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Concert to mark
the 70th Anniversary
of the End of the Second World War
Program:
Orchestra
Orchestra
M. Blanter Katyusha arr. Oleg Lundstrem, 1946
M. Blanter Song of the War Reporters
Traditional Song Of Volga Boatmen
Glenn Miller Orch., 1942 / arr. by B. Finegan
B. Frumkin While Listening to Rachmaninoff
(Based on a Theme from Second Piano Concerto)
L. Knipper Meadowland Benny Goodman Orch., 1962
E. Garner Misty arr. by F. Foster
Anna Buturlina (vocal)
V. Basner It was so reсent yet so long time ago
I. Dunaevsky My Love
Vocal duet: Anna Buturlina / Alexander Panayotov
V. Solovjov-Sedoy Pilots song
Ch. Shavers Undecided arr. by B. Frumkin
D. Ellington– J. Tizol Caravan arr. by B. Frumkin
Special guest
Deborah Brown (vocal, USA)
I. Berlin Always
I. Berlin I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
F. Waller–A. Razaf Honeysuckle Rose
Alexander Panayotov (vocal)
J. McHugh–D. Fields On The Sunny Side Of The Street
N. Bogoslovsky Dark Night
M. Tabachnikov Let’s Smoke, Friend
Orchestra
B. Frumkin Samara Fair
Vocal duet: Anna Buturlina / Alexander Panayotov
J. McHugh–H. Adamson Comin’ In On A Wing And A Prayer
Vocal duet: Anna Buturlina / Alexander Panayotov
B.  Thiele–G. D.  Weiss What A Wonderful World
Alexander Panayotov (vocal)
N. Bogoslovsky For Three Years I’ve Dreamed of You
D. Tukhmanov Victory Day
Shanghai, Paramount Hall
Oleg Lundstrem
Jazz Orchestra
Named after Oleg Lundstrem, the
State Chamber Orchestra of Jazz Music
has a unique history. They have been
playing continuously for longer than any
big band in the world — a fact which has
been recorded in the Russian Guinness
Book of Records.
Young Oleg Lundstrem became interested in jazz in 1932, when he was given
a recording of Duke Ellington’s orchestra
performing “Dear Old Southland”.
In 1934 Oleg and his friends decided
to assemble their own jazz orchestra in
Shanghai. The band gradually gained
popularity over the years. It all started
with amateur concerts at dance parties
and balls in Harbin, which were broadcast on local radio, followed by successful performances at the famous Majestic
and Paramount theaters.
It was at that time that Oleg got
the idea to arrange Russian songs in the
Jazz style. He created jazz arrangements
of “There Lived Once a Captain Brave…”
by I. Dunayevsky, “Alien Cities” by A. Vertinsky, “Katyusha” by M. Blanter and many
others. These arrangements were very
popular with the public. Notable musicians in their town began performing
with the Orchestra including improviser
Alexei Kotyakov along with Igor Lundstrem and Alexander Gravis which increased the band’s popularity. Their
performances often included dancers like
The Anderson Sisters and the vocal soloist Nina Kellan. The Orchestra became a
hit and newspapers called Oleg Lundstrem “the King of Jazz of the Far East”.
In the postwar period the Orchestra
continued to performed at the city’s
Lyceum and Carlton theaters and the
Soviet Club.
As the political situation in China
worsened the Orchestra considered relocating. The musicians decided to return
to the USSR as all of them were Soviet
citizens.
In 1947 the Orchestra and their fami-
lies arrived in the USSR. The musicians
were offered a choice between several
cities in which to settle. They chose
Kazan because the local Conservatory
of Music would allow them to pursue a
higher music education. Their plans to
become the State Jazz Group of the Tatar
Republic were dashed by a decree of the
Central Committee of the Communist
Party which spoke out against a need for
jazz. So the musicians went to work in
movie theaters around the city or in the
Opera House orchestra.
Oleg worked in the Opera House
orchestra as a violinist. In the autumn
of 1948, he entered the Conservatory of
Music along with a group of the former
Shanghai musicians.
At that time the artistic director of
the Tatar State Philharmonic society,
Mr. S. Klyutcharyov, began to understand
In 1934 Oleg and his friends decided to assemble
their own jazz orchestra
the plight of the young Shanghai musicians and did everything to keep the Orchestra from falling apart. He organized
concerts in the Kazan area for them.
Oleg Lundstrem began to arrange popular Tatar and Soviet songs as jazz pieces,
creating a whole new range of programs
with these new compositions.
The Orchestra was now performing
around the country on regular basis. In
1956, by a special decree of the Minister
of Culture, Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra
was formally recognized which led to an
active touring schedule. Mr. M. I. Tsyn was
the main producer of these tours.
