# Sergey Letov
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{{Short description|Russian musician (born 1956)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sergey Letov
| image =Sergey Letov 01.jpg
| caption = Letov in December 2012
| image_size = 250px
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|09|24}}
| origin = [Semey](/source/Semey), [Kazakh SSR](/source/Kazakh_SSR)
| genre = [Free jazz](/source/Free_jazz), [experimental rock](/source/experimental_rock), [free improvisation](/source/free_improvisation), [ethnic music](/source/ethnic_music), [avant-garde](/source/avant-garde_music), [jazz fusion](/source/jazz_fusion)
| instrument = [saxophone](/source/saxophone), [bass clarinet](/source/bass_clarinet), [flute](/source/flute)
| years_active =
| label = Pentagram
| associated_acts = [DK](/source/DK_(band)), [Grazhdanskaya Oborona](/source/Grazhdanskaya_Oborona), [DDT](/source/DDT_(band)), [Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin), [Elektricheskiye Partizany (Electric Guerillas)](/source/Electric_Guerillas_(band))
| occupation =
| website = [http://www.letov.ru/SERGEI.htm Homepage on Sergey Letov]
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}
'''Sergey Fyodorovich Letov''' ({{langx|ru|Серге́й Фё́дорович Ле́тов}}, born September 24, 1956), is a Russian musician and composer, known for his [improvisational](/source/Music_improvisation) style. He is the founder of the recording label ''Pentagram''. He has collaborated with numerous [jazz](/source/jazz), [avant-garde](/source/avant-garde), [modern classical](/source/modern_classical), [rock](/source/rock_music) and [electronic music](/source/electronic_music) artists, including his younger brother [Yegor Letov](/source/Yegor_Letov), composer [Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin), and cult Soviet art punk band [DK](/source/DK_(band)). Letov has written music for movies and plays, collaborating with Russian, Italian and Austrian theatres, the German non-profit cultural association [Goethe-Institut](/source/Goethe-Institut), and the Moscow Institute of Journalism and Literature.
Sergey Letov's full musical biography titled “World Greatest Musicians. Sergey Letov” ''("Величайшие Музыканты Мира. Сергей Летов")'' was published in 2004 by a French jazz researcher Marc Sarrazi both in Russian[{{Cite web |last=Sarrazy |first=Marc |date=January 1, 2004 |title="Величайшие Музыканты Мира. Сергей Летов. Часть 1" ("World Greatest Musicians. Sergey Letov. Part 1") |url=https://specialradio.ru/art/id96/ |access-date=September 19, 2025 |website=Radio Speciale}}][{{Cite web |last=Sarrazy |first=Marc |date=January 1, 2004 |title="Величайшие Музыканты Мира. Сергей Летов. Часть 2" ("World Greatest Musicians. Sergey Letov. Part 2") |url=https://specialradio.ru/art/id97/ |access-date=September 19, 2025 |website=Radio Speciale}}] and in French.[{{Cite web |last=Sarrazi |first=Marc |date=June 25, 2016 |title="Sergey Letov" |url=http://fr.specialradio.net/art/001/ |access-date=September 19, 2025 |website=Radio Speciale}}]
==Discography==
The following is a partial list of albums featuring Sergey Letov[{{Cite web|url=https://www.letov.ru/SERGEI.htm|title=Sergey Letov, Russian jazz, rock and free improv musician, web publisher|website=www.letov.ru}}]
* TRI-O. ''Trialogue''. SoLyd Records, 1995
* Document. ''New Music from Russia''. The 80-s. Leo Records
* Conspiracy. Zurich 1989. Leo Records
*[Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin) ''Polynesia''. SoLyd Records
*[Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin) and Pop-Mechanika. ''Live in France''. Kurizza records
* Kings and cabbages. Moscow Composers Orchestra. Leo Records
* Moscow Composers Orchestra and [Sainkho](/source/Sainkho_Namtchylak). Life at City Garden. U-Sound
* Soft Animals. Conquest of the Arctic. Random
* Dice 2. ''She Says''. Ishtar Records
