Bulat Rafaelievich Gafarov (born February 1, 1982 , Moscow , Russia ) is a Russian composer , virtuoso musician - multi-instrumentalist and singer , leader of the ethno-electronic group Toke-Cha .
| Bulat Gafarov | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | February 1, 1982 (37 years old) |
| Place of Birth |  |
| Professions | Musician , composer |
| Instruments | violin , percussion , didgeridoo , koto , harp , flutes , keyboards , beatbox , accordion , kalimba , effects processor |
| Genres | World music ethno-electronics ethnic music folk rock Electonic music classical music jazz |
| Collectives | • Toke Cha • B and S • Azimuth • Bulbul • Bulat Project |
| "Www.bulatgafarov.com" | |
It is widely known to listeners as a composer, combining various styles of music in his works. He plays professionally on more than 500 musical instruments from around the world, which are in his personal collection. At concerts, he can simultaneously use up to 5 of them, for which he is often called the " human orchestra ". He speaks several types of singing: throat , Arabic, Indian, Russian, as well as beatbox .
Ethnographer and culturologist , creator of the unique online encyclopedia of musical instruments.
Music Projects
- " Toke-Cha " - Contemporary Ethnic Music of the World
- “B and S” - Hip-hop , beatbox
- Bul-Bul - Experimental Folk , Russian Folk and Throat Singing
- Azimuth - Ethnic Jazz, Folk Rock , Ethnic Fusion
- "Bulat project" - Live electronic music
Discography
Albums:
- “Music of Plant Origin” (2002)
- "Live 2005"
- “On line” (2006)
- Azimut / Zerkalo (2008)
- Eclecticus (2011)
- Harmony (Music for the ballet Alem, 2014)
- “Treks of the Little Prince” (Music for the ballet “Little Prince”, 2015)
- "8 Countries" (Live, 2017)
- "156" (2017)
- Singles: "NB" (2013), "Anya" (2015), "Deeply" (2015), "Birds" (2015), "Day-Night" (2017)
Music in the movies:
- Ferris Wheel directed by Vera Glagoleva
- "The Entrepreneur" for Bricklin Documentary llc. (USA)
- "Fisherman" - a mini-film of Olga Stolpovskaya
- Interview with David Lynch on Culture Catch (USA)
- " House of the Sun " Garik Sukachev
- "At a low frequency", a film by Artem Kochukov
- CG - "Pulpoman" - For ScenicShot (Russia, 2011)
- "The Age of the White Jaguar" - Jaguar car advertisement
- Treeproduction at the Eco-Club GSE (Ecuador, 2016)
He wrote music and voiced performances:
- "Siege" director Evgeny Grishkovets . Theater STD
- The play "Ugaim Sulde" ("Spirit of the Ancestors") - Baikal Theater (Buryatia, Ulan-Ude) - Directed by Dandar Badluev and German Picus
- “ A Midsummer Night's Dream ” ethnic part), directed by Natalya Anastasyeva. Small World Theater
- “Two Worlds Hotel” by Eric Emmanuel Schmidt, directed by Patrick Rollen and Igor Grigurko. Gitis (Rati)
- Performance "Fish Sun". Pagendarm Experimental Theater
- Mystery "Journey to the City of the Dead" by Amos Tutuole , director Herman Pikus
- Live multimedia show "Creation of the Universe" at the Moscow Experimental Theater
- Ballet "Sansara". RAMT , theater "Ballet Moscow", Nikolai Basin. 2009
- Music for the computer game Shelter Online (Digital Worlds company)
- The ballet "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, CIM, 2014 [1]
- Ballet "Alem", Astana ballet (Kazakhstan). The ballet was shown on the stages of the Mariinsky Theater, Moscow Academic Musical Theater, Halle E (Austria), KBS Hall (Korea), the Palace of Peace and Concord, 2014-2015 [2]
- Ballet "Russian Patterns", Musical show Theater "Premiere" (Krasnodar), director Ivan Fadeev, 2017
He took part in recording albums of many famous musicians of the world.
Collaboration
With Vera Glagoleva (the film " Ferris Wheel "), Dmitry Malikov (show "Pianomania"), Andrei Makarevich (at the festival "Creation of the World"), with the group " Chayf " (at the Kinotavr 2009), Eugene Grishkovets (performance "Siege") , Garik Sukachev (in the film " House of the Sun "), Mark Ilyich Pekarsky , Nogon Shumarov (Honored Artist of Russia and Altai), the Volga Group and Alexei Borisov , the Namgar group (Buryatia. Nomad album), the Baikal Theater, a group of " Hi-Fi access » (he wrote and starred in the music video), David Lynch (channel «Culture Catch»), Natalia Anastasyeva ( "Little World Theater ”), Sergey Filatov (Ethnosphere Festival), Sergey Starostin, Sergey Klevensky, Green Point, Chukotka Ensemble, Yuri Balashev, Jan Bederman, Roman Rupyshev, Brinyar Rasmussen (Norway), Igor Grigoryev, Couple Group "(Dmitry Vasiliev, Katya Chernyavskaya), Adam Mata (USA), Andrei Mongush (Tuva), Andres Scherer (Germany), Bori Magiyar (Hungary), Brenna McCrimmon (Canada / Turkey), Vladimir Kryzhanovsky (Russia), Gaya Harutyunyan, Joey Blake (USA), Christian Karam (Lebanon / USA), Marina Sobyanina, Marta Ruiz Villamil (Cuba), Nino Katamadze (Georgia) i) Pelagia, Tina Kuznetsova, Edson Cordeiro (Brazil / Germany), Sati Casanova [3] , with the Moscow orchestra and many others.
In January 2010, he took part in the Russian production of Bobble McFerrin 's vocal opera-improvisation Bobble .
In 2014, he gave concerts at the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi .
Articles and Sources
- Interview: “ORT” [1] , TV “Capital” [2] , “Russia Today” [3] , TV Carousel [4] , NTV, TV Radio Silver Rain [5]
- Diplomas and articles in the print media
- http://www.kinoros.ru/db/movies/1715/full.html (inaccessible link)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081216183911/http://www.audiobrand.ru/authors/performers.html
- http://burweb.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216 (inaccessible link)
Notes
- ↑ About the ballet "Little Prince" on the CIM website unopened (inaccessible link) . Archived August 1, 2014.
- ↑ Website "ASTANA BALLET" (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 17, 2014. Archived November 17, 2014.
- ↑ The official website of Sati Casanova .