Georgy Gusev was born in Magnitogorsk (South Urals). After completing his studies at the P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, where he has obtained a degree of a "Free...
Randriamananjara Radofa Besata Jean Longin, aka Madagascar Slim, went to a Quebec missionary high school that eventually led his parents to send him to study accounting in...
Noam Pikelny has emerged as the preeminent banjoist of his generation, and the greatest color-blind banjoist of all-time. Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as the...
Robert Zelickman, clarinetist, has been teaching and performing in San Diego since 1982. He is a member of the bass clarinet quartet JAMB and co-director of Second Avenue...
Jim George began his music training at age five when his father started teaching him the secrets of the clarinet. He earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from...
Guitarist and singer Alpha Yaya Diallo, from Guinea in West Africa, is one of the hottest acts on the current world music scene. Now based in Vancouver, Canada, he's earned...
Donné Roberts is a guitarist, groove master and singer from Madagascar who currently lives in Toronto. When Roberts hits the stage he carries with him an energy that...
A native of Termoli, Italy, Luca Ciarla began playing violin and piano at the age of eight. By twelve he was studying at the conservatory and few years later began...
Mark Margolies worked for over twenty years as a freelance musician in the Boston area, playing clarinet in orchestras and chamber ensembles, as well as saxophones, flute,...
April Leslie is a San Diego native and has been involved with music for most of her life. She began playing the clarinet in the 6th grade and was lucky to have some...