*[Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin). ''Tragedy, Rock Style''. Union Records
*[Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin). ''Divine Madness''. Leo Records
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). ''A cup of tea''. SS Records
* The soldier Semenov. ''Step back!'' ZVUKOREKI
*[Sainkho](/source/Sainkho_Namtchylak). ''Out of Tuva''. Craw 6
*[DDT](/source/DDT_(band)). ''Time''. DDT Records
* Inna Kuznetsova. ''A lonely island + 4 Remakes DJ OBJie''. Objective Music
* Suchilin, Letov, Pillaev. ''Palma mira (A Palm of Peace)''. Objective Music
*[Umka & Bronevichok](/source/Umka_and_Bronevik). ''Komandovat' paradom''. Otdeleniye vyhod
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). ''A mine field by the 8 of March''. SS Records
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). ''Moskva kolbasnaya''. SS Records
* AU (Pig) ''Holiday of Disobedience or The Last Day of Pompei'' 1998
*[Valentina Ponomareva](/source/Valentina_Ponomaryova_(singer)). ''FORTE''. Boheme Music
* Yury Yaremchuk. ''Duets''. Landy Star
* Misha Feigin with Serguei Letov. ''Moscow in June''. Spontaneous Folks Records
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). DMB-85. SS Records
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). An Occupation. SS Records
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). Tantsy-Shmantsy Brahmsa SS Records
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). Boga Nyet SS Records
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). Do osnovania a zatem. SS Records
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). Snova liubov' poselitsa. SS Records
* Nick Rock-n-Roll and group Trite Dushu. Padre. Branch "exit".
*[Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin). Italy. Solyd Records
*[Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin). Iblivyi opossum. Solyd Records
*[Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin). Don Carlos. Solyd Records
*[Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin). Prizrak Kommunisma. Solyd Records
*[DK](/source/DK_(band)). FAMILY of the FLOWER KINGS. SS Records
* TRI-O and one [D.A.Prigov](/source/Dmitri_Prigov). HOR Records
* Sergey Letov, Alexei Borisov, Anton Nikkilä. HOR Records
*[Grazhdanskaya Oborona](/source/Grazhdanskaya_Oborona). ''Zvezdopad''. HOR Records
*[Grazhdanskaya Oborona](/source/Grazhdanskaya_Oborona). ''Tribute''. Misteria zvuka
*[Grazhdanskaya Oborona](/source/Grazhdanskaya_Oborona). ''Svoboda (Freedom)''. HOR Records
*[Yegor Letov](/source/Yegor_Letov), Sergei Letov. ''Concert in O.G.I.''. HOR Records
*''Golden Years of Soviet New Jazz. Volume III''. Leo records
* Sergei Letov - Yury Parfenov. ''Secret Doctrine''. HOR Records
* Vladimir Miller and Quartets. Long Arms
* Andrei Suchilin. Quasiland
* Virtual Flowers. Dark Cocktail. Random Music[[https://web.archive.org/web/20050130174428/http://golovibes.sovintel.ru/ Vladimir Goloukhov's official site]]
* Sokolovsky Ivan, Letov Serguei. Simulated Prison. Random Music
* THE NEW BLOCKADERS/GOSPLAN TRIO. Sound Sketch for Raging Flames
* Rada & Ternovnik. Zagovory. Vyrgorod
*[Sainkho Namtchylak](/source/Sainkho_Namtchylak). Arzhaana. Asia+
*[Sergey Kuryokhin](/source/Sergey_Kuryokhin). Pop-Mechanics. WESTBAM
* TRI-O & [Sainkho](/source/Sainkho_Namtchylak). Forgotten streets of St. Petersburg. Leo Records
* HLAM. Woodstockeveryday. HLAM Records
* Zoo Jazz. Hivernale Pudeur. Sergey Letov. Pascal Rousseau. Ivan Sokolovsky. Exotica EXO 03137
* Alex Rostotsky/Yury Parfenov. Once Upon a Time in the City of Kazan Cosmic Sounds CS-17
*[EMBRYO](/source/Embryo_(band)) 2000 live vol. 1 Indigo 9753–2
* Sergey Letov, Alexei Borisov, [D. A. Prigov](/source/Dmitri_Prigov). Concert in O.G.I. Otdelenie VYHOD V 168
* RADA and GOSPLAN trio OTDELENIE VYHOD CD B242
* KILLDOZER. Vadim Kurilev and Sergey Letov.