In 1989 Oleg Lundstrem appointed
Alexander Bryksin as the director of the
group. Thanks to Bryskin’s energy and
creative approach the Orchestra managed to preserve its status despite many
difficulties. In 1991 Vladislav Kadersky
joined them as a second conductor.
He prepared a number of interesting performances, including a special
program dedicated to Count Basie and
Oleg Lundstrem
The Orchestra became a hit and newspapers called Oleg
Lundstrem “the King of Jazz of the Far East”
Shanghai, 1937.
Oleg Lundstren in the center
concert tours with jazz vocalist Deborah
Brown. Mr. Kadersky had been financing
the work of the musicians from his own
budget for three years without asking for
anything in return.
In November 1998 Oleg Lundstrem
Orchestra became the first jazz band to
perform in the Big Concert Hall of the
Moscow Conservatory of Music. Many interesting projects followed, including
concerts with pianist Arkadi Petrov,
opera singer Lyubov Kazarnovskaya and
Deborah Brown among many others. In
2003 Georgy Garanyan, a saxophone
player, a laureate of many jazz festivals
and a People’s Artist of Russia, became the chief conductor. In November
2003 the Orchestra toured China closing
with an historic concert in the famous
Paramount Theater, the very hall where
the Orchestra had begun its brilliant
career.
Many famous musicians began their
careers at the Lundstrem orchestra in-
In 1956, by a special decree of the Minister of Culture,
Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra was formally recognized
which led to an active touring schedule
In November 1998 Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra became
the first jazz band to perform in the Big Concert Hall
of the Moscow Conservatory of Music
cluding A. Zubov, G. Golstein, K. Nosov,
A. Fisher, A. Shabashov, V. Nazarov,
V. Sadykov, V. Kiselyov and I. Boutman
as well as vocalists M. Kristallinskaya, A. Pugachova, I. Ponarovskaya
and I. Otiyeva.
Over the years the big band has
toured to more than 300 cities in
their home country and dozens of
cities abroad. They have given more
than 10,000 concerts to hundreds
of thousands of spectators as well
as to millions of listeners on radio
and TV. The orchestra has recorded
several CDs together on the Melodiya label.
The Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra has
performed at several international
jazz festivals including Tallin (1967)
and Jazz Jamboree (1972) in Warsaw,
Prague and Sofia (1986), “Jazz in
Duketown (1988) in the Netherlands,
Grenouble (1990) in France, the Festival in Memory of Ellington in Washington DC (1991) and the International Jazz Festival of Big Bands in Santa
Barbara, CA (1998). The Orchestra
has been a representative of Russian
culture abroad in Ukraine, Germany,
Moldova, Latvia, Georgia, Switzerland,
Cyprus, India and elsewhere.
In 2007 the pianist and honored
artist of Russia, Boris Frumkin became
the Orchestra’s newest artistic
They have been playing continuously for longer than
any big band in the world - a fact which has been
recorded in the Russian Guinness Book of Records
director. He is a composer of music
for films and television and has
prepared several new programs for
the Orchestra.
The Orchestra strives to balance
a harmony between jazz traditions
and innovative new interpretations.
After many years, Oleg Lundstrem’s
State Chamber Orchestra of Jazz
Music continues to make history.
Boris Frumkin
Artistic director of Oleg Lundstrem
State Chamber Orchestra of Jazz Music
Boris Frumkin was born in 1944 to the family of famous musician Michael Frumkin. He began studying the piano at the age of five. Although he received an excellent classical music education, he found he was always more attracted to jazz.
In 1966 he was invited to perform with one of the best big bands of the USSR —
Concert Orchestra of Radio and Television, conducted by Vadim Lyudvikovsky.
Later, he was granted awards from several domestic and foreign jazz festivals
which contributed to his fame.
Later in his career, Boris Frumkin arranged music and played piano for the legendary band Melody. In 1982 he became its artistic director and conductor, and it
was then that the ensemble recorded almost 200 tracks for hundreds of popular
cartoons and films. In late 1980s, Boris Frumkin and his ensemble participated in
the first joint Soviet-American production of the musical Sophisticated Ladies to
the music of Duke Ellington. Frumkin played for Ellington during his tour in the
USSR and was praised by the legendary musician.
Boris Frumkin is an Honored Artist of Russia and a member of the Russian Union
of Composers. Since April 2007, he has been the artistic director and chief conductor of Oleg Lundstrem State Chamber Orchestra of Jazz Music.
