Saxophone player from New York City Boris is available in NY, NJ, CT, PA
Saxophone player from New York City Boris Kurganov (Russian: Áîðèñ Êóðãàíîâ) was born in the city of Omsk, Russia. At the age of six, he began his studies in a specialized musical school majoring in violin. He attended musical college to learn how to play oboe. Later Boris studied alto saxophone at Moscow State University of Culture and Arts.
During "Tudenti Jazz festival" (1985) in Tallinn (Estonia), he made his professional debut, performing in duo with Arkady Figlin (piano).
In 1988 he started performing with "Allegro", one of Russia's most famous jazz band led by pianist and composer Nick Levinosky, now New York resident.
The same year Boris Kurganov played a number of concerts with the band led by India's most famous jazz musician - fusion violinist Lakshminarayana Subramaniam during his Russian tour. Boris also played on "Time must change", L.Subramaniam's Russian LP released by "Melodia", USSR's recording monopoly. In 2000, Russian label "Boheme Music" re-released that album in CD format. In 1989, Boris performed during Copenhagen (Denmark) annual jazz festival.
In 1991, "Allegro" group played several concerts in Norway cities (Oslo and Elverum). Boris was invited to join
"The Moscow Sax Quintet" (MSQ) led by Vladimir Zaremba as a soloist. With this band he toured Germany. Then Boris was invited to the IAJE (International Association of the Jazz Educators) conference in San Antonio, Texas. He performed in Houston, TX, Mobile,Alabama, and New York in 1993.
In 1990-1992, Boris Kurganov was a music teacher at the Gnessins Music College in Moscow and Moscow State University of Culture and Arts. During the 90s, he played as a soloist with several bands in Russia, including ensembles led by famous bass player and producer Àlex Rostotsky, St.Petersburg's best piano player Andrey Kondakov and by Gregory Fine (piano). Boris also participated in the Ivanov Brothers Jazz project, and in "Tràns Àtlàntic", one of Russia's best fusion bands. He successfully performed in Russia (Nizhni Novgorod, Perm, Yaroslavl), and abroad: Finland (Êuopiî, Jînitsu), Sweden (Stockholm, Skovde), France (Paris), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) and Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou).
The most important event for him was his participation at Copenhagen Jazz festival (with Nick Levinovsky's "Allegro" jazz band, 1990) and Montreal Jazz festival (with Gregory Fine's quartet, 1997). Boris Kurganov made his home in New York City since 2000.
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