Born
in Moscow, Russia, 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: cadet at the Moscow Military Music School.
1974 to 1976: mandatory military service - private in the military
orchestra at the Lenin Military Political Academy, Soviet Armed
Forces.
1976 to 1981: studied French horn at the Gnessins State Music
Education Institute (now Gnessins Russian Academy of Music.)
1978 to 1985: member of the
Bolshoi Theatre
Orchestra.
1985 to 1989: member of the Moscow State Philharmonic Symphony.
1976 to 1978: along with his studies at the Gnesssins, 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.) October, 2005: Three O celebrates its 20th anniversary (see
picture.)
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 two more Alperin recordings for ECM: "North Story" (1997)
и "First Impression" (1999,
with John Surman.)
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.
Their most recent releases on Jaro are:
Instead of Making Children (2006)
Once Upon A Time (2001)
Music (1998)
Since 1992, Arkady Shilkloper performs solo.
He had recorded three solo albums.
Since 1995, Arkady Shilkloper (horn, flugelhorn, alphorn) plays in
Pago Libre
with Austrian violinist Tscho Theissing, Swiss pianist John Wolf Brennan
and Austrian bassist Georg Breinschmid.
In 1998 - 2002 Arkady Shilkloper performed with Europe's leading
big band, the Vienna Art Orchestra (Vienna,
Austria).
Arkady performs "Bruxelles Ma Belle" during VAO's 200 tour "Artistry
in Rhythm":
In
2000, Arkady put together the Mauve Trio with Brazilian guitar
player Alegre Correa and Austrian bassist Georg Breinschmid. Their
debut album, simply called "Mauve" (Quinton, 2002) was
awarded the prestigious Hans Koller Prize of Austria as the "CD Of The
Year"..
Mp3 from Mauve on eMusic
Arkady Shilkloper currently resides in Wupperthal, Germany. He
performs in Russia regularly -- in a trio with vocalist Sergey
Starostin and St.Petersburg bassist Vladimir Volkov, and also in
various settings with trumpet player Sergey Pron, pianist Andrey
Kondakov, bassist Igor Ivanushkin, drummers Oleg Baltaga and Alexander
Zinger, etc.
Since 1998, Arkady also plays alphorn, quite an unusual instrument
for imnprovised music. Arkady rates one of the best of the few
existing jazz performers on alphorn. His Pilatus and Presente Para
Moscou albums feature a lot of his alphorn playing.
"Los Angeles Times", 26/11/90, by Leonard Feather:
Moscow, Ida - It is a long trip from Moscow to Moscow, but for Arkady Shilkloper it was worth the effort. The Soviet
French horn virtuoso was one of four Jazzmen from the Soviet Union who arrived here last week to take part in the
23rd annual University of Idaho Jazz Festival at his home town's namesake city. Shilkloper, 33, on his first visit to the United States was the artistic sensation of the four-day event.
"Horncall", 1988, by Jeffrey Agrell:
Shilkloper and his bass player swing like nobody's business. He rips and riffs and goes places that horn players aren't supposed to go without a net, map, seat belt, crash helmet, overhead air support, and a note from their mothers. And he does so with extraordinary ease and musicality. I think maybe nobody ever told him "Jazz playing on horn is very difficult, and probably not natural or perhaps the phrase does not translate into Russian. I'd walk a camel a mile to hear this guy.
"Jazz Times", June 1994, by Leonard Feather:
"Another was the incredible Arkady Shilkloper, who brought his French horn from Moscow, Russia to Moscow, Idaho His control of the instrument, and his blowing creativity have set a new standard, even Julius Watkins, his idol never produced such results."
"The Independent", London:
"Unlike other European groups... the Moscow Art Trio don't have to try to sound Post-Modem, they just are, and in a way that is what makes what they play look and sound both utterly contemporary and timeless... Once word gets out, this will be the band to book for every Festival
going".
Contact: arkady.shilkloper @ gmx.de (copy the address to your mail client
and delete the spaces around @).
