Arkady Shilkloper
I'd walk on a camel for a mile to hear this guy. ''Jazz Times Magazine wrote:“His control of the
instrument, and his blowing creativity have set a new standard, even Julius Watkins, his idol never
produced such results.”
Arkady Shilkloper was born in 1956, in Moscow, Russia. He began to study alto horn at the age of
six and switched to French horn in 1967. At the age of eleven he entered the Moscow Military
Music School. One of most unusual Russian musicians, Arkady plays French horn, flugelhorn,
alphorn and many more wind instruments. From 1978 to 1985 he was a member of the orchestra of
the Bolshoi Theatre. With this world-famous orchestra and as a member of the Moscow
Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 to 1989, he undertook numerous worldwide concert tours.
Since 1990 he has been a member of the Moscow Art Trio along with Misha Alperin and Sergey
Starostin, occasionally playing in other formations as well.
Shilkloper played with Lionel Hampton, Elvin Jones, Lew Soloff and Herb Ellis
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