Roman Stolyar

Roman Stolyar
Background information
Birth name Roman Solomonovich Stolyar
Born (1967-12-06) December 6, 1967
Origin Novosibirsk, Russia
Genres Free improvisation, Jazz, Free jazz, Art music
Occupation(s) Composer, improviser
Instruments Piano, keyboards, flutes
Website rstmusic.narod.ru

Roman Stolyar (born December 6, 1967) is a Russian composer, piano improviser and educator.

Career

Born in Novosibirsk, Siberia, in a family of engineers, Stolyar graduated from Novosibirsk College of Music as a jazz pianist and from Novosibirsk State Concervatoire as a composer of contemporary and electronic music.

As an improviser, he has collaborated with Dominic Duval, William Parker, Vinny Golia, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Marco Eneidi, Weasel Walter, Susan Allen,[1][2] Tanya Kalmanovitch, Oliver Lake, Assif Tsahar, Glen Hall, Thomas Buckner,[3] Martin Kuchen, Ed Sarath, Jin Hi Kim, Ilia Belorukov,[4] Sergey Letov and others.

His music has been released on labels Cadence Jazz, Electroshock Records,[5] SoLyd, Ayler Records,[6] NewFolder2, and Ermatell Records.[7]

He is currently employed as an educator at Novosibirsk College of Music, and music director of Novosibirsk State Theatre "Globe". He is a member of the Russian Composers Union and member of the Advisory Council of International Society for Improvised Music.[8]

His book Modern Improvisation: A Practical Guide for Piano was published in Russia in 2010.[9]

Discography

References

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