Misha Alperin Her First Dance ECM 1995
(2008)
Personnel: Misha Alperin (p), Arkady Shilkloper (frh, flh), Anja
Lechner (clo)
PAGO LIBRE QUARTET
Pago Libre Bellaphon Records, Germany, L+R 45105 (1996), Leo Records CD LR
354 (2002, reissue)
Personnel: Tscho Theissing (v), Arkady Shilkloper (frh), John Wolf
Brennan (p, melodica), Daniele Patumi (b)
Wake Up Call / Live In Italy
Leo Records CD LR 272 (1999)
Cinemagique / Fifteen Soundtracks For An Imaginary
Cinema
TCB - The Montreux Label 01112 (2001)
Phoenix / Live in Salzburg & Zurich
Leo Records CD LR 377 (2003)
Stepping Out
Leo Records CD LR 444 (2005)
Personnel: Arkady Shilkloper (horn, flh, alphorn on 6, 10), Tscho
Theissing (v, voice on 9, 10), John Wolf Brennan (piano, arcopiano,
pizzicatopiano, melodica on 5), Georg Breinschmid (b, voice on 9, 11)
QUARTET
Arkady Shilkloper, Andrey Kondakov, Vladimir Volkov,
Christian Scheuber Live
In Norway
Boheme Music, CDBMR 809007 (1998)
listen to "Cobra"
listen to "Julius Blues"
Arkady Shilkloper Acoustic Quartet
Brass Complot
Ermatell Records JCD 020, Boheme Music CDBMR 809008 (1998)
Personnel: A.Shilkloper (frh), Igor Paraschuk (cl, bcl, as), Sergei
Pron (tp, flh), Sergei Belichenko (dr)
Quartet
Volkovtrio and Arkady Shilkloper Fragment
SoLyd Records SLR 013 (1998)
QUINTET
Mikhail Alperin North Story ECM 1596
(1997)
Personnel: M.Alperin (p), A.Shilkloper (frh, flh), Tore Brunborg (ts),
Terje Gewelt (b), Jon Christensen (dr)
Stefano Maltese Open Sound Ensemble
Living Alive, LR 265 (1999)
Personnel: Stefano Maltese (as, ss, bcl), Arkady Shilkloper (frh, flh),
Sophia Domancich (p), Paul Rogers (ac b), Antonio Moncada (dr, per),
Gioconda Cilio (voice, perc)
OCTET
Kim Kristensen & Ildvaeverne
Storyville STCD 4193 (Denmark) (1994)
Personnel: Kim Kristensen (p,syn), A.Shilkloper (frh), Jesper Zeuthen
(as,bcl), Flemming Agerskov (tp,flh), Thomas Agergaard (ss, ts, fl),
Gustavo Toker (bandoneon), Hans Andersen (b), Peter Danemo (dr)
Christian Muthspiel Octet Ost II
Amadeo 521 823 (Austria) (1994)
Personnel: Ch.Muthspiel (tb), Tomasz Stanko (tp), A.Shilkloper (frh),
Petras Vysniauskas (sax), A.Vapirov (sax), Bela Szaloky (tb, bass tp),
Mikulas Skuta (p), V.Tarasov (dr)
Andreas Willers Octet The Ground Music
ENJ-9368 2 (2000)
Personnel: Dominique Pifarely (v), Claudio Puntin (cl), Matthias
Schubert (ts), Arkady Shilkloper (frh, flh), Jorg Huke (tb), Andreas
Willers (g), Dieter Ilg (b), Tom Rainey (dr)
VIENNA ART ORCHESTRA
Vienna Art Orchestra
Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love
TCB (1999)
Vienna Art Orchestra
All That Strauss
TCB (2000)
Vienna Art Orchestra
Artistry in Rhythm
TCB 01102 (2000)
Vienna Art Orchestra "American Rhapsody" (Tribute to Gershwin) BMG
Classic/RCA Victor
ASSORTED
Karl Berger Orchestra
No Man Is An Island Douglas Music ADC4
Personnel: Jean Louis Matinier (acc), Enrico Rava (tp), A.Shilkloper
(frh), Bernd Konrad (cl,saxes). Ernst Reijseger (clo), Marc Abrams (b), Billy Elgart
(dr,perc), The Mutare String Trio, Ingrid Sertso (voice), K.Berger (comp, cond, p, vib)
Rhapsody In Russia: A Gershwin Celebration Sheffield Lab CD-28 (USA)
Personnel: Lincoln Mayorga (p), Moscow Philarmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Kitayenko
(cond). Arkady
Shilkloper (frh on one track), Stan Ricker (b)
Pilatus
Presente
Para Moscou
In
2000, Arkady put together the Mauve Trio with Brazilian guitar
player Alegre Correa and Austrian bassist Georg Breinschmid. Their
debut album, simply called "Mauve" (Quinton, 2002) was
awarded the prestigious Hans Koller Prize of Austria as the "CD Of The
Year"..
"Los Angeles Times", 26/11/90, by Leonard Feather:
SOLO