Sympho-jazz: the unique musical program

"May the classics forgive us"

Кирилл Шевандо - барабаны

Drumming is my life. Starting at the age of 14 to play the first rhythms on my own, I got a music education in the Minsk Music College and from the age of 18 the percussion unit became my profession.

Over the years, I was fortunate enough to play with a lot of artists: the Belarusian group ULIS, the orchestra of M.Finberg, Alexey Shedko and the band Sister, J MORS, Marek Balata, Elena Mindru-Turunen, SVET Boogie Band, Transformer Jazz Trio, The RoadDogs. With the ensemble Grig Percussion Group I participated in recording a CD for Radio France in Paris. As part of the Presidential Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, I had the privilege of performing with Maestro Michel Legrand, Demis Roussoss, Al Bano, Riccardo Folli, and others. In addition to the concert work, I taught at the Minsk Music College and was constantly interned abroad.

Currently, I am an endorser of the Swiss company PAISTE.

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Jazzology

May the classics forgive us

From idea to execution, we love doing great performance

A prepared scenario
Unique scores ready for orchestra
A ready concert poster (cdr formatted) and a press release
We conduct the concert under a prepared program sheet (English or Russian)
We own the rights for all the pieces arrangments performed so no extra royalties are to be paid
Performance plot is developed as a quiz; keeping the audience listening and entertained

Testimonial

conductors and music promoters about the show

I am extremely excited by this program, where everything is conveyed by images rather than written notes and the words ... Artists gather and dare; Find a way out to their aspirations to show people a new interpretation of the works known to the last sound. They are in a good sense of the word sick with such a thing as a jazz attitude in the classics. It is infinitely joyful that all this happens in our hard time.
Good luck, guys! Keep it up!!!

Lev Karpenko

arranger,
conducter,
artistic director of the Orchestra of the police department of Minsk, a member of the Union of Musicians

The project is done professionally both in terms of the quality of the arrangements, and in respect of performing. Your show is convincing and viable. I wish you success!

Vladimir Voropaev

Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus
Colonel, the chief of the ensemble and artistic director of the "State Academic Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus"

Wonderful melodies that we have on hearing from "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky, "Dance with swords" Khachaturian are sometimes unrecognizable to the extent that it is simply "May the classics forgive us."
It's very original and curious.

Aleksandr Sosnovskiy

chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Brest Drama
chief conductor of the Concert Wind Orchestra "Nemiga"
assistant professor of "Orchestral Conducting" BSAM

Popular classical themes chosen by musicians for the program, became only a pretext for a meaningful and diverse statement. Architecture of jazz compositions is complex and unpredictable. Unexpected decisions of arrangements make it necessary to follow with great interest the development of the creative thought of musicians. Classical tunes receive powerful jazz injections, and the author's musical material in the process of development is very tasty and with an individual creative handwriting.

Oleg Scherbov

Director of the International Jazz Music Competition JAZZ TIME