Andrei Krylov (russian: Андрей Крылов, born March 3, 1959), is a

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, who is best known for his fantasy and romantic music compositions for the

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Biography

Andrei Krylov was born in Leningrad, USSR. In 1998 Andrei Krylov emigrated from Russia to Canada . He began his study of the classical guitar in the early 1970s. He studied the

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in Leningrad, Saint Petersburg. Andrei Krylov worked as a guitarist for the Russian State concert company Lenconcert and the Old Petersburg

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in the 1980s and 1990s, also he was a leading member of several rock bands in Leningrad, Saint Petersburg like "Island", "Fragment" and "Doctor Blues". He worked as a soloist

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and as an accompanist for some notable Russian singers like Taisia Kalinchenko (russian: Калинченко, Таисия Семёновна), Galina Baranova (russian: Галина Баранова),

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(russian: Марина Станиславовна Капуро). He has given recitals in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, USA and Canada. Krylov has recorded and performed for Russian, US and Canadian radio and television. Russian state TV5 from Leningrad made a musical film with his music. Since 1998 he lived in Ontario and Quebec and also spent a lot of time in

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and Mexico, and Portugal, Spain and other countries of Europe - playing concerts and composing music there. He has composed some original

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for documentaries and films in Canada and USA. The National Gallery of Canada has placed six documentaries by Art Today USA with Krylov's music (which highlight such artists as: Toller Cranston (Canada),

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(Mexico) and

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(USA), living in the Mexican city of San Miguel de Allende) in its Media Library. He also composed and recorded guitar music for films in Europe, New Zealand, Australia and USA including music for film about

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for museums featuring his art in New York and Madrid. Krylov composed guitar music for the 2011 short film ''Katya'' by

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, featuring Tatar-Russian movie star Chulpan Khamatova and composed guitar music for the 2020 short film ''Dymov'' by Liene Greifane, featuring Russian movie star

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. His music featured in film "Children of the Inquisition" Krylov has written several books of poems: ''Mirrors'', ''Lake Monastery'', ''Autumn''.
postal stamps dedicated to Andrei Krylov music issued by Republic of Guinea

References

Classical Guitar Composers List (CGCL) HomepageArticle in "Russian Express", Toronto
article about Andrei Krylov on Lute and Guitar in Russia

article about Andrei Krylov on Russian website dedicated to Flamenco

article about Andrei Krylov in Russian Guitarists and Composers Dictionary

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