Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін; 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018) was a Soviet-Norwegian
jazz
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pianist, known as a key member of the
Moscow Art Trio
Moscow Art Trio (established in 1990) is a Russian trio comprising Arkady Shilkloper (French horn & flugelhorn), Misha Alperin (piano & vocals) and Sergey Starostin (vocals, clarinet & folkreeds), performing in the Classical/Jazz/Traditional mu ...
.
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Biography
Alperin was born in
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Kamianets-Podilskyi ( uk, Ка́м'яне́ць-Поді́льський, russian: Каменец-Подольский, Kamenets-Podolskiy, pl, Kamieniec Podolski, ro, Camenița, yi, קאַמענעץ־פּאָדאָלסק / קאַמעניץ, ...
, Ukrainian SSR to a Jewish family. He was educated in
Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi ( uk, Хмельни́цький, Khmelnytskyi, ), until 1954 Proskuriv ( uk, Проску́рів, links=no ), is a city in western Ukraine, the administrative center for Khmelnytskyi Oblast (region) and Khmelnytskyi Raion (dist ...
,
Bălți
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and
Chișinău
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. In 1980, he formed one of the first jazz ensembles in
Moldavian SSR
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.
He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the ''
Moscow Art Trio
Moscow Art Trio (established in 1990) is a Russian trio comprising Arkady Shilkloper (French horn & flugelhorn), Misha Alperin (piano & vocals) and Sergey Starostin (vocals, clarinet & folkreeds), performing in the Classical/Jazz/Traditional mu ...
'' with
Arkady Shilkloper
Arkady Shilkloper (born 17 October 1956) is a Russian multi-instrumentalist (horn, alphorn, flugelhorn, corno da caccia, didgeridoo, shofar, and others) and composer, currently living in Berlin. He is known as one of the best jazz performers ...
and folk singer
Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin
Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Старостин; born 1 January 1956 in Moscow) is a Russian folk and jazz composer and performer, famous for his modern interpretations of archaic Russian (as well as Sá ...
.
He has also worked with
Huun Huur Tu
Huun-Huur-Tu ( tyv, Хүн Хүртү, Hün Hürtü, ; rus, Хуун-Хуур-Ту, ) are a music group from Tuva, a Russian federative republic situated on the Mongolia–Russia border. Their music includes throat singing, in which the singer ...
. From 1993 to 2018 he lived in Oslo, Norway; he was professor of music at the
Norwegian Academy of Music
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and he supervised pianist
Helge Lien
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and
Morten Qvenild
Morten Qvenild (born 31 August 1978) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, band leader, and producer.
Career
Qvenild started his jazz career in the big band Ung Musikk in 1995, followed by studies on the Jazz program at the Norges Musikkhøgskole. He u ...
among others. He released several works on
ECM Records
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.
He died on 11 May 2018 at the age of 61.
В Осло умер Михаил Альперин
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
2008 — Moscow Art Trio & Norwegian Chamber Orchestra «Village Variations» (JARO 4290-2) Germany
2009 — Moscow Art Trio «Live in Holland» (CDDOMA 091102) Russia; (JARO 4302-2) Germany
2010 — The Bulgarian Voices Angelite with Huun-Huur-Tu & Moscow Art Trio «Legend» (JARO 4300-2) Germany
See also
*List of jazz pianists
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References
External links
Mikhail Alperin on ECM Records
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1956 births
2018 deaths
Soviet jazz musicians
Soviet Jews
Ukrainian composers
Ukrainian jazz musicians
Jewish musicians
ECM Records artists
Jewish jazz musicians
Norwegian musicians
Norwegian Jews
Soviet emigrants to Norway
Ukrainian emigrants to Norway
People from Kamianets-Podilskyi