
Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
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Discography
"Midnight in Toronto" - Single
"You & Me" - CD
Photos
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Bio
Viktor Kotov, composer and performer on piano, duduk, shvi, and melodica.
Viktor’s style blends seventeen years of classical training in Europe with contemporary improvisation to create imaginative arrangements of popular classics, Jazz standards, Broadway, and Soundtrack music.Viktor composes and improvises in many different music styles, ranging from classical to jazz and blues. He also composes music on the spot, even while performing.
Raisa Orshansky, tsimbalst and composer
Raisa is a professional musician educated in Europe.
Tsimbaly are related to a group of instruments called zithers. This group of instruments has strings that run the entire length of the body and parallel to it. Usually the whole body acts as a resonator but sometimes a supplementary resonator is added. There are great varieties of forms and names of these instruments in different countries.
The names are: Japanese Koto, Chinese Yang Chin, Korean Kayakeum and Djiunadjan, Iraqi Santir, Turkish Qanum, Norwegian Langleik, Swedish Hummels, Finish Kantele, Hungarian Cimbalom. These are just some names of the instruments from the Zithers group.
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