Bio

Originally from Russia, Egor has a master's in jazz after graduating from Rostov-on-Don Music College and Rostov-on-Don State Conservatory as a jazz pianist. He toured Europe in the ’80s with his jazz ensemble while teaching in a college and in 1986 he won third place in the International Competition for jazz pianists under 30yrs old in Poland. In 1989, Egor received a scholarship in the Banff School for the Arts and studied jazz with such greats as Dave Holland, Rufus Reed, Ted Dunbar, and Steve Coleman. Since then he has called Canada his home and become the number one pianist for hire in Calgary.
In recent years Egor took jazz piano lessons at the Juilliard School of Music, in New York, NY.

In 1991 Egor joined Graceland’s tribute to Elvis on tour. The show took him coast to coast across North America and he had a chance to perform at the prestige Imperial Palace and Mirage in Las Vegas.
A year and a half later Egor returns to Banff where he starts working as a house pianist in Banff Springs Hotel playing in the dance band with a master trumpeter now Juno Nominee All Muirhead and as a cocktail pianist. Here he had an opportunity to take lessons from Tom Jones/Tony Bennett’s pianist Vincent Falcone. He also had a chance to sit in with Cuban Irakere and take Latin piano lessons from Chucho Valdes. He was also honoured to work with legendary Canadian big band leader Mart Kenney.

In 1998, Egor moved to Calgary and quickly became in demand. With his cultural background he was able to work in all kinds of genres: from playing with the Prime Time Big Band to MTV’s urban soul band Yomozo and working with vocalists, duos, jazz trios etc.. He also performed at jazz festivals and did jingles for radio and TV appearances. Over the years, he has taught at several Jazz Clinics for the high school and also taught jazz piano lessons privately.

His music took him from Singapore to Bangkok, Paris to Saigon, Hong Kong to Shanghai and Dubai and Russia with concerts in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don. He has performed with Bill Watrous, Mike Tamaro, Hugh Fraser, Rob McConnell’s Boss Brass’ Guido Basso, Ien MacDougall, PJ Perry, Kenny Wheeler and Wycliffe Gordon.

From 2000 through 2006, Egor worked for Seabourn Cruise line as a Musical Director/Pianist and later through 2010 as a Bandmaster for the Princess and P&O UK cruise lines.
Egor now is back in Calgary and you can hear him at different venues in town and around the province.
Recent credits include shows with The Legendary Platters and writing arrangements and performing with the Canadian Tenors.

2010 - 2011 Egor performed as a jazz duo with New Jersey vocalist Cynthia Utterbach at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Singapore. And in spring 2012 Egor went for another three months contract as a Musical Director with P&O UK cruise line.