Sergey Kurmaev was born in the city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan, in 1980, about 2000 miles southeast of Moscow. They are perfectionists. Can Kashirin believe all that has occurred, especially the spontaneous bonding of American and Russian music lovers? Their work was recognized by the Young Artist Awards, which honors the excellence of young performers in film, television, theatre, and music. Leonid & Friends is now preparing to make its third album. Thats because Ksenia sings and speaks Chinese fluently and has her own Chinese album and music videos. Alexey is a graduate of the Moscow Music Institute of Gnesin and Moscow Institute of When he turned nine he added clarinet to the mix. I think that is what is meant by "having it down COLD". In 2014, he was approached by one of those friends and asked to participate in recording a cover of a song from the American band Chicago for Leonid Vorobyev. So, we have the hope, looking at the audiences whove come to see us in America, that there is still that fire and need for great quality of musicianship.. This band has all the Chicago tunes I played in the 70s live for breakfast and spits out the bones 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago (Leonid & Friends over) Jun 4, 2019 #2 brookdalebill Tele Axpert Ad Free Member Joined Nov 15, 2009 Posts 136,323 Age 65 A graduate of RUTI GITIS (the Russian University of Theatre Arts, founded in 1878), Danil has participated in TV shows such as "Main Stage," was a semi-finalist of the show "Voice-6" and an artist of the Hryhoriy Leps Human Rights Center. Konstantin Kovachev, guitarist, composer, and arranger, was born in Ulyanovsk, Russia. All this despite the fact that the bandmates had never seen Chicago live. It was a nightmare, and I hated them all!" Serge Tiagnyriadno, Ukrainian musician with Leonid and Friends, played at the. Leonid & Friends | Official Band Website Vorobyev is a multi-instrumentalist, a recording studio sound engineer and choir conductor by training at the East Siberian Institute of Culture. "We have only recordings and videos (to help us learn Chicago songs).". Mark Webb video'd the event and provided SFTK with the vids with Thx from SFTK! To play the music I have loved since my youth with an amazing cast of fellow musicians whom I love, and being led by an incomparable director, Leonid Vorobyev, I dont know how things can get any better musically for me. In addition, he was the winner of "The Highest Test" competition and last year, under the stage name BURANOV, represented Russia at the international competition "New Wave." Barack Obama (presenting Arturo Sandoval The Presidential Medal of Freedom. A multi-winner of international jazz competitions, Andrey began playing with Leonid & Friends in April of 2017 in both studio and live performances. . Serge Tiagnyriadno, with the Chicago cover band, Leonid and Friends, toured 60 cities in the U.S. last fall.
