Arkady Shilkloper

Horn, flugelhorn, corno da caccia, alphorn, corno pastoriccio, didgeridoo, Wagner tuba etc.

Born in Moscow, Russia on October 17, 1956. At the age of six started to play alto horn in a brass orchestra at the Kuntsevo District Young Pioneers House in Moscow. 1967 to 1974: the Moscow Military Music School. 1974 to 1976: the orchestra at the Lenin Military Political Academy, Soviet Armed Forces. 1976 to 1981: studied French horn at the Gnesins State Music Education Institute (now Gnesins Russian Academy of Music.) 1978 to 1985: member of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. 1985 to 1989: member of the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra. 1976 to 1978: along with his studies at the Gnesins, takes courses in jazz improvisation at the Moscow Experimental Studio of Music Improvisation (now Moscow College of Improvised Music.) 1984 to 1986: first serious experience in jazz, a french horn - acoustic bass duo (with bassist Mikhail Karetnikov). 1985 to 1989: member of "Three O", with Sergey Letov (saxes, flutes) and Arkady Kirichenko (tuba, vocal). Since 1988: duo with Mikhail «Misha» Alperin (piano). Their first ECM album «Wave Of Sorrow» (1989) was the first russian album on ECM. Later on, Shilkloper participated in three more Alperin recordings for ECM: «North Story» (1997), «First Impression» (1999, with John Surman), «Her First Dance» (2008, with Anja Lechner). In 1990, the Alperin-Shilkloper duo invites Sergey Starostin, a Moscow Conservatory-educated clarinetist and a dedicated researcher of Russian authentic folklore music, which results in the creation of Moscow Art Trio. The trio tours regularly, though its members now live in three different countries; it is one of the most interesting and well-known Ethno Jazz groups from Russia. In Russia, their albums were released by Boheme Music; in Europe, by Jaro. Since 1992, Arkady Shilkloper performs solo. Since 1995, Arkady Shilkloper plays in Pago Libre Quartet with austrian violinist Tscho Theissing, swiss pianist John Wolf Brennan and austrian bassist Georg Breinschmid. Since 1998, Arkady also plays alphorn, quite an unusual instrument for improvised music. Arkady rates one of the best of the few existing jazz performers on alphorn. In 1998 — 2002 Arkady Shilkloper performed with Vienna Art Orchestra. In 2000, Arkady put together the Mauve Trio with brazilian guitar player Alegre Correa and austrian bassist Georg Breinschmid. Their debut album «Mauve» (Quinton, 2002) was awarded the prestigious Hans Koller Prize of Austria as the «CD Of The Year». Arkady Shilkloper plays concerts and gives master-classes around the world (about 100 in a year!!!): Russia, Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, Panama, China, Korea, Australia...

He is playing with Mikhail Alperin, Sergey Starostin, Sergei Nakariakov, Markus Stockhausen, Denis Matsuev, Daniel Schnyder, Christian Zehnder, Georg Breinschmid, Jon Sass, Michel Godard, Vadim Neselovskiy, Simon Nabatov, Jon Christensen, Nils Landgren, Pino Minafra, Uri Brener, Moscow Art Trio, Pago Libre Quartet, Vienna Art Orchestra, WDR Big Band, Vince Mendoza Orchestra, Jazz Baltica Ensemble, Geir Lysne Ensemble, VSP Orkestra, Christian Muthspiel Octet Ost, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Berner Symphonieorchester, Bremer Philharmoniker, Bochumer Symphoniker, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Berner Symphonieorchester, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Crested Butte Festival Orchestra, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Darmstadt State Orchestra, Leipzig MDR Symphony Orchestra, The Dusseldorf Symphoniker, Tiroler Festspiele Orchester, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Norvegian Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Classico, «Moscow Virtuosi», «Kremlin», «Musica Viva», «Moscow Soloists», «Hermitage» Ensemble of Soloists, Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra, St-Petersburg State Capella Symphony Orchestra and many other russian orchestras... Show less