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Yuri (Gomberg) Sobolev |
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1961 April 16th - born in Leningrad (former Saint-Petersburg).
 1968-1975
Study piano class at the youth musical school of Zhdanovsky district, Leningrad.
1975-1978
Going in for judo at youth sport school DSO Trud-2.
1978-1987
Work at the dance orchestra of Leningrad District Officers' House, conducted by Leo Kolmanovich.
1987-1988
Work at "Shapito" Moscow Circus Orchestra.
1989-1990
Work at "Burlesque" variety show, directed by Yuri Sobolev (Leningrad Youth House).
Performed as pianist at instrumental quintet ,directed by Y.Sobolev.
Performed as pianist at jazz-band, conducted by Aleksey Kanunnikov.
Concert Tours around Europe and USA.
Teaching improvisation class at Telonius Monk Institute (Oslo,Norway).
Working on music for performances, movies and music projects, arrangements ("Vova i O.V.D. Impossible Love", Vladimir Veselkin vinyl record; "Small Tragedies", "Kolibri" CD album; "88 Blow kisses"- soviet songs cover versions).
1995-1996
Work at "N.O.M." rock-band.
Concert tours around Europe.
Recital at Saint-Petersburg Actor's House.
The first time solo ragtime concert in Saint-Petersburg (at Kochnevaya's House on Fontanka).
Conract work in Israel.
Instrumental trio(conducted by Y.Gomberg) opened the "Purim" night at SPb Grand Choral Synagogue.
1998-2002
Film Festivals: Deboshirfilm.
Silent pictures festival at Goethe Institute.
Murnau retrospective film show( performed as ball-room pianist).
Solo, Trio, band performances in SPb, Moscow and other Russian cities.
Jazz Festival "Golden gryphone" Winner-prize.
CD recording and releasing "Jewish ragtime"album.
Performing solo piano concert at the State Saint-Petersburg Academic Choir.
The first performing of interactive "Wonderful World" program in the concert hall.
Work on popular theater projects in SPb and Moscow, like instrumental trio "Odekolonevy Duet",
"Cherstvye Imeniny" performance (competitor for theater "Golden Mask" Award - 2002).
Regular author's solo and quartet projects "Jewish ragtime", "Euro ragtime",
"Interactive ragtime"(performing as a pianist and compeer).
The Spy Music orchestra - "Jazzbond 007" (pianist, conductor, compere).
2002 - 2003
Quartet performance at Red Club(SPb). Author's project "World Peoples' funk".
"Royal Rag time" author's project for piano and quartet.
Solo performances at Moscow "Bunker" and "Sexton" clubs.
The nearest events:
"Shtirliziada" project premiere
"Gomberg and cousins" new club project presentation (viola, saxophone, grand piano)
New album recording
Working on new "Beloved city" and "Soulful music concert" projects
Yuri (Gomberg) Sobolev is a participant of numerous domestic and foreign festivals known as a brilliant pianist working
at different musical fields. Having made his jazz debut with the trio on the "Jazz on the Neva" in 1987, he
became an outstanding musician of the SPb musical background.
He is known as a Dixieland pianist, big-band musician, rag time performer, different dance music arrange men,
theater music composer and director.
In 1992 he was offered to work at the Telonius Monk Institute (Oslo, Norway), where he taught improvisation
classes up to 1994.
Being a great admirer of the canadian Oscar Peterson mastery, Yuri all the time tried to gain
his masterly performing rapidity, after gaining this he started to add to the play list the compositions
of the great musician. While working on his Rag times Yuri improved his performing technique so well,
that now he is truly called "the king of rag times". There are also many stories and a legend about the musician's
left hand: it is said to be convalesced from any diseases or illnesses or even feeling healing
effect watching his left hand playing. His masterly play and rich artistic diapason make Sobolev's
performing astounding and unexpected: one can't stop admiring his retro jazz music both with
grotesque polka or mock potpourri with lyrical ballad.
Yuri is working now on different bi-band and solo projects. His tenderness and artistic flexibility did a great job in
relations with his colleagues , that's why we can see Yuri anywhere he can be musically useful : at concert hall, art-club
performance or just piano-playing. He is also very popular as the ball-room musician. Both fans and art critics notes his
unusual performing manner of "speaking pianist": Yuri does two roles of pianist and compere at one time. That makes
concerts amazing, interactive and unforgettable, public takes the performing role as the musician, wherever concert is
held-concert hall or art-club stage.
Yuri's creative work manner (at any process, including studio recording) and his never-ending life energy helped
to release wonderful album "Jewish rag time", while listening a person can hear applauses and public
exclamation both with music recorded. It doesn't happen often to take part at the recording process and show
your own emotions loudly and expressively with giving no attention to the signal light "Silence please!" near by.
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