Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін; 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018), usually credited as Misha Alperin, was a Soviet-Norwegian
jazz
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pianist, known as a key member of the
Moscow Art Trio.
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Biography
Alperin was born in
Kamianets-Podilskyi
Kamianets-Podilskyi (, ; ) is a city on the Smotrych River in western Ukraine, western Ukraine, to the north-east of Chernivtsi. Formerly the administrative center of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, the city is now the administrative center of Kamianets ...
, Ukrainian SSR to a Jewish family. He was educated in
Khmelnytskyi,
Bălți
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and
Chișinău
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. In 1980, he formed one of the first jazz ensembles in
Moldavian SSR
The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (, mo-Cyrl, Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Moldavia, Sovie ...
.
He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the ''
Moscow Art Trio'' with
Arkady Shilkloper and folk singer
Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin.
He has also worked with
Huun Huur Tu. 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 and
Morten Qvenild among others. He released several works on
ECM Records
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.
Alperin died on 11 May 2018 at the age of 61.
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
20th-century Norwegian Jews
Soviet emigrants to Norway
Ukrainian emigrants to Norway
People from Kamianets-Podilskyi