Billboard award winner and laureate of numerous jazz contests,
Evgeny Lebedev quickly established
himself as one of the most promising young pianists in today’s jazz
scene. For such a short career Evgeny has already performed and recorded
with luminaries like Jack De Johnette, Marcus Miller, Terri Lyne
Carrington, David Sanchez, David Fiuczynski and participated in
prestigious festivals, including North Sea Jazz Festival, Lionel
Hampton Jazz Festival, Tanglewood Jazz Festival and more. Evgeny
appears on more than 10 CDs; and released two albums under his own
name, that were highly marked by critics in Japan, USA and Russia. Evgeny
Lebedev was born in 1984 in Moscow. Growing up in Russia, Evgeny’s
musical background consisted of Russian Folk music, which was often played
in his household. Inspired by his family, Evgeny took up the accordion at
age of 8. Since then, he has performed folk music in various prestigious
music festivals and won several accordion contests. At the age of 15,
under the influence of jazz music, Evgeny began studying piano and
immediately fell in love with it. Between 1999 and 2001 he attended the Moscow
College of Arts where he studied under Evgeny Grechischev.
In 2002, Evgeny entered Gnessins Russian Academy of Music where he studied
under internationally acclaimed
professor/performer Igor Brill. Evgeny has taken part in
the following jazz festivals: Jazz at the Hermitage
Garden (Moscow 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007); 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); North Sea Jazz Festival (Rotterdam,
Netherlands), Usadba Jazz Festival (Moscow, Russia); Tanglewood
Jazz Festival(USA 2009),performed in Germany, England,
Switzerland, Netherlands. Evgeny received awards at the Moscow Jazz Festival of Young Performers in 1999
and 2001. He holds a diploma from the New Names Charity Foundation.
In 2004, he entered Berklee College of Music on scholarship, where he
studied with Hal Crook, Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano,
JoAnne Brackeen. Evgeny is the second prize winner and silver medal holder of the 1st Moscow
International Competition of Jazz Performers (piano). His upcoming concert is to be held
in Brooklyn at the Voorhees Theatre for the release of his latest CD "From East to West".
This is a young man who has a promising future. Evgeny is not just a brilliant Jazz musician,
he has the ability to stretch into broadway and pop repertoire and has had the experience playing in hotels and
playing for cocktail parties.
LISTEN TO MP3S:
From East To West CD
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano, Accordian
Terri Lyne Carrington - Drums
Haggai Cohen Milo - Bass
Andrey Krasilnikov - C-Melody Sax (1)
Taisiya Krasnopevtseva - Vocal (4)
Natalya Makarina - Vocal (4)
From East To West(E Lebedev)
Golden Sands(E Lebedev)
Message In A Bottle(Sting , arranged by E Lebedev)
Evgeny took this Pop song and arranged it and made it his own into a wonderful Jazz musical experience
Venok(traditional, arranged by E Lebedev)
102 Days CD
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano, Accordian
Jeff Miles - Guitar (2, 4)
Daniel Riera - flute (1)
Talk To Me(E Lebedev)
500 Miles High Improvisation(E Lebedev)
Variations On Joanna's Theme(E Lebedev after a theme by Herbie Hancock)
I Hear A Rhapsody Variation(E Lebedev after a theme by George Fragos, Jack Baker and Dick Gasparre)
102 Days(E Lebedev)
PERFORMANCE
CALENDAR:
The Garage
99 Seventh Avenue South at Christopher Street
(212) 645-0600
no cover
Saturday, December 4th
6:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - piano
Edward Perez - Bass
Lee Fish - Drums
The Garage
99 Seventh Avenue South at Christopher Street
(212) 645-0600
no cover
Saturday, September 4th
6:15 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - piano
Linda Oh - Bass
Ronen Itzik - Drums
Friday, April 23, 2010
Voorhees Theatre
186 Jay Street
Brooklyn
York Street stop, F Train
Admission Free: $5 donation suggested
6:00 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - piano
Haggai Cohen Milo - bass
Lee Fish - drums
Saturday, April 29, 2010
Beehive
Boston, MA
6:00 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - piano
Sunday, May 2, 2010
SideWalk Cafe
New York, NY
8:00 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
Nue Jazz Project
Sunday, May 16, 2010
National Underground
New York, NY
8:00 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
Nue Jazz Project
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Bitter End
New York, NY
7:30 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
with Adam Schenk
Friday, May 28, 2010
Cleopatra's Needle
New York, NY
8:00 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
with Yaacov Mayman
Saturday, June 6, 2010
The Garage
Seventh Avenue South at Christopher Street
New York, NY
6:00 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
with The Nue Jazz Project
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Iridium
New York, NY
11:45 p.m.
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
with Yaacov Mayman
Click below to watch videos
of Evgeny Lebedev performing.
Performance at The Voorhees Theatre
for new CD Release
Broken Tango
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
Haggai Cohen Milo - bass
Lee Fish - drums
Performance at The Voorhees Theatre
for new CD Release
From East to West
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
Haggai Cohen Milo - bass
Lee Fish - drums
"El Gaucho"
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
Edward Perez - Bass
Lee Fish - drums
"How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky?)"
Evgeny Lebedev - Piano
Edward Perez - Bass
Lee Fish - drums
