Vladislav Makarov

Vladislav Makarov, Michael Davidov, Alexei Borisov (Smolensk 2010)

Vladislav Viktorovich Makarov (born December 11, 1949 in Kaluga) is a Russian musician and artist, cellist, founder and inspirer of the “Smolensk school of new improvisational music” ^[1]. He lives and works in Smolensk.

Biography

Vladislav Makarov graduated from the graphic arts department of the Smolensk Pedagogical Institute. Since 1980, he began public performances as a cellist, active in free improvisation, free jazz, and alternative rock.

Personal exhibitions, performances

2009 - "enter-the-picture". art gallery "40 squares", Smolensk .
2008 - "Vlad Makarov - Instrument of Sound". Museum of Nonconformist Art, Art Center "Pushkinskaya 10", St. Petersburg.
1996 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
1996 - Central Exhibition Hall, Smolensk.
1995 - "Art-Reality", "Painting of Action", St. Petersburg.
1995 - Alternative Festival. CHA , Moscow.
1995 - Kunsthaus, Münster, Germany.
1995 - "Werkhof" gallery, Hagen, Germany.
1994 - International ALL & TAG project. Dresden, Germany.
1992 - "Non-figurative painting". DK im. Queen, Kiev.
1992 - Performance in memory of J. Cage. Russian TV, Moscow.
1992 - City Art Gallery, Smolensk.
1991 - Forraum Gallery, Bochum, Germany.
1991 - Chamber of Commerce, Hagen, Germany.
1990 - Regional Drama Theater, Smolensk.
1990 - Theater "School of Dramatic Art" Anatoly Vasiliev, Moscow.
1989 - State Central Museum of Musical Culture. M.I. Glinka, Moscow.

Discography

Golden Years of Soviet New Jazz. Volume III Leo records GY 412.
Vladimir Miller and Quartets. Long Arms CDLA 03052.
Document. New music from Russia. The 80-s. Leo Records CD LR 807.
Valentina Ponomareva. Temptation. Melody C60-28293 (LP).
Kings & cabbages. Moscow Composers Orchestra. Leo Records Laboratory Leo Lab CD 005 (CD).
Moscow Composers Orchestra & Sainkho. Life at City Garden. U-Sound UD 95027 (CD).
Outbursts. Miller-Makarov-Yudenich-Letov / Sivkov Quartet. Ascension Music (MC).
Hagen Studio Trio. Makarov-Hirt-Verborg. Ton-Studio (MC).
Space-Mythology-Silence. Duet Makarov-Yudenich. Europe + Studio (MC).

References

Own. corr. Festival of Sergei Kuryokhin: 2004 // Full jazz. - 2004. - No. 13.
Makarov V.V. / Jazz in Russia. A short encyclopedic reference. - SPb: Scythia, 2009 .-- S. 267.
Musical anatomy. A generation of independent. Collection of articles LLC "Special Radio" 2006 V. Makarov "Atonal syndrome of New Russian jazz", V. Makarov "Rock-in-opposition", V. Makarov "We and They"
"From Fall to Flight" Independent Art of St. Petersburg. Second half of the 20th century. Museum of Nonconformist Art St. Petersburg, 2006
"Vlad Makarov - an instrument of sound" Booklet. St. Petersburg. Museum of Nonconformist Art. 2008
Alexander Kan "Until jazz began" "Amphora" St. Petersburg 2008
Efim Barban. "Jazz Dictionary". "Composer" St. Petersburg 2014
Sergey Letov "Candidate for Buddha" "Amphora" St. Petersburg 2014
Alexander Kushnir. "Sergei Kurekhin. Crazy Mechanics of Russian Rock" Bertelsmann Media Moskau AO. Moscow 2013
Theater Life 1990 № 12 (766) pp. 8-10 Dmitry Ukhov "Almost figurative music by Vladislav Makarov"

External Links (in Russian)

Read also

Rock and Experimental Music in Smolensk (before and after the Perestroika)

Text adapted from the Russian-language Wikipedia