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Ruslan Sirota |
 Ruslan Sirota is a virtuoso piano player, brilliant composer and a talented producer. Ruslan's maturity and depth in performance make a perfect conjunction with his expressive composer's style, his producer's works impress with creativity of ideas and strength.Ruslan was born in 1980 and lived in Uman, Ukraine, where he attended a music school. In 1990 his family moved to Israel and Ruslan continued his music education at the Bat-Yam Music Conservatory, became a winner of a number of piano and jazz competitions, participated in many local jazz festivals and had numerous performances with his jazz-fusion group Confusion. In 1998 Confusion came out with a CD 'Customade', that still is one of the most popular jazz-fusion albums in Israel. In summer 1997 Ruslan received a scholarship from the Berklee College of Music in Boston to attend Berklee Five Week Summer Performance Program. In 1999 Ruslan was awarded a Berklee Full Tuition Scholarship and in January 2000 moved to Boston. RESUME Objective: A Position In The Music Business Demanding Excellence In Performance Education Education: - 1999-present.............Berklee College of Music, Professional Music Degree Program - 1998-99 (summers)..Berklee College of Music 5 Week Summer Program - 1991-97....................Bat-Yam Music Conservatory (Bat-Yam, Israel) - 1987- 90...................Uman Music School (Uman, Ukraine) Awards: - 1987-90................Uman Music School Honors/Awards - 1999......................Berklee College of Music Full Tuition Scholarship - 1999......................Gary Burton Restricted Gift Scholarship - 1997-98.................Berklee 5 Week Summer Performance Program Full Tuition and Housing Scholarship - 1998, 2000, 2002...America Israel Cultural Fund Highest Award - 1987.......................P. I. Tchaikovsky Piano Competition First Prize (Uman, Ukraine) Experience: - house keyboardist at the Wally's Jazz Cafe with the Mark Kelly Band - highly proficient in Jazz, Fusion, Funk, Rock, Pop, R&B - classically trained - extensive club gigs around the Boston/New-York area and Israel - studio work - leading producing and arranging for small and large instrumental and vocal ensembles of all styles - leading and producing a Fusion quintet Confusion - keyboardist in a Funk-R&B band " Lovejones" (2001) - church organist - private instructor - worked with most of the known music workstations by Korg, Roland, Yamaha, Kurtzweil, Ensoniq - worked with Digital Performer and other music software - extensive work with both PC and MAC - internet and web - fluent in English, Russian and Hebrew Selected Performances: - Boston Youth Jazz Festival (2001) - Red Sea Jazz Festival (1999, 2000) - House of Blues, Boston - The Bitter End, NY - The Bottom Line, NY Recordings: - Customade 98, leading and producing a Jazz-Fusion band Confusion - With Original Material Capriccio No 5 01 producing and performing a selection of classical pieces, self re-arranged for a string trio and a rhythm section Other Interests: - proficient on drums, bass and guitar |