organizers and a conductor of jazz jam-sessions in the Yekaterinburg “EverJazz” club, the leader of Anrey Pletnev’s quintet, the conductor of the Afro-Cuban music orchestra “Muchachos Band”, the leader of the project “Old School”, which performs jazz music of 50-60th, the soloist of the big [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Ofer Assaf (saxophone, the USA)
Ofer Assaf, jazz saxophonist, composer and educator, member of the Bernie Worrell Orchestra (P-Funk and Talking Heads) was born in Israel where he attended the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts dividing his time between music and dance. In 1991 he won the Israeli National Competition in Jazz and Contemporary Music for young musicians. [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Mark Rozen (sax, Israel)
«My name is Mark Rosen. I am 42, married and father of two children. I am a senior saxophone player, playing tenor saxophone, alto and soprano. I started playing at the age of 16. I learned in the Conservatory and continued studying with the best teachers in Israel. I participated in many television shows, festivals [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Yelena Syskova (piano, Ukraine)
A pianist, composer. She finished Ukrainian National Musical Academy named after P. I. Chaykovskiy in Kiev in a class of special piano and history of foreign music.
MJF2014 Participant: Robert Basuki Mulyarahardja (guitar, Indonesia)
"I am a jazz guitarist and educator from Jakarta, Indonesia. I graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Degree in Performance in 2008. In 2009, I returned to Jakarta and co-founded The Shadow Puppets Quartet. I've produced two albums with this group, which received positive feedbacks from listeners and critics in Indonesia. We have [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Musina Ebobisse (saxophone, France)
I studied classical music at the Conservatory in Strasbourg for 8 years before entering the jazz department. I graduated from the conservatory last year. Since 7 years, I've been involved in different musical projects, playing jazz, reggae, funk and blues.
My influences in the jazz fields are John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano, Steve Coleman and many others.
I'm also member of the reggae band TND in Strasbourg.
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MJF2014 Participant: Yekaterina Vasileva (vocals, Germany)
MJF2014 Participant: Rustam Artikov (trumpet, Russia)
My name is Rustam Artikov. I have a classical education. In my young days I heard the play of great jazzmen Dizzy Gillespie and Arturo Sandoval and fell in love with Jazz! That is why Jazz art became my life-work. I played in The Tour Concerts as a participant of wind instruments bands in the [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Vladislav Yakutko (piano, Russia)
"С детства занимаюсь музыкой (школа, Хабаровский колледж искусств) играю, пишу."
MJF2014 Participant: Alain Claude Mbena Ongolo (bass, Cameroon)
Alain Claude Mbena Ongolo (bass, Cameroon) My alias is Alino. I was born on the 17th of November of 1965 in Paris. At the momentI live in Yaound?,Cameroon. I play bass guitarandupright bass. I am interested in Jazz and Jazz-rock musicand Martial Art: Pride FC and MMA. Research in spiritual matters since 35 years...
MJF2014 Participant: Andrey Pokaz (piano, Ukraine)
He is an alumnus of the special musical school named after P. S. Stolyarskiy. He has graduated from the National Musical Academy named after A. V. Nezhdanova. He has been a postgraduate student there. At the moment he works at the department of special piano. Andrey has been a winner of different international contests as [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Illya Zyrianov (guitar, Russia)
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. [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Doug Munro (guitar, the USA)
"Master musician and guitar virtuoso Doug Munro is an established veteran of the New York music scene. Since 1987 he has released eleven albums as a leader and has appeared on over 50 recordings as a sideman, producer, and arranger working with a diverse array of artists including Dr. John, Michael Brecker, and Dr. Lonnie [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Aziz Azizov (violin, Turkmenistan)
MJF2014 Participant: Olugbenga [Adedeji] Adetayo (guitar, Greece)
MJF2014 Participant: Clyde [Lightning] George (steelpan, Trinidad and Tobago)
MJF2014 Participant: Kristian Borring (guitar, Denmark)
Danish born Kristian Borring, now based in London, has in recent years built his name as a skillful guitarist with great melodic sense and sophisticated harmonic understanding, equally mastering the standard repertoire as well as original material “A guitarist of enormous technical ability who utilizes his considerable gifts thoughtfully and tastefully.” (THE JAZZ MANN). In [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Dmitriy Bondarev (trumpet, Ukraine)
Dmitriy Bondarev is a jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, bright representative of Ukrainian and Russian jazz stages. He participated in numerous jazz festivals of Ukraine (Za-Jazz, Jazz in Kiev, Alfajazz etc.), Russia (Usadba.jazz, MuzEnergo etc.) and Poland (Ukrainian culture festival in). The winner of the Grand Prix of young jazz trumpeters contest named after Yevgeniy Savin [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Rit Xu (flute, Singapore)
MJF2014 Participant: Tesla Manaf (guitar, Indonesia)
"I'm a jazz guitarist born in Jakarta. I started by learning classical piano and guitar at the age of 9 and stayed digging it until 10 years later, but then decided to switch to jazz because I needed a convenient space where I can unleash my passion in total freedom. I was raised in 60's-70's [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Bobby Rice (trumpet, Canada)
I'm a music teacher in a university and I'm also a PhD student. I'm a composer/arranger/trumpeter and I have one album out (Bobby Rice “Sandunga”) and I have a Latin jazz big band which regularly features the great Cuban pianist Hilario Duran, among numerous other great Canadian jazz players.
MJF2014 Participant: Ilya Stepanov (drums, Belarus)
Hello everybody! My name is Ilya Stepanov! I finished Belarus Musical Academy as a drummer. Teach how to play drums in the musical college named after M. Glinka. I play all kinds of music. I love fusion most of all. Concerning hobbies, I like doing sports, composing electronic music. “It is very nice to gather [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Anton Zubarev (piano, Russia)
"My name is Anton Zubarev and I'm a jazz pianist from Yekaterinburg (Russia). I've been playing piano since childhood. I finished Ural Musical College on the base of Ural State Conservatory named after Musorgsky, and then Musical department of Ural Pedagogical Institute (class of Natalya Srodnych). My musical preferences are mainstream jazz and be-bop, contemporary [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Chen Meir (percussion, Israel)
MJF2014 Participant: Denis Galushko (piano, Russia)
Jazz-pianist, composer. He was born in the family of musicians in Kurgan. Studied piano and saxophone at the music school . Entered the piano class of D. Shostakovich State Music Colledge in Kurgan. Then he enrolled in piano class at Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire in Ekaterinburg, where he has kept his music career going. Since [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Ilmir Yunusov (trombone, Russia)
I was born in Ufa in 2004. Finished St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts (mainstream department). Collaborated with a lot of ensembles, playing in different styles and genres. Currently I live in Kazan (Russia), participate and solo in Kazan philharmonic jazz-orchestra, concert actively in small bands (including author projects). The main thing for me [...]
MJF2014 Participant: Rafal Rokicki (piano, Poland)
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- Everything About the Contest
- Brief description
- Project Goals
- General Information
- Concept of the Festival-Contest
- Stages of Development and Jazz Styles
- Award Ceremony
- Criteria for Evaluation of Jazz Skills
- Composition of the Jury of Festival-Contest
- Nominations MJF 2013
- Nominations MJF 2014
- Concept of TV Version and Spin-Off
- Master-Jam Fest 2013
Press-Announcement - Master-Jam Press-Release
- Accreditation