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Ring Evgeny (Alto Saxophone)

Date of Birth: 4 sept. 1987
Place of Birth: Rostov on Don/Russia
Musical Biography:

1995 – 2005: studding at Kim Nazaretow Children Jazz School
1998 – 2002: Children Big Band of Kim Nazaretow Jazz School (led by A. Machnew)
2002 – 2003: Soloist of Children Big Band

Festivals with Children Big Band:
1998 – “Jazz Horizons” – 10th International Jazz Festival (Kriwoi Rog/Ukraine)
1999 – “Jazz Parnas” – 2nd International Jazz Festival (St. Petersburg/Russia)
2000 – International Jazz Festival (Dnepropetrowsk/Ukraine)
- Jazz Festival (Schleiz, Plauen/Germany )
2001 - Jazz Festival (Sochi/Russia)
- Jazz Festival (Odessa/Ukraine)
- Concert at Government White House (Moscow/Russia)
2002 - Jazz Festival (Bad-Arolsen/Germany)
- “Black Sea Jazz Festival” (Festival Guests: Randy Brecker/US, Igor Butman/RUS, Anatoly Kroll/RUS, Sergey Jilin/RUS, Sergei Manukyan/RUS, Enver Izmailov/RUS) (Sochi/Russia)
- “Jazz Carnival” (Festival Guests: Denise Perje/US, Mike Ellis/US, Yiotis Kiourtsoglou/Greece, Sergey Manukyan/RUS, Mezcal jazz Quartet/FR, Valeriy Kolesnikov/RUS, Enver Izmailov/RUS,
Man Sound/Ukraine) (Odessa/Ukraine)
2003 - Jazz Festival (Vinnysia/Ukraine)
- recorded CD “Children Big Band - Happy Birthday”
- Concert in “Concert Hall Russia” (Moscow/Russia)

Festivals and Competitions as a Soloist:
2001 – “Jazz Parnas Competition” 1st Prize as soloist, 1st prize (Ensemble nomination) with quartet (St. Petersburg/Russia)
- 1st prize (Ensemble nomination) with quartet (Odessa/Ukraine)
2002 - Jazz festival - 1st Prize as soloist (Rostow/Russia)
2003 - 1st prize (Ensemble nomination) with Saxophone quartet (Odessa/Ukraine)
2004 – Jazz festival “Past, Present and Future of Rostow Jazz”
2005 – Practice at GBJA (Dortmund/Germany), tour with GBJA Big Band (led by Uwe Plath, with Mathias Bergmann, Gabor Bolla/UN, Pablo Held …) (Germany & Prag/Tschech Rep.)
- Jazz Festival (feat. Erik Marienthal/USA) (Kiev/Ukraine)
2007 – Grand Prix Winner Russian Jazz Award “over all instruments”



Since 2003 – working in a Professional Kim Nazaretow Big Band

2004 – Concert with Dennis Rowland (Count Basie Big Band Singer, Grammy Winner/USA) (Rostow/Russia)
2005 – Big Bang Festival – Concert with Melba Joyce (Count Basie Big Band Singering), Al Krasel/USA (Rostow/Russia)







Since 2004 – playing in International Big Band Rostow-Dortmund (led by Uwe Plath & Andrei Machnew) (with Mathias Bergmann, Pablo Held, Ondrei Stverachek, Ryan Carniaux, Florian Menzel…)
2004 – Tour with International Big Band in Russia (Rostow, Samara, Volgograd)
2005 - Tour with International Big Band in Germany (Dortmund, Soest, Hamm…), recorded CD “Visible Response”
2006 - tour with International Big Band in Russia, Concert with Dennis Rowland, (Count Basie Big Band Singer, Grammy Winner),Jan Lou Longnon/FR, Paul Towndrow/UK, Tom Bankroft/UK; (Rostow, Taganrog, Eisk)

Since 2005 – studding at Rostow College of Art & Music