{{Short description|Russian folk/jazz composer and performer}}{{For|the linguist|Sergei Starostin}}{{BLP sources|date=December 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Sergei Starostin.JPG | caption = Starostin in 2011 | native_name = Сергей Николаевич Старостин | native_name_lang = rus | birth_name = Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin | birth_date = 1 January 1956 | birth_place = Moscow | origin = Moscow, Russia | genre = {{hlist|Russian folk|jazz}} | occupation = Musician, composer | instrument = {{ulist|kalyuka|overtone flute|svirel|pyzhatka|gusli}} }}
'''Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin''' (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Старостин; born 1 January 1956 in Moscow) is a Russian folk and jazz composer and performer of Sámi and Tuvan folk music. He sings and plays the kalyuka, overtone flute, svirel, pyzhatka, reed instruments and gusli.<ref>[http://www.volkovtrio.ru/sstarstn.htm Startostin at Voklov-Trio page]</ref><ref>[http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/article/2007/01/16/119003 Вечера на хуторе близ Крымского Вала - "Ведомости", 16.01.2007, 5 (1779), Михаил Визель (in Russian)]</ref>
== Biography == In his early childhood, Starostin sang in a boys choir led by Vadim Sudakov. He started to play clarinet in school, and later graduated from Merzlyakov college of music, and then from the Moscow Conservatory.<ref>[http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enc_rus_rock/489/%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%90%D0%A0%D0%9E%D0%A1%D0%A2%D0%98%D0%9D Starostin on dic.adacdmic.ru]</ref> After graduation, he switched to playing folk instruments. By mid-90s, he collaborated with jazz musicians Mikhail Alperin and Arkady Shilkloper, forming a Moscow Art Trio group, and mixing together jazz and traditional music. In his songs, Starostin avoids harmonising, staying within certain scales rather than sticking to chord patterns, which makes jazz played this way more "compatible" with traditional folk music.<ref>[http://www.volkovtrio.ru/sstnintw.htm Aнтон Веселов, "Для меня рояль был самым фальшивым инструментом на свете", Континент Сибирь, 16 августа 2002, № 28 (307)]</ref> As of 2011, Starostin moved from jazz and rock compositions back to traditional folk performances.<ref>[http://www.newslab.ru/news/article/326238 Елена Коновалова, интервью с Сергеем Старостиным: «Меня все больше тянет к первоисточнику», «Вечерний Красноярск» № 29 (270)] (Russian)</ref>
He participated in folk music research expeditions, and recorded thousands of songs.<ref>[http://www.transart.e-burg.ru/performers/starostin/ Profile at Transart project (in Russian)]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1991, Starostin produced a series of TV programs called ''World Village'',<ref>[http://www.afisha.r19.ru/sk/singer/10018/ Page of Sayanskoe Koltso musical festival]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and as of 2008, runs a different program named ''Wanderings of a musician'' on Russia-K.<ref>[http://www.tvkultura.ru/page.html?cid=670 Программа "Странствия музыканта" на телеканале Культура] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105032301/http://www.tvkultura.ru/page.html?cid=670 |date=2011-01-05 }} (Russian)</ref> In 2006, he worked as a producer for the animated feature film ''Prince Vladimir''.<ref>[http://www.knyazvladimir.ru/music.asp Official site of the film "Prince Vlarimir"] (in Russian)</ref>
While many CDs and concert programs feature Starostin playing "Rozhok", it worth mentioning that actually he plays not the folk wooden trumpet, known as a Rozhok, but a "Tverskoy Rozhok", which is a reed instrument,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ПОЛНЫЙ ДЖАЗ #33 Сергей Старостин в мировой деревне |url=https://www.jazz.ru/mag/43/interview.htm |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=www.jazz.ru}}</ref> is also known as zhaleyka.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Questions|url=http://top4top.ru/starostin/questions/?page=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831080059/http://top4top.ru/starostin/questions?page=5|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2011|website=top4top.ru}} </ref>
==Selected discography== * Fly, Fly My Sadness (1996) - together with Angelite - The Bulgarian Voices, Huun-Huur-Tu and Mikhail Alperin * XIX98 (1998) - with Mikhail Alperin, Arkady Shilkloper and Vladimir Volkov * Prayer (1998) - with Mikhail Alperin and Arkady Shilkloper * Much Better (1998) - with Volkovtrio, Arkady Shilkloper, Igor Butman, Kaigal-Ool Khovalyg and others * Once There Was Sun (2000) * Neath The Moon So Bright (2001) - with Vladimir Volkov and Svyatoslav Kurashov * DOM concert (2007) * Душеполезные Песни На Каждый День (2008) - with Andrey Kotov, Vladimir Volkov and Leonid Fedorov * Хождение по Лукам (2009) - with Vladimir Volkov and Svyatoslav Kurashov
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==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sergey+Starostin Profile on discogs.com]
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