Although during the last years Anatoly Vapirov lives in Bulgaria, this former Leningrader, saxophonist and composer, has the full right, not nominally but in fact, to stay as a person to the Soviet jazz scene. He doesn’t break the relations with his fatherland and very often plays at various festivals in what was the USSR recently.
Vapirov began playing jazz in Leningrad (Now Saint Petersburg) Conservatory in the late 60s, further on, in the 70s and 80s, he achieved a secure position as one of the leading musicians and composers of modern jazz.
The brilliant schooling, many years experience and splendid skill, have provided him with practically unlimited opportunities as a musician.
He has a wide range of interests – he likes to and plays mainstream in the Gold Years of Jazz ensemble, in Varna he is Head of a Big Band playing traditional jazz, he has composed chamber pieces and ballet music.
Leningraders – jazz enthusiasts, will never forget Vapirov’s large compositions: The Mirror of Memory (dedicated to Charlie Mingus), The Lines of Fortune (in memory of Alban Berge), De Profundis, Macbeth, Slovonic Mystery.
Many of them have been released on LPs and CDs and are soundtracks to TV films.

BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1947 in Ukraine, Berdiansk
1971 – graduated from Leningrad Conservatory – clarinet
1977 – finished post-graduate course /master class/ Leningrad Conservatory – saxophone
1976-1982 – professor at the Leningrad Conservatory – saxophone /classical and jazz/
and conductor Big-Band, JAZZ IMPROVISATION/ FACULTATIVE/
1974-2018 – 80 author records and CDs in Russia, Bulgaria, Austria, England, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, USA.
1974-2018– participation in Jazz Festivals in Russia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Rumania, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Germany, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Greece, Holland, Belgium, Israel.
As a composer he won three third prizes at the International contest for writing a symphonic work “7/8” – 2007, 2011, 2012.

1982 – Concerto for clarinetto and string orchestra
1983 – Ten Jazz Scenes on Macbeth
1984-86 – films in Leningrad TV /Lines of Destiny, Ten Jazz Scenes on Macbeth, Thracian scene
1986 – film at BBC – Thracian scene
1984 – Maskarad- rock ballet / Kirov Opera and ballet Theatre – Leningrad/
1984 – Macbeth -ballet
1992-1998 – symphonic music -/In Memoriam,
Cantata on Christo Smirnenski’s “Fairy tale about a stairway”
1998 – Concerto Grosso for symphony orchestra and jazz quartet
2001 – Concerto For Symphony Orchestra and jazz soloists .
2002 – Metamorphosis for symphony orchestra.
2003 – Passacaglia -for symphony orchestra
2003 –Slavonic Requiem –for mixes chorus, soloists and symphony orchestra
2004-2005-
Symphony Lubok,
Concerto №1 For Symphony Orchestra ,
Ritual Dance for Symphony Orchestra
2006-
Concertino for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra,
5 Exercise for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Festival.
2007-2016 –
Variation for symphony orchestra,
Opera “The besieged love”,
„Masquerade„ – for tenor and symphony orchestra,
”Thracian skitsi„ – for clarinet and symphony orchestra,
Concerto №2 For Symphony Orchestra,
Fantasy for symphony orchestra,
Symphony №2,
Rhodope legend – variation for symphony orchestra,
Songs of the Berdyansk Bulgarians –poem for symphony orchestra
Symphony №3
Concertino fir sax soprano, strings and percussion.
Concerto piccolo for symphony orchestra and jazz quintet
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1992-2018– Artistic Director of the Varna Summer International Jazz Festival

