About

Billboard award winner and laureate of numerous jazz contests, Evgeny Lebedev quickly established himself as one of the most promising young pianists on today’s jazz scene. Evgeny performed and recorded with luminaries like Jack De Johnette, Marcus Miller, Terri Lyne Carrington, David Sanchez, David Fiuczynski and participated in prestigious festivals, including North Sea Jazz Festival, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Jazz a Juan, Tanglewood Jazz Festival and more. Evgeny appears on more than 10 CD’s and released three albums under his own name, that were highly marked by critics in Japan, USA and Russia.

Evgeny Lebedev was born in 1984 in Moscow. Growing up in Russia, Evgeny’s musical background consisted of Russian Folk music, which was often played in his household. Inspired by his family, Evgeny took up the accordion at age of 8. Since than, he was performing folk music in various prestigious music festivals and won several accordion contests.

At the age of 15, driving under the influence of jazz music, Evgeny began studying piano and immediately fell in love with it. Between 1999 and 2001 he attended the Moscow College of Arts where he studied under Evgeny Grechischev. In 2002, Evgeny entered Gnessins’ Russian Academy of Music where he studied under internationally acclaimed professor/performer Igor Brill.

Evgeny has taken part in the following jazz festivals: Jazz at the Hermitage Garden (Moscow 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011); Eurasia (Orenburg, Russia, 2001 and 2002); International Jazz Festival in Minsk, Belarus (2002); VI International Moscow Jazz Festival in memory of Willis Connover (2001); Russian Night in Davos (Switzerland 2005); Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival (USA 2005); North Sea Jazz Festival (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Usadba Jazz Festival (Moscow,Russia); Tanglewood Jazz Festival (USA 2009) performed in Germany, England, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Estonia and more. Evgeny received awards at the Moscow Jazz Festival of Young Performers in 1999 and 2001.

He holds a diploma from the New Names Charity Foundation. In 2004, he entered Berklee College of Music on scholarship, where he studied with Hal Crook, Danilo Perez, Joe Lovano, JoAnne Brackeen. In September 2010, Evgeny Lebedev received special prize as a Best Soloist and took 1st place with his band “World Trio” at 32nd edition of Jazz Hoeilaart Competition in Belgium.

On the piano and musical continuum, you couldn’t get much farther away from boogie-woogie and stride than Evgeny Lebedev, a Russian-born recent Berklee graduate. The post-modern, polymetric, high intensity arrangements of his compositions were like a refined, rarefied acoustic Meshugah. Lebedev’s comfort with complex rhythmic patterns is no wonder since they are a key element in Eastern European music.

Lebedev, an accomplished pianist, is a highly lyrical, astute player with sweet edges, but the trio, an integrated, communicative unit supported by the taut, fierce drumming of Lee Fish.

Tinges of Eastern Europe are obvious in his playing at times, but so is Keith Jarrett. Lebedev is definitely classically trained.

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Евгений Лебедев – стремительно набирающий творческий вес молодой Московский пианист. За 10 лет на профессиональной сцене Евгений принял участие в крупнейших джазовых фестивалях мира: North Sea Jazz Festival, Jazz Masters (Нидерланды), Jazz a Juan (Франция), Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Tanglewood Jazz Festival (США), Jazz Hoeilaart (Бельгия), гастролировал в Германии, Эстонии, Франции, Бельгии, Голландии, Англии, Швейцарии и  США. В марте 2005 года Евгений получил звание лауреата и серебряную медаль на I Московском международном конкурсе джазовых исполнителей (фортепиано).

После окончания РАМ им. Гнесиных, молодой пианист проходит прослушивание (World Scholarship Tour) в Финляндии и получает грант на обучение в Колледже Беркли (Berklee College of Music) Бостон, США, который с успехом заканчивает в 2008 году. Еще Будучи студентом Беркли, Евгений стал обладателем нескольких исполнительских и композиторских наград, среди которых престижная Billboard Award. В США Лебедев сотрудничал с такими музыкантами как: Jack DeJohnette, Marcus Miller, David Sanchez, Joe Lovano, David Fiuczynski, Kenwood Denard, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ben Street, George Garzone, Louis Cato, Evan Marien, Edward Perez, Mike Tucker, Jason Palmer и другие.

Евгений принял участие в записи более десятка альбомов и выпустил три сольных CD, которые получили положительные отзывы среди критиков и джазовых поклонников России, Японии, США и Европы. – Evgeny Lebedev Trio “From East To West” 2010, Evgeny Lebedev “Fall” One Records 2007, Evgeny Lebedev “102 Days” Solyd Records 2008.

В 2010 году World Trio Евгения Лебедева завоевало Гран-При международного джазового конкурса Jazz Hoeilaart в Бельгии, а также специальные премии: лучшему солисту (Е. Лебедев), лучшему контрабасисту (Хаггай Коэн Мило) и приз за лучшую интерпретацию композиции Бельгийского автора.