Album Notes

ABOUT CD:
This first-rate musician, highly skilled in both the classical and modern styles, has combined the hard rhythm of the tango with the gospel melody, thereby creating a genre of music never heard before: Rock'n'Tango.

ABOUT ARTIST:
Pavel Markelov (clarinetist, conductor, composer, arranger) holds a DMA in performance from the P. Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow. He is the first-prize winner of the Russian National Competition in clarinet, and obtained a second prize in conducting.

A remarkably versatile musician, Pavel commands a vast repertoire spanning the classical, folk, contemporary and jazz styles. His ten-year concert career has taken him to the foremost venues of Western Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Canada and Asia, in performances with renowned symphony orchestras and chamber groups, including the legendary Borodin Quartet. As an arranger, Pavel has enriched the standard clarinet repertoire through his unique arrangements for clarinet and piano as well as for various ensembles, ranging from the classical masterpieces to the more daring, innovative transcriptions of works by American and Latin composers. He can be heard on the CD "Soul of Brazil."

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