DISCOGRAPHY
1. LP – LENINGRAD JAZZ ENSEMBLE MELODIA C60-07915
2. LP – MISTERIA MELODIA C60-13575
3. LP – LINES OF DESTINY MELODIA C60-255665
4. LP – MOSCOW JAZZ FESTIVAL MELODIA C60-22481
5. LP – LENINGRAD JAZZ FESTIVAL 83 MELODIA C60-21537
6. LP – LENINGRAD JAZZ FESTIVAL 85 MELODIA
7. LP – LENINGRAD MUSIC HALL BIG-BEND – MELODIA
8. LP – TRANSSIBERIAN EXPRES MELODIA C60-27669
9. LP – JAZZ-VEGA-90-VOCAL SUMMIT MELODIA P-R 60-009095
10.LP – SENTECED TO SILENCE LEO RECORDS LR 110
11.LP – INVOCATIONS LR 121
12.LP – MACBETH LR 130
13.LP – DE PROFUNDIS LR 159
14.LP – JAM SESSION LENINGRAD FUSION-GERMANY 8003
15.LP – FIRRA TUTT FAROE ISLANDS HJF 23
16.CD – MOTHER RUSSIA /with K.Maslak/LEO RECORDS LR 177
17.CD-DOCUMENTNEWMUSICFROMRUSSIA-LEORECORDSLR807
18.CD – CONSPIRACY – ZURICH LEO RECORDS LR 809-816
19.CD – OCTET OST AMADEO – POLIGRAM 5133292
20.CD – OCTET OST II AMADEO – POLIGRAM 5218232
21.CD – HARD WAY TO FREEDOM /with Y. Ibrahimova/ AVA – 0001
22.CD – VAPIROV EAST-WEST PROJECT AVA – 0002
23.CD – THERE’S ALWAYS HOPE /with H. Tavitian/ AVA – 0003
24.CD – CONCERT BY THE BLACK SEA /with M.Leviev/ AVA – 0004
25.CD – VAPIROV PROJECT “WALTZ STR.” AVA – 0005
26.CD – THIS TIME FOREVER /International Big-Band/ AVA – 0006
27.CD – FOR EMIL /with M.Leviev/ RIVA SOUND RSCD 3026
28.CD – SAD A LITTLE BIT /with M.Leviev/ RADIO PLOVDIV
29.CD – TO MIAMI AND BACK MARCOS MUSIC 500259
30.CD-AFAIRY-TALE/withT.Spassov-S.Yankuolov/ MARKOS MUSIC 500242
31.CD VOICED SILENCE /with Y.Kuznetsov/ MARKOS MUSIC 500563
32.CD – FAIRY TALE TRIO WERGO GERMANY 281531-2
33.CD – BRATIMENE /with Theodossy Spassov/ gega – GD – 132
34.CD – BRIDGE OVER SEA /with Yuri Kuznetsov/ AVA – 0007
35.CD – NEW EUROPEAN QUARTET AVA – 0008
36.CD – MAGIC WATER AVA – 0009
37.CD – SLOVONIAN MYSTERY AVA – 0010
38.CD –THE FAIRY TALE Trio featEnverIzmailov– KukerMusic-05
39.CD- De profundis AVA – 0011
40 CD – SKITSI / With V.Tarasov / AVA – 0012
41.CD – RUSSIAN STYLE / jazz in Russia/ with S.Kuriokhin
LRS CD- 0020.CC
42. CD- Black Sea Trio /Vapirov-Izmailov-Horvath / AVA – 0013
43. CD- Concerto Grosso /Ruse Philarmonic Orchestra/ AVA – 0014
conductor G.Dimitrov, The soloists –Vapirov/Yankoulov/
Kuznetsov /Shanov/

44.CD- Jazz Karnaval Odessa 2001- With Y.Kuznetsov , = LS 036-01
V.Volkov.
45.CD –Forgotten Ritual with S.Kuriokhin – SLR 039/10
46-47 CD –BACK TO THE FUTURE AVA 0015-16
48-50 CD – Golden Years of New Jazz LR-GY 401/404
51. Invocations AVA-0017
52- Nature Story-Black Sea Trio AVA-0019
53.-EAST WEST CONNECTION –Anatoly Vapirov Septet AVA-0020
54.- EXTEMPORA –Trio AVA-0021
55.- ANATOLY VAPIROV QUARTET –
featuring Tomasz Stanko AVA -0022
56-58 Varna Summer Jazz Festival-1993-2003 AVA -00 23-24-25
59.-Q-artet-Vapirov-Tarasov-Volkov-Donchev AVA -0026
60-SIDE BY SIDE –Extempora Trio /2004/ AVA- 0027
61- Five Exercises for symphonic orchestra and Jazz Festival AVA-0028
62-Mirror Of Memory –III
Vapirov International Big-Band AVA -0029
63. Inner Spaces
Vapirov –Donchev AVA- 0030
64 Balkan Influenza AVA – 0031.
Vapirov-Lechner-Tang-Yankoulov
Live in Vienna
65. SAXOMAFIA AVA- 0032
66. Nostalgia AVA 0033
67. A Dream Within A Dream AVA- 0034
68. Outside – Balkan Influenza AVA -0035
69.- Closer
Vapirov-Donchev-Yankoulov AVA- 0036
70.-Jazz Festival Varna Summer-2007 AVA -0037
71- Slavonic Requiem AVA -0038
with Symphony orchestra and choir and soloists
conductor Georgy Dimitrov
72.-Vapirov-60 Anniversary
with A.Donchev,H.Tavitian,Y.Kuznetsov , AVA-0039
H.Yotsov,G.Donchev
73- SPLINTERS OF EMOTIONS AVA 0040
with A.Donchev,S.Yankoulov
74-Anatoly Vapirov-Music For A Symphonic Orchestra AVA 0041
75-New Balcan Influenza-Live in Jerusalem AVA 0042
76-SOPRANIADA AVA 0043
77-SMOOTH THE/N/ORY AVA 0044
78-Black Sea Quartet –Dancing on a Fire AVA 0045
79-No-Net / Vapirov Project -2014 / AVA 0046
80-Long Road To Home AVA 0047
81-GARDARIKA –Anatoly Vapirov Project Art Bit 106
82- Art Ensemble Arkhangelsk – Art Bit 109
83-84 – Inner Spaces / Vapirov –Donchev / RM² records, Ltd.100.