Archive 2005:

...very bright and productive year: a lot of travelling, big concerts, interesting recordings, co-projects...Biggest event of the year: participance in the concert tour of Leonid Agutin and Al Di Meola...Best impression of the year: watching the sunset in Hong Kong...

Recordings & co-projects :

with "A`cappella ExpreSSS" vocal band:

- "Voice meSSSage" album (promo-version);

- "Middle of the river" album;

- single "Thank you, music" for mixed CD by composer Mark Minkov

- medley "Violinist on the roof " (on songs with lyrics by poet Ilya Reznik)

- soundtrack for the film "Pick hour" ("Mosfilm" music studio)

- ensemble tracks for the rock opera "Crime and punishment" by composer Eduard Artemiev ("Mosfilm" music studio)

- recordings for Andrey Makarevitch album "Songs by Bulat Okudjava " (tracks "A song of Moscow by night" , "Praying"; "Taganka" Studio)

- recording and live performance-presentation of the "Autobus" album by composer Alexander Pantykin (song from the film "Chiromant": "People crying in the night")

December:

with "A`cappella ExpreSSS": performance as guests at the "Olympic Champions Show ", (on "ТV-centre" chanel: 31.12.05, 01.01.06 )

31 - New Year performance at "Jazz Town" club, Moscow

22 - performance for "Donbass Energysystems" (Donetsk, Ukraine)

17 - presentation of the "Park House" Trade Center (Tolyatti, Russia)

November:

- releasing the promo-version of the "Voice meSSSage" album recorded with "A`cappella ExpreSSS" vocal group (ApplEx Studio, recording and mixing - Alexander Polenov)

20 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS" in concert "Music of Berkovskiy" ("Russia" Concert Hall, Moscow)

4-9 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS" concert tour in Hong Kong: workshop and concerts in:
"Cultural centre", "Yuen Long Theatre", "Tsuen Wan Town Hall" (04-06.11); official website: http://www.lcsd.gov.hk

October:

15 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS": presentation of the film "Ray" on DVD ("Le Club", Moscow)

12 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS" concert at the jazz festival "Jam-session" (Saratov, Russia)

8 - solo-performance as a guest in 10 years-celebrity concert of the vocal group "Crystal Chorus" (Ekaterinbourg, Russia)

7 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS" performance at the "Rainbow Jazz Festival" (Tartu, Estonia)

September:

28 – "A`cappella ExpreSSS" concert at the "Jazz Nights" festival (Dinant, Belgium)

24 – "A`cappella ExpreSSS" concert at the «Jazz at the Hop” festival (Hoorn, Netherlands)

August:

25-29 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS" performances at «Astana-blues» festival (Astana, Kazakhstan). Guests of the festival: Igor Butman, Ken Ard, Carla Cook (26 – "A`cappella ExpreSSS"solo concert, 27 – TV-shooting on "Era" chanel,
28 – Gala-concert, jam session)

13-19 – composing and recording the anthem- song for «Park House» Trade Centers

12 – "A`cappella ExpreSSS" concert in “Jazz Town” club (Moscow)

July:

16-18 – "A`cappella ExpreSSS"at the «Slavyanskiy Bazaar» festival (Vitebsk, Belorussia): solo-concert and performance with Michail Finberg`s big-band at the gala-concert (composition "Boogie down", vocal arrangement for the group: D.Polenova, original version by Al Jarreau)

10-16 – performing as a member of "Esperanto" band ( back-vocals singer) in concert tour of Leonid Agutin and Al Di Meola “Cosmopolitan life”:

15 – performance at “Jazz open” festival (Stuttgart, Germany)

14 – performance at "Montreux Jazz" festival: concert in "Casino Barrier” (Montreux, Switzerland)

10 – performance at «5 stars» festival (Sochi, Russia)

8-9 – concerts in Moscow (casino "Pharaon" - premiere concert)

3 – "A`cappella ExpreSSS" concert at “Jazz Parade” festival (Fribourg, Switzerland)

2 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the "Vatel" ship

June:

24,25,27 – performing as a back-vocalist with Leonid Agutin and his "Esperanto" band

18-20 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS" concerts at "Solevoci" festival (Varese, italy):

18 – as guests at the workshop by “Real Group” (Sweden) and Andrea Figallo from "Flying Pickets" vocal group (UK)

18 - double-concert of our good old friends “Vocalica” a`cappella band (Italy) and "A`cappella ExpreSSS"

19 – “A`cappella ExpreSSS” solo concert (Mantova, Italy) ww.solevoci.it

17 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the concert for the "Medicine Day"(Moscow Government Concert Hall)

15 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the "STS-Motors" company presentation

14 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS" in "Muztorg": presentation-performance of the new "PGX" mic-system by "Sure"

10 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS" concert at the "Luzhniki Beer Festival"

7 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” concert ("Highest School of Economy", Moscow)

3 – performing as a back-vocalist with Leonid Agutin and his "Esperanto" band ("Oasis' club, Kiev, Ukraine)

May:

- starting work as a back-vocalist with Leonid Agutin and his "Esperanto" band

28 – 29 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” concert for "Servier" company (Sochi, "Radysson SAS Lazyrnaya" hotel)

24 – “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the concert by composer Alexander Pantykin with the song "People crying in the night", recorded for the co-project (mixed-CD "Autobus"). (Music Comedy Theatre, Ekaterinbourg)

22 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the festival "Cherry forest" (open-air in Gorky Park, Moscow)

9 – “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance in "Mega" Trade Center (Moscow)

7 – solo-performance in concert with songs by composer Yury Martinov ("Scientists Hall", Moscow)

April:

30.04 - 01.05 – “A`cappella ExpreSSS” concert in Latvia (Yurmala, "Baltic beach hotel” concert hall)

Celebrating 3-years birthday of the group, “A`cappella ExpreSSS” presents the new video-clip "Middle of the river" and the same-named CD:

25 – presentation in “Jazz Town” club (Moscow), 27 – presentation in “Palladium" club (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

22 -“A`cappella ExpreSSS” singing "Sweet things" composition together with Irina Bogushevskaya at her same-named concert (Moscow Variety Theatre)

13 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the "Dunhill" company presentation ("Hyatt Regency Hotel", Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt)

6 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the festival "Billy Holiday Tribute" (Moscow Music Palace)

4 - greetings from “A`cappella ExpreSSS” to Ilya Reznik (performance in "Monolit" club, Moscow)

1,3,5,7 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the festival "Russian jazz stars worldwide" (Moscow Composers Hall, "Le Club"). Art-leader of the festival: Anatoly Kroll.

March:

- release of the "Middle of the river" album by vocal group "A`cappella ExpreSSS” (ApplEx Studio, Moscow). Recording&mixing: Alexander Polenov, "Middle of the river" track - Roman Trofimov.

- video-clip "Мiddle of the river" shooting (composer: Erulan Kanapyanov, Kazakhstan; vocal arrangement for "A`cappella ExpreSSS”: Diana Polenova)

23 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the "Moscow Tourism 2005" Exibition ("Expocentre", Moscow)

17 - “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the "Antiformat" festival (part of the "SHOWTECH" Exibition in "Expocentre", Moscow)
16 – “A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at the "Showtech Awarding Ceremony" ("Expocentre", Moscow)

February:

- collaboration of "A`cappella ExpreSSS” with the singer Angelika Agurbash: recording the single "Boys and Girls" at the famous "Abbey Road Studios", London

26 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS” and Angelika Agurbash: as guests of the contest-tour "Eurovision 2005" in Ukraine (Kiev)

24 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance in concert of the poet Ilya Reznik (Kremlin Palace Concert Hall)

15 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS” performance at "Crescendo" festival (Chaikovskiy Concert Hall)

8 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS” in the shooting of Efim Alexandrov`s live musical show "Jewish songs-2" ( "Russia" Concert Hall )

January:

28 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS” in "Parisien" club
27 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS” and Angelika Agurbash: guests of the contest-tour "Eurovision 2005" in Belorussia (Minsk)
7 - "A`cappella ExpreSSS” in "Jazz Town" club