Masterok (also spelled "Masterock") is a children's music band from
Dnipro
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,
Ukraine
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. Founded in 1975 by composer, arranger, musician
Mikhail Nekrich, the band had numerous members (age 5-14) who contributed their young talents towards its success.
Masterok had countless TV and live appearances all over the world, as well as 5 vinyl LP records and 4 CD albums releases. The band always featured strong vocals, keyboards, guitars, woodwinds, bass, drums & percussion. .
Many former members have chosen the fields of music and art as their careers.
Milestones of Masterok's career
*1975
M. Nekrich holds first auditions for the band and discovers its first young stars
*1986 Russian giant
Melodiya
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History
Melodiya was established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya" in accordance wi ...
releases band's second LP "Funny Collection"
*1986 International Song Festival in
Siedlce
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The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ...
*1986 the band was chosen to stay and perform in
Artek Artek may refer to:
*Arctic Technology Centre
*Artek (camp), an international children center near Hurzuf, Crimea
*Artek (company), a Finnish furniture manufacturer
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*1986 International Rock Festival in
Kiev
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*2005 Atlantic releases Masterok's
Christmas
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album "Rejoice To Christ’s Birth
Former members (incomplete list)
*Andrey Romaniy - vocals
*Marina Kuleba - vocals, guitar
*Alexandr Levin - bass, vocals
*Svetlana Varjel - keyboards, vocals
*Elena Kuznetsova - keyboards, vocals
*Vitaly Shapovalov - keyboards, vocals
*Natalia Karyaka - keyboards, vocals
*Anastasia Biretz - keyboards, vocals
*Dmitri Rotmistrovsky - flute, vocals
*Yuri Ptashnikov - flute, drums, vocals
*Victoria Sevastianova - keyboards, vocals
*Olga Ishenko - bass
*Irina Spas'ko - vocals, guitar
*Vitaly Sedunov - vibraphone, drums, vocals
*Konstantin Diduch - guitar
*Dmitri Bolotov - guitar
*Vladimir "Shmaga" Rechtman - drums, vocals
*Anton Skhorochodov - drums, vocals
*Alyona Levin - vocals, keyboards
*Elena Kuznetsova Jr - keyboards, vocals
*Evgeny Kuchtin - bass
*Victoria Brekhar - vocals
*Alexandr Parubets - vocals
*Zhanneta Nekrich-Lopez - keyboard
*George Nekrich - violin, vocal
Other professionals associated with the band
*
Natalia Nekrich -
répétiteur
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Opera
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*Boris Kaptselovich - sound
*Boris Glizer - theatrical director
*George Nekrich - music director
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Child musical groups
Folk rock groups
Musical collectives
Ukrainian pop music groups