Vadim Eilenkrig is a Russian jazz musician who masterfully owns wind instruments, the main thing for him is the trumpet. Collaborates with the most famous orchestras and big bands.
Vadim Eilenkrig: biography
The musician was born on May 4, 1971 in Moscow. Father - Simon Lvovich Eilenkrig, a famous saxophonist. Mother - Alina Yakovlevna Eilenkrig, music teacher.
Vadim graduated from the children's music school in piano, then he entered the Musical College of the October Revolution (currently it is the Schnittke Moscow College). For further training, he chose the trumpet, although his parents insisted on a saxophone. As a student, Vadim Eilenkrig became the laureate of the 1984 trumpeter contest held in Moscow. It was the first tangible success of a beginner jazzman.
Higher musical education
In 1990, Eilenkrig entered the Moscow State University of Culture, the department of wind instruments, and after a while transferred to the department of jazz. During his studies, he became a soloist in the university big band. In 1995, the group was invited to the German city of Torgau, where the International Jazz Festival was held. After graduating from the institute, Vadim Eilenkrig began working in the best Moscow orchestras. These were the big band, which was led by Anatoly Kroll, the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra, the Gnesins Institute's jazz band.
Creation
In 1996, Vadim Eilenkrig created his first solo project called XL. Then the trumpeter began experimenting with electronic music in jazz. In 1997, Eilenkrig graduated from the graduate school of the Maimonides Academy. In 1999, he became the lead singer of the big band Igor Butman.
In 2000 he was invited to the post of associate professor of the jazz department of the faculty of musical culture of the Maimonides Academy. In 2006, he took part in the international concert "Jazz and Classics", which was held in the New York Hall "Pink Hall".
Two years later, Vadim Eilenkrig became the laureate of the International Jazz Festival in Chimkent, and in 2009 the trumpeter created (in company with the famous showman Timur Rodriguez) the musical project "Jazz Hooligans". In the same year, the musician released his first album, entitled "The Shadow of Your Smile", this melody is better known by Engelbert Humperdinck. World-class jazz musicians such as David Garfield, Will Lee, Chris Parker, Hyrum Bullock, Randy Brecker took part in the creation of the album.
Demand
The trumpet player Eilenkrig has many partners abroad: both in the USA and in Europe. However, he constantly collaborates with Russian performers. He is invited to accompaniment orchestras, to one-time concerts and performances. If the trumpeter has the time, he never refuses. His services are used by Dima Malikov, Larisa Dolina, Sergey Mazaev and many other artists. The musician has collaborated with the Lube group for a long time.
In 2012, Vadim released his second album, which he called "Eilenkrig." Alan Harris, Virgil Donatti, Igor Butman, Douglas Shriv, Dmitry Mospan, Anton Baronin took part in the creation of the collection. Several presentation concerts were held at Igor Butman's jazz club, which is located on Chistye Prudy. Two concerts were organized in the Svetlanov Hall of the International Moscow House of Music on the Cosmodamian Embankment of the Russian capital.
Personal life
The most famous Russian jazz trumpeter is not of interest to the press reporters. Vadim Eilenkrig, whose personal life has not yet begun (if you mean the creation of a family), calls his wife a pipe made in the USA by special order from pure copper. And since the musician has a few trumpets besides the main one, they, according to him, are only lovers.
The whole personal life of the musician takes place at numerous concert venues scattered around the world.