Boris Netsvetaev

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Boris Netsvetaev is a young jazz musician, composer, pianist, keyboarder and educator.

  Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he studied music theory/composition at the Rhymsky-Korsakov music college, he moved to Germany in the age of 18, to continue his jazz studies at the Music and Theatre University of Hamburg. Boris Netsvetaev studied with Dieter Glawischnig (piano, arrangement), Wolfgang Schlütter and Lucas Lindholm(ensemble),he also participated an International Jazz Workshop at Banff (Canada) in 1999 where he studied with Joe Lovano, Dave Holland, Ken Werner,Dave Douglas, Hugh Fraser and Ari Hoenig.

 Boris Netsvetaev is an experienced and flexible musician, the exchange between different musical cultures is one of his main goals in music. He works as well as an "acoustic" and as an "electric" player, using vintage electric gear in diverse situations.

 In his young career the most remarkable is the collaboration with the US drums veteran Steve Reid, which started in 2000. Boris was a member of several groups led by Steve, including his acoustic trio (CD´s "Waves" and "Invitation" CPR Records), his quartet and a recent "Steve Reid Ensemble" featuring a brilliant electronic musician Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet). With the Steve Reid Ensemble Boris has recorded 2 CD/LPs, "Spirit Walk" in London (Souljazz, 2005) and "Daxaar" (Domino, 2007/08), the last recording was made in Dakar, Senegal and it features some of the local african musicians, "Daxaar" was well received by both, critics and listeners, this recording has sold over 7000 copies in the US. The Steve Reid Ensemble has performed on the diverse international jazz festivals, it was touring the UK twice (the first time along the famous BBC DJ Gilles Peterson), Spain and New York.

Another remarkable project in Boris Netsvetaev..s life is the "Wolfgang Schlüter Quartet", a band led by the Germany..s vibes legend Wolfgang Schlüter. A new live recording of this band "Four Corlors" was recently released by the Skip Records.

Boris Netsvetaev worked together with Steve Reid, Billy Harper, Howard Johnson, Kieran Hebden, Herb Geller, Lew Soloff, Franco Ambrosetti, Wolfgang Schlüter, Danny Gottlieb, John Marshall, Keith Copeland, NDR Big Band and many others. He also performed on diverse jazz festivals, such as Lugano Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Tampere Jazz Festival, Festival Banleus Bleues in Paris, Akbank Jazzfestival in Istanbul, Leverkusener Jazztage, Hamburger Jazztage (3 times), Ingolstädter Jazztage and so on. He also prformed for the NDR Television with his own band in Hamburg and twice for the BBC radio with Steve Reid in London.

Boris Netsvetaev was awarded the "MEDICA pro musica" price in 2000 and the "Dr. Langner Jazzstipendium" (Dr. Langner Jazzgrant)in 2006.

 

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