Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін; 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018) was a Soviet-Norwegian

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pianist, known as a key member of the

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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 (distr ...

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and Chișinău. In 1980, he formed one of the first jazz ensembles in

Moldavian SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...

. He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the ''

'' with Arkady Shilkloper and folk singer Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin. 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 The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: ''Norges musikkhøgskole'', NMH) is a university-level music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the c ...

and he supervised pianist Helge Lien and Morten Qvenild among others. He released several works on

ECM Records ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's ...

. 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

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Mikhail Alperin on ECM Records
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alperin, Mikhail 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

Biography

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