The album “Favorites” includes the most interesting compositions (the author's view) of the Berlin period, and some new in Brussels.

Evgeny Makarov - e-guitar
Paul Schwingenschlogl - trumpet (3)
Vlad Makarov - cello (9)

Russian guitarist and composer living and working the last 15 years in Europe. Evgeny Makarov was born in Smolensk, Russia, in 1970. At the age of 15, he started playing the guitar. But he really forms himself playing blues and rock music. His start in free improvisation dates from a tour in Germany in 1995 with the jazz quartet formed by his father Vladislav (who was one of the pioneers in the field of free improvisation during the pre perestroika period.), "the Vladislav Makarov Quartet". During the next ten years, he divides his time between theatre and music, he goes on a training course to become an actor at the Dramatic Art Institute of Smolensk and receives his diploma in 1992.
Since 2002, he has started composing. In particular he composed for a young French poet who performed in Berlin in the «Slam Poetry» evenings. Together with Vladislav Makarov and Valia Chesnais, a group has been launched by Evgeny -- the «New Russian Project». The group played at the «Mudd club» in Berlin and recorded an album «Hot Summer in Berlin Live «. At the end of the year 2003, he completed his first solo album «Eleguitarycally» ,and composes for a theatre-dance show, «Das alte Kind».

Among his latest projects should be Xtra-trio with Paul Scwingenschlög and “Trio Cortège” with Alexei Borisov and Valia Chesnais Among other Makarov’ collaborations are the joint projects with the Henry Kaiser, Gary Lucas (USA), Edgard Hirt, M.Veborg (Germany), Gilles Aubry (Switzerland), Markus Godwyn (England) Andrei Izdebski (Poland), Mark Sarrazy (France) Nikolai Rubanov, Dmitri Kahovski, Alexei Borisov, Andrej Bavtchenkov, Ildar Harissov (Russia), Anton Nikkila (Finland), Sören Roulf (Sweden), Raul Colosimo (Italy)
Evgeny also collaborates with the artist Viktor Nikolaev and dancer Andrey Beresin (Pina Bausch group) Also Evgeny taking part at such wellknown international festivals as SKIF (SPB/Moscow 2004 - 2006), 100 Crad (Berlin 2003), TABU (Berlin 200)

Selected discography:
"Hot Summer in Berlin.” Xtra - trio. Extra Rec.001 (CD-R)
"Live in Mudd Club ’’ Xtra-trio with V.Chesnais Extra-Rec.002 (CD-R)
"Eleguitarycally ’’ Solo Extra-Rec.003 (CD-R) “
"MB ’’ Duo with A. Bavtchenkov . Extra-Rec.004 (CD-R)
"Defragment Trio” MAKARoff DEFRAGMENT Makart (CD-R)
"Live in JazzKeller” Xtra - trio Makart (CD-R)
"Der Alter Kind” Music for Theatre Show Extra –Rec. 005 (CD-R)
"Segrety” Solo Extra – Rec. 006 (CD-R)
"Trio Corteg live in Berlin’’
"Trio “Corteg’’ Extra – Rec. 007 (CD-R)

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Contact:
http://www.evgenymakarov.altervista.org
http://www.myspace.com/evgenymakarov
http://www.last.fm/music/Evgeny+Makarov

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