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Yuri Goloubev

Born in Moscow, Russia, in 1972. After many years of a splendid career in classical music, since his moving to Italy in december 2004 dedicates himself exclusively to performing and composing jazz that he has been playing and composing alongside with his classical activities for some years and considers as his true call. In his "adopted home", Italy, collaborates with such important figures of Italian and European jazz scene as Enrico Pieranunzi, Franco Cerri, Glauco Venier, Claudio Fasoli, Giovanni Falzone, Guido Manusardi, Gianni Cazzola, David Boato, Antonio Zambrini, Massimo Manzi and many others. At the same time peforms with some of the important international jazz artists as Klaus Gesing, Franco Ambrosetti, Gwilym Simcock, Asaf Sirkis, Ron Horton, Mike Serin, Will Holshouser, Michael Rosen, Alejandra Martin participating in such festivals like Umbria Jazz (Italy), Porsche Jazz (Italy), Iseo Jazz (Italy), Loulé Jazz Festival (Portugal), Boheme Jazz (Russia), St.Petersburg Jazz Spring (Russia), Saalfelden Jazz Festival (Austria), Jazz Carnival (Ukraine) - to name a few. While still living in Russia, performed in different concerts and festivals with such noted jazz masters as Paul Bollenback, Eddie Gomez, Miles Griffith, Shawnn Monteiro, Adam Nussbaum, Denise Perrier, Christoph Spendel and many others.

Receiving his Master's Degree in double bass as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in 1995, where he also studied composition, in 2002 he became the youngest bass player ever in the history of both USSR and Russia to be awarded the prestigious title of the Honored Artist of Russia by President Putin.

From 1992 till 2004 has been the Principal Bassist with one of the world's most noted chamber orchestras - Moscow Soloists directed by Yuri Bashmet. In this way he collaborated with some of the most famous musicians of the classical scene amongst which are Gidon Kremer, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Barbara Hendricks, James Galway, Lynn Harrell, Thomas Quasthoff, Vladimir Spivakov, Maxim Vengerov and many others. During his career, has been appearing on the stages of a great many important venues including Carnegie Hall (New York), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Musikverein (Vienna), Salle Pleyel (Paris), Royal Albert Hall (London), Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City), Sydney Opera House, Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Megaro (Athens), Gewandhaus (Leipzig) and in such festivals as Bath Music Festival (England), Omaggio a Roma (Italy), Casals Festival (Puerto Rico), Festival di Perth (Australia), Prestige de la Musique (France), Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Finland), Hong Kong Festival of the Arts.

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Album Review

Johannes Berauer: Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings

Read "Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings" reviewed by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton


Johannes Berauer's album, Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings on Basho Records, is a jewel of emotional weathering to illuminate hearts after an unexpected and extended era of sadness. Berauer is a modern thinking, cross-over, chamber jazz Jedi. Perfecting the placement of elegant, exciting, heart easing, and harmonising in nine arrangements of exacting and uplifting joy, The Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings are a rollercoaster of gentle impulses and elation. The assembly of soloists is prescient, assured and propulsive. ...

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Tim Garland: ReFocus

Read "ReFocus" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Strings and Tim Garland have always resonated well together. A leading figure of British jazz since the early 2000s, Garland emerged from a classical background, having studied classical composition at the Guildhall School of Music. His dual idioms have converged persuasively on albums such as If The Sea Replied (Sirocco Music Limited, 2005), Libra (Global Mix, 2009), Songs To The North Sky (Edition Records, 2014) and Weather Walker (Edition Records, 2018), with anything from chamber ensembles to full-blown orchestras shaping ...

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Yuri Goloubev: Two Chevrons Apart

Read "Two Chevrons Apart" reviewed by Ian Patterson


In recent years double bassist Yuri Goloubev has lent his rich sound to multiple projects, including the co-led Duonomics (Caligola, 2018) with Michele Di Toro. It was 2011's Titanic for a Bike (Caligola), however, that marked Goloubev's last recording as outright leader. This welcome return—his headlining debut on Basho Records—sees him align with frequent musical partners Asaf Sirkis and Tim Garland, and new collaborator John Turville, on a finely crafted set of originals written and arranged by the Russian.

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Yuri Goloubev Trio al Lyceum Club Internazionale, Firenze

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Lyceum Club Internazionale Firenze 9.12.2013 Un paio d'anni fa il Lyceum, storico istituto culturale fiorentino, ha provato ad allargare al mondo del jazz le offerte musicali invitando Yuri Goloubev, fidando sulla sua formazione classica all'interno dell'orchestra di Mosca. E il contrabbassista russo deve aver ben convinto i frequentatori del club, visto che ormai regolarmente viene riproposto nel programma. Goloubev, intelligentemente, ogni volta si presenta con partner e proposte diverse: dopo il duo con ...

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Yuri Goloubev: Titanic for a Bike

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Yuri GoloubevTitanic for a BikeCaligola2011The old saying, “if you want a job done ask a busy person," certainly applies to Russian bassist Yuri Goloubev, one of the hardest-working musicians in jazz. When not touring with his own small ensembles, he's criss-crossing Europe in the trios of pianists Gwilym Simcock, John Laws and Carlo Morena, or in the quartets of saxophonists Claudio Fasoli and Mattia Cigalini. And in the two years since Metafore ...

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Yuri Goloubev: Of Chocolate Cake & Other Simple Metaphors

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After a highly successful career in one of the world's greatest classical ensembles, the Moscow Soloists, Russian double-bassist Yuri Goloubev decided to turn his back entirely on this world to heed another calling: jazz.Responding to his lifelong passion, Goloubev established himself in Milan, Italy, where in the past five years he has recorded an impressive number of sessions and fully established himself on the national jazz scene.

As one-third of the short-lived but highly impressive trio ...

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Yuri Goloubev: Metafore Semplici

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After twelve years as principal bassist in the world renowned chamber orchestra Moscow Soloists, where he played with the likes of Mstislav Rostropovich, Vedim Repim and James Galway, Russian Yuri Goloubev made the bold move of abandoning the classical world, relocating to Italy and dedicating himself entirely to jazz. It hasn't worked out too badly, for in half a dozen years his rich, full tone and outstanding arco playing has graced forty recordings. Goloubev's third release as leader, Metafora Semplici, ...

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Bassist Yuri Goloubev Interviewed at AAJ

Bassist Yuri Goloubev Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz

After a highly successful career in one of the world's greatest classical ensembles, the Moscow Soloists, Russian double-bassist Yuri Goloubev decided to turn his back entirely on this world to heed another calling: jazz.

Responding to his lifelong passion, Goloubev established himself in Milan, Italy, where in the past five years he has recorded an impressive number of sessions and fully established himself on the national jazz scene.

As one-third of the short-lived but highly impressive trio SGS, Goloubev established ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Vienna Chamber...

Basho Records
2022

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Two Chevrons Apart

Basho Records
2020

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ReFocus

Edition Records
2020

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Steppin' Out

Abeat Records
2013

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Standpoint

Caligola Records
2012

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New Horizons

From: Vienna Chamber Diaries plus...
By Yuri Goloubev

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