Mikhail Alperin
born on 7/11/1956 in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Oblast Chmelnyzkyi, Ukraine
died on 11/5/2018 in Oslo, Ostland, Norway
Alias Misha Alperin
Mikhail Alperin
Mikhail "Misha" Alperin (born 7 nov. 1956) is a Ukrainian jazz musician.
Alperin was born in Kamenez Podolsky, Ukraine and grew up in Moldavia, where he was classically trained. In 1980, he formed one of the first Moldavian jazz ensembles. He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the Moscow Art Trio there with Arkady Shilkloper and folk singer Sergei Starostin. He has also worked with Huun Huur Tu. Since 1993 he has lived in Oslo, Norway; he is professor of music at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He has released several works on ECM Records.
Discography
- Wave of Sorrow (ECM Records, 1989)
- Folk Dreams (Jaro Medien, 1995)
- Hamburg Concert (Jaro, 1996)
- Prayer (Jaro, 1996)
- North Story (ECM, 1998)
- First Impression (ECM, 1999)
- Overture/Etude (Boheme, 2000)
- Piano (live) (Boheme, 2000)
- Portrait (Jaro, 2000)
- At Home (ECM, 2001)
- Night (ECM, 2002)
- Blue Fjord (Jaro, 2004)
- Her First Dance (ECM, 2008)
External links
- Mikhail Alperin
- Mikhail Alperin on ECM Records
- {{{name}}} at MusicBrainz
References
- Mikhail Alperin at Allmusic
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