*[Elektricheskiye Partizany (Electric Guerillas)](/source/Electric_Guerillas_(band)). Chyorny Protuberanets ili Nam Nuzhna Anarkhiya
* Symphony of Horror. Cisfinitum and Sergey Letov.
* Oxford News. Lidya Kavina, Sergey Letov, Vladimir Kitliar, Misha Salnikov and Alexei Borisov.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
===Further reading===
*[https://www.km.ru/muzyka/2016/03/07/persony-i-sobytiya-v-mire-muzyki/773227-arkheologiya-geopolitiki-adaptatsii-i-serg «Археология геополитики» «Адаптации» и Сергея Летова вызвала ажиотаж в Москве]
*[https://www.km.ru/muzyka/2022/05/12/kino-v-rossii/897503-sergei-letov-muzykalnaya-topografiya-moskvy Сергей Летов «Музыкальная топография Москвы»]
*[https://www.km.ru/muzyka/2022/08/29/persony-i-sobytiya-v-mire-muzyki/899770-sergei-letov-i-eriyuki-kharada-live Сергей Летов и Ёриюки Харада «Live»]
*[https://www.zvuki.ru/R/P/34273/ Сергей ЛЕТОВ - Йа-йа, Пеан! - Звуки.Ру]
*[https://www.zvuki.ru/R/P/16004/ Сергей ЛЕТОВ - Я не верю, что вам хорошо - Звуки.Ру]
*[https://specialradio.ru/art/id96/ Величайшие музыканты мира. Сергей Летов. Часть 1]
*[https://specialradio.ru/art/id97/ Величайшие музыканты мира. Сергей Летов. Часть 2]
*https://www.jazz.ru/2010/09/29/shipp-at-the-dom/
*[https://brod.kz/articles/steklyannyj-glaz-s-toj-storony-volshebnogo-stekla/ «Стеклянный глаз»: С той стороны волшебного стекла]
*[https://rg.ru/2016/04/25/sergej-letov-i-duet-cisfinitum-vzhivuiu-ozvuchili-nosferatu-murnau.html Сергей Летов оживил "Носферату" музыкой]
*[https://investigaction.net/cycle-de-concertsprojections-sur-le-centenaire-de-la-revolution-sovietique/ Cycle de concerts/projections sur la Révolution soviétique]
*[https://tass.ru/ural-news/1403894 В Екатеринбурге день российского кино отметили показом "Обороны Севастополя" - ТАСС]
*[https://www.007-berlin.de/de/20120415de.htm]
*[https://www.sn.at/kultur/allgemein/festival-mit-stimmkuenstlerin-namtchylak-in-st-petersburg-31427338 Festival mit Stimmkünstlerin Namtchylak in St. Petersburg]
*[http://holmi.ru/notes/?action=show&id=635 Дневник]
*[https://ekaterinburg.bezformata.com/listnews/trio-metyu-shippa-neozhidannaya/182228/ Трио Мэтью Шиппа – неожиданная и «вкусная» музыка]
*[https://rossaprimavera.ru/news/4511f942 «Аутсайдеры войны»: Летов с Курылёвым представили новый альбом]
*https://mozart-sachsen.de/kuenstler/sergej-letov/
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210727053746/https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/sergey-letov SERGEY LETOV]
*[https://regnum.ru/article/3668328 «Играю со временем» — Сергей Летов об импровизационной музыке и карьере]
*[https://godliteratury.ru/articles/2017/06/03/ya-bolshe-lyublyu-saksofon-chem-slova «Я больше люблю саксофон, чем слова»]
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