Member Since: 11/08/2007
Band Website: www.artoworks.com/inpravda/
Band Members:
Olga Dyachkovskaya - Vocals
Slava Moroz - Violin (Electric & Acoustic)
Peter Buettner - Flute and Saxophone
Michael Schirmer - Keyboards
Alana Orr - Electric Bass
Manuel Quintana - Drums
Sviatoslav Moroz has appeared at world most prestigious concert halls including Carnegie Hall (New York), Espace Pierre Cardin (Paris), Grand Teatro La Fenice (Venice), and Kremlin Palace (Moscow). He has also presented a concert at New York's Merkin Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.
Mr. Moroz has appeared as soloist with the Berner Symphony Orchestra, Constance Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo (under the direction of conductor Isaac Karabtchevsky), the Berlin Philharmonic, Warsaw Radio Symphony, and Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra. He has collaborated with Maestros Y. Aranovich and G. Hertnagel.
Mr. Moroz has participated in numerous festivals, including yearly appearances at Oleg Kagan Musikfest (Germany) at which he performed with Natalia Gutman and Yuri Bashmet, Sintra Music Festival (Portugal), Kuhmon Kamarimusikki (Finland), Mallorca Chamber Music Festival (Spain), Portogruaro Music Festival (Italy) and Sakharov Festival (Russia), the Beethoven Festival (Long Island) and at the Shandelee Music Festival (New York).
As a full-time member, Mr. Moroz has performed for a number of years with such internationally renowned ensembles as: Moscow Soloists (under the direction of Yuri Bashmet), the Moscow Piano Quartet, and the Tchaikovski Piano Trio.
Mr. Moroz has been prized numerous times for his excellent technique while performing chamber music.
Olga Dyachkovskaya graduated with high honors from the Moscow Theater Academy and from Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna where she was awarded scholarship from the Viennese Ministry of Culture.
Ms. Dyachkovskaya appeared as the soloist with such renown ensembles as the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Lower Nowgorod Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), Franz Lehar Symphony Orchestra, Strauss Festival Orchester, Clemenic Consort (Vienna), and Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (Germany).
You can read Olga's full length biography in the blog section of this page.
Peter Buettner was born in 1952 in San Francisco Ca. and grew up in Anderson, Indiana where he started playing flute at age of 20. Four years later he entered the masters degree program at the University of Iowa where he studied with Betty Bang Mather.
In 1979 he moved to Woodstock, NY. There he continued his studies with Harvey Sollberger, Karl Berger, Pauline Oliveros, Anthony Braxton,Garry Kvistad,and Joshua Pearl,and Jayna Nelson. Over the lst 25yrs. he has performed and recorded with Karl Berger, Marilyn Crispell, John Lindberg, Olga Dykaya and Slava Moroz, the latin jazz band Mambo Kikongo, and Krishna Das. As a composer, his pieces have been performed at Carnegie Hall, The Woodstock Cycle, The Creative Music Studio, and throughout the Northeast. Peter currently resides in Woodstock, NY.
Michael Schirmer is the keyboard player and the founder of MAS MEDIA wich provides technical support for album production.
Michael Schirmer has traversed the globe on tour with Mercury Rev performing for multiples of thousands at The Reading, Leeds, Montreaux Jazz and Guilford festivals. He's participated on stage at Royal Albert hall, Carnegie hall, The Moore theater, Shepard's Bush, The Commodore, Troubadour, 9:30 Club, Phoenix, Riviera, Irvin plaza and Filmore west. Schirmer played with Ani Di Franko & Sara Lee and shared the bill with groups Wilco, Oasis, Green day, & musician Alicia Keys.
He appeared on numerous television broadcasts including Craig Killborn, BBC1, Later with Jools Holland and MTV.
Alana Orr was born and raised in Woodstock, NY and started playing bass at age 16 after playing drums for 5 years. Since then, Alana has toured the United States, Europe and Japan as the bass player for Grammy Award winner, Van Hunt. She has also shared the stage with George Clinton and members of P-Funk, Bad Brains, and many more. For more on Alana, you can visit her website at www.duchessoffunk.com . Her television credits include The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Steve Wilkos Show (with Wind-Up Records artist, Megan McCauley), CD USA (twice) and a live broadcast in Paris.
Manuel Quintana grew up in Puerto Rico where he was exposed to different styles of music including Afro-Cuban, Salsa, Reggae, Ska, Latin Jazz and more. He started playing drums at age 15 and played everywhere from beach bars to clubs and festivals attended by thousands. In 2002, he moved to New York's Hudson Valley where played and recorded three albums with Singer Songwriter, Anna Cheek. Since then he has worked in the studio with producer/engineer Robert Frazza and producer/engineer Bobby Icon, as well as recording a live DVD show with Orleans in 2007. Currently living in the Catskills, he can be seen with MaMbo KiKongo, Robbie Dupree, Larry Hoppen and of course, InPravda.
Sounds Like:
InPravda's sound defies all boundaries, borders, classifications and genres. The tight rhythm section keeps the groove right in the pocket while operatic vocals soar with melodic reeds to create sexy sweet melodies above an undulating tide of keyboard funk and ambiance. Along with an electric violinist that could be channeling Jimi Hendrix with his fierce and psychedelic violin solos, they create an atmosphere that runs the gamut from ambient and melodic to balls-out dance fusion that rocks the house!
Record Label: SEEKING
Type of Label: Major