Anna Buturlina
Alexander Panayotov
Jazz vocalist, actress
Jazz vocalist, composer
Anna Buturlina is one of the most popular Russian jazz singers and was also the
first woman to appear on the cover of the Jazz.Ru magazine. In addition to Anna’s
solo jazz projects in famous Moscow clubs and at major concert venues across the
country, she works with the Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra, conducted by Sergei Skripka, and with big bands in different cities of Russia. Anna also
cooperates with “The Walt Disney Company”, participating in creative projects
of composer Gennady Gladkov to complete voice-part records for films. A graduate of the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, she made her debut in one of the
best jazz orchestras in the country, the “MKS Big Band” of Anatoly Kroll at the age
of 19. Her next step was to work with the Oleg Lundstrem Jazz Orchestra, along
with the leaders of the Russian jazz, such as George Garanian, Daniel Kramer,
Igor Butman, and others. Currently, she is a soloist of “Orpheus” Big Band. In 2002,
she performed one of the two main female roles in the “Dracula” musical and
recorded a solo CD BLACK COFFEE. Her second solo CD MY FAVORITE SONGS was
released in 2006. By summer 2008, Buturlina was named the winner of the international competition of jazz vocalists «LADY SUMMERTIME» in Kajaani, Finland.
In 2009, she voiced the title role of Tiana in the Russian version of the The Walt
Disney Company” animated film The Princess and the Frog (2009). In 2010, she
won the International competition of jazz vocalists «Jazz Voices» in Klaipeda,
Lithuania, (2010). In January 2013 she released her new original program “JAZZ
FOCUS: songs of Soviet films,” in which Anna performs famous works by Russian
composers of the 20th century in her own jazz arrangements.
Alexander Panayotov is a singer with a unique voice, a master of vocal improvisation, a talented composer and musician, and a finalist of the project “People’s
Artist”. Hard to define by just one genre, Panayotov fits in pop, lounge, soul, jazz,
funk, and R’n’B.
In 2003 Alexander Panayotov tried his luck in a TV contest -reality show “People’s
Artist”, which took place on TV channel “Russia”, in which he won the Second
Prize and signed a seven-year contract with producers Eugene Fridlyand and
Kim Breitburg. While cooperating with FBI Music, he successfully worked, toured,
and developed as an artist. He has recorded two full-length albums: Lady of Rain
(2006, “Rodina Records”) and Formula of Love (2010, Studio “Dialogue”). Such
songs as “Wonderful lady”, “Rain Lady”, “Moon Melody”, “”Balallayka”, “Formula of
Love”, “Snow”, and ”On the edge” are know as his signature hits.
In March 2011, the contract expired and the artist continued his career on his
own. By December 2013, his new album Alpha and Omega, which he wrote himself, was released for iTunes download.
Alexander’s solo concert took place in July 2014 at the concert hall “Mir”. The
concert, dedicated to the 11th anniversary of his creative career, was a great
success. Twenty five musicians accompanied the singer. Videos, an exciting light
show, original arrangements of his classic hits for the orchestra, and special
guests made the concert unforgettable. His brilliant performing skills, rich voice,
and extraordinary artistry, that accompany his every show and are enthusiastically
received by the public make him the fantastic artist he is today. The voice of this
young singer, who has already conquered many hearts, is considered to be one of
the best pop-voices of Russia. His name is a mark of high quality music.
Deborah Brown
Jazz vocalist, musician
Deborah Brown was born in Kansas City, Missouri. An outstanding jazz vocalist,
her musical talent has propelled her from coast to coast in the USA, as well as
to Japan, Indonesia and the Far East and culminating in a 12 year residency in
Europe. Performing in nightclubs, concerts, jazz festivals, on television and radio
soundstages, Deborah has made a name for herself with appearances in more
than 50 countries around the world.
Deborah Brown has recorded 11 albums as a leader and has been featured on
numerous other recordings as a special guest soloist. She has enjoyed participating in and creating many unique musical situations, among which are a duet
recording with trombonist Slide Hampton, a concert tour in duo with piano
master Roger Kellaway, duo performances with pianists Cedar Walton and Dorothy
Donegan, a performance of “My One and Only Love” with trumpet star Clark Terry,
and a CD studio recording of “A Lover’s Question” with author James Baldwin. As a
featured vocalist she has worked with Russia’s Oleg Lundstrem Jazz Orchestra, the
Sandviken Bigband from Sweden, and Kluver’s Bigband from Denmark. She also
recorded the Dutch television special production for UNICEF with Audrey Hepburn
and Roger Moore.
Deborah Brown continues to promote the art of jazz by performing and recording
her interpretations of classic standards and fresh original compositions, always expanding the musical boundaries of vocalist, musician, entertainer and band leader.
Program created by
Russian State Concert Company
“SODRUZHESTVO”