Arkady Shilkloper
He also has
worked with Pierre Favre, Louis Sclavis, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Jon Christensen, Bob Stewart.
Since 1997, Arkady is part of two Russian trios: one with St. Petersburg’s best jazzmen– acoustic
bassist Vladimir Volkov and piano player Andrei Kondakov, and the other with Vladimir Volkov
and Sergei Starostin. In 2000, Arkady put together the Mauve Trio with Brazilian guitar player
Alegre Correa and Austrian bassist Georg Breinschmid. Their debut album ‘Mauve’ (Quinton,
2002) was awarded the prestigious Hans Koller Prize of Austria as the ‘CD Of The Year’. Arkady
Shilkloper gives concerts and master-classes around the world ( approx. 100 a year) in: Russia,
Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, Panama, China, Korea and Australia.
A few years back, Arkady performed in Nõmme sports centre which I also attended with my family
and since then, I have been completely enraptured by his music and skills. I, as a french horn player