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Andrei Krylov (born 3 March 1959) is a Russian 7- and 6- string guitarist, composer and poet. He studied classical guitar, arrangement and composition in Saint Petersburg and later emigrated to Canada. In the 1980s and 1990s he worked as a guitarist for the Russian State concert company Lenconcert and the Old Petersburg music theater. He has given recitals in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, USA and Canada. Krylov has recorded and performed for Russian, US and Canadian radio and television. He has composed original new flamenco and new-age music for films in Russia and the USA. His music has been featured in Time magazine[1]. The National Gallery of Canada has placed six films with Krylov's music (which highlight such artists as Toller Cranston (Canada), Mario Cabrera (Mexico) and Lena Bartula (USA), living in the Mexican city of San Miguel de Allende) in its Media Library. He also composed and recorded guitar music for films in Europe, New Zealand, Australia and USA including music for film about Esteban Vicente for museums featuring his art in New York and Madrid and the 2011 short film Katya by Mako Kamitsuna, featuring Tatar-Russian movie star Chulpan Khamatova. Krylov's classical/romantic guitar music was #1 in 2005 at Download.com website music charts (among 300 000 bands and soloists including pop music stars) [3]Download.com website [2].
Krylov has written several books of poems: Mirrors, Game of Life (a crown of sonnets), Lake Monastery, Autumn, and has made a transcription of the Book of Psalms in Russian.
Discography
- 1992 - Nostalgy Russian guitar songs and romances
- 1993 - Romance Russian guitar songs and romances
- 1994 - Tango and Romance Flamenco
- 1995 - Craft of Emptiness
- 1995 - Lute & Guitar music of Renaissance Holland, Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain
- 1995 - Lute music of Renaissance Germany, England, France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Folk songs and dances
- 1996 - Renaissance Lute Music of Holland, Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain
- 1996 - Gypsy Dance of Fire
- 1997 - Sunset. Baroque and Classical guitar music
- 1998 - Guitar Music
- 1998 - Reflections
- 1999 - Monastery of Dragon
- 1999 - Viking' Meditation On Troll Tuned Acoustic Guitar
- 2000 - Sky Lake
- 2000 - First Noble Truth
- 2001 - Dreams
- 2001 - Enigma of Being and Time
- 2001 - Islands of Love in the Peaceful Sea
- 2001 - Free Style
- 2001 - Russian Tzigane Music and Gypsy Jazz on Flamenco guitar
- 2002 - Russian Classical Guitar