Mikhail Alperin

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Mikhail "Misha" Alperin (b. 1956) is a Ukrainian jazz musician.

Alperin was born in the Ukraine and grew up in Moldavia, where he was classically trained. In 1980, he formed one of the first Moldavian jazz ensembles. He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the Moscow Art Trio there with Arkady Shilkloper and folk singer Sergei Starostin. He has also worked with Huun Huur Tu. Since 1993 he has lived in Oslo, Norway; he is professor of music at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He has released several works on ECM Records.

Discography

• Wave of Sorrow (ECM Records, 1989)
• Folk Dreams (Jaro Medien, 1995)
• Hamburg Concert (Jaro, 1996)
• Prayer (Jaro, 1996)
• North Story (ECM, 1998)
• First Impression (ECM, 1999)
• Overture/Etude (Boheme, 2000)
• Piano (live) (Boheme, 2000)
• Portrait (Jaro, 2000)
• At Home (ECM, 2001)
• Night (ECM, 2002)
• Blue Fjord (Jaro, 2004)

References

• Mikhail Alperin at All Music Guide

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