VLADIMIR CHEKASIN
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Eclectic Fusion, Progressive Big Band, Jazz Related Soundtracks, Third Stream, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • Russia

Vladimir Chekasin is a cornerstone figure in Lithuanian modern jazz, a master of various reed instruments, enriching his instrumental arsenal with keyboards, voice, elements of theatre, and anything what is necessary for his unique, large-scale polystylistic performances. He is also composer, theatre and cinema director, and exceptional teacher.   Vladimir Chekasin was born in Ekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk),Russia in 1947. From the age of six, he studied violin and piano, later clarinet and saxophone. He is a graduate of the Ekaterinburg Music Academy. In 1971 Vladimir Chekasin made his international debut participating at the international competition of young musicians in Prague, where he received First Prize and subsequently recorded an album "Setkani" (A Meeting) with Rudolf Dašek, Klaus Koch, Imre Mozi and Laco Tropp. Incidentally, it was the first international record ever with participation of a jazz musician from the Soviet Union. In the same year Vladimir Chekasin moved to Lithuania and started playing read more...