Evgeny Lebedev was born in 1984 in Moscow,
Russia. Between 1990 and 1999 he
studied at Moscow School #1623 majoring in music (accordion and piano);
between 1999 and 2001 studied at Moscow College of Arts
(with Evgeny Grechischev.)
In 2002 Evgeny entered Gnessins' Russian
Academy of Music where he
studied with the chair of jazz departament, professor Igor Bril
himself.
Evgeny took part at the following jazz festivals:
- Jazz at the Hermitage Garden (Moscow 2000,
2005);
- Eurasia (Orenburg, Russia, 2001 and
2002);
- International Jazz Festival in Minsk, Belarus
(2002);
- VI International Moscow Jazz Festival in memory of Willis
Connover (2001);
- Russian Night in Davos (Switzerland 2005)
- Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (USA 2005)
Evgeny Lebedev received awards at Moscow Jazz Festivals of Young
Performers in 1999 and 2001, hold diploma of
the New Names Chairity Foundation. He
obtained a scholarship to Berklee College of Music in Boston (2004).
Evgeny is the second prize winner and
silver medal holder of the 1st Moscow International Competition of
Jazz Performers (piano).
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Contact:
elebedev_piano@yahoo.com
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