Andrey Vinogradov

Born in 1959 in Moscow, Vinogradov has studied and been exposed to a variety of musical genres, everything from classical jazz to jazz-rock. He has now settled down in folky niche, where he creates his classic but unique blend of sounds. He graduated with highest honors from the Moscow Gnessin Music College and completed his education at Gnessin Academy of Music. Later, as part of well-known Russian jazz-rock group The Arsenal, directed by revered saxophonist Alexei Kozlov, he recorded two LPs, The Second Wind and Pulse 3, which were later released on the CDs Time-scorched - III and Time-scorched - IV (1997-1998). Ever since his youth, Vinogradov's goal has been to create innovative unions between the most diverse of musical genres by combining elements of classical, jazz and folk music. In 1996 he composed a series of songs to the verses of Russian modernist poets Soloviov, Blok, Voloshin, and Akhmatova among others. The result was a CD entitled Dryad's Songs featuring the vocals of Galina Lipina. Under the impression of Scandinavian journey in 2005 Andrey composed a new project: several preludes for piano & strings, both fascinating and pacifying.