Artist description Haunting, passionate blend of blues, gypsy, jazz, and classical music that engages the listener into his stirring, poignant musical sonnets

Music Style romance, ballads, -original music, Russian,Gypsy, some English too

Musical Influences Quincy Jones, Pink Floyd, Nat King Cole

Similar Artists Truly an original in America Music comes from his heart, unrestrained by conventional thinking

Artist History Schooled in Khabarovsk, Russia's Academy of Arts and Skills, Piano player for Khabarovsk Philharmonic Orchestra; solo concert performances piano, guitar, violin, and singing throughout Far East Russia, Siberia and Japan, now living in America; debut in Chicago now living in the Pacific Northwest. Showcase in New York for Black Rose Productions called him "the Englebert from Russia". Spiritually and passionately powerful!

Group Members Slava

Instruments guitar, piano, keyboards, saxaphone, violin, flute, voice

Albums Folk Music of Russian History-1990, Russian and Gypsy Music in Kyoto-1991, For All and Everyone-1993

Press Reviews Khabarovsk Today, "A 3 - hour performance and the crowd still refused to let him leave the stage!"; Pacific Daily Star (Japan), "BRAVO SLAVA!", (Chicago) Daily Southtown, "Russian singer records unchained melodies"; (Chicago Southside)The Star, "He followed his heart and he made the right choice". Daily Sun News (Sunnyside, WA) "Provides the real pleasure for an evening" Yakima (WA) Symphony Orchestra: "(Slava) is a very gifted artist and has such a beautiful voice. The music is wonderfully poignant, poetic, deep, and inspiring"

Additional Info CD- Last Songs of Boyan- acoustic epic of Russia's famous

Location Zillah, WA - USA

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