Ilia Zyryanov

moscow / saint petersburg

Harmony and resonance: the bells and other sounds both overflowed and interwove in mighty, uncommon agreement. Then the music swayed quietly in the air, seemingly drawing circles...

Созвучие, звучание. Заливались и пели колокола, и звуки, сплетаясь в могучую, своеобразную гармонию, тихо колыхались и будто кружились в эфире

Vladimir Korolenko, “Easter Eve” (1910)

Jazz artist Ilya Zyryanov is sometimes pegged by Russian journalists as part of “the nation’s new guitar school,” yet any discussion of innovation is first grounded in respect for the past. More concretely, Zyryanov studied under prestigious tutors in Saint Petersburg before winning the first of several major prizes in Russia, Ukraine, and Israel. Significantly broader travel has followed since.

On the subject of his compositions for Fancy Music in the capital, Zyryanov hopes “they will free audiences to express some burdensome desire. They might want simply to get up, go to the window, and watch the passing cars. Or take the hand of a loved one, gladdened by rhythmically identical pulses. Perhaps someone else might want to express that rhythm in dance––or give voice to their emotion in drawings, prose, or verse….”

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