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Vyacheslav Ganelin
Vyacheslav Ganelin is a Lithuanian-Israeli jazz pianist, composer and teacher who led the Ganelin Trio.
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- Born
- 17 December 1944, Kraskovo
- Occupation
- jazz musician, bandleader, composer, music educator
- Education
- Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
Vyacheslav Ganelin was born in 1944 in Kraskovo
Ganelin was born in 1944 in Kraskovo, near Moscow. His family moved to Lithuania, where he learned piano at a music school.
He studied piano and composition at the Vilnius Conservatory and graduated in 1968. He first appeared as a jazz pianist in a 1961 concert.
In Vilnius he taught composition, served as music director of the Vilnius Russian Drama Theatre and wrote film scores and an opera. His trio with Vladimir Tarasov and later Vladimir Chekasin mixed free jazz with folk and classical music. It played in Warsaw in 1976, toured the UK in 1984 and the US in 1986, and broke up in 1987.
In 1987 he immigrated to Israel and began teaching at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. In 1999 he founded the Ganelin Trio Priority. He directs the Jazz Globus festival in Jerusalem and writes music for film and theater, including films by Dan Wolman.
Vyacheslav Ganelin's life in 8 milestones
- 1944
Born in Kraskovo, near Moscow.
- 1961
Debuted as a jazz pianist in a concert.
- 1968
Graduated from the Vilnius Conservatory and formed a trio.
- 1976
The trio played the Warsaw Jazz Jamboree and released its first album.
- 1987
Immigrated to Israel.
- 1999
Founded the Ganelin Trio Priority.
- 2005
Received the Landau Prize.
- 2016
The trio received the Lithuanian National Prize.
Vyacheslav Ganelin received one award
- Order of Vytautas the Great
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Based on English Wikipedia, Vyacheslav Ganelin and Hebrew Wikipedia, ויאצ'סלב גנלין, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.
Photograph: Pesis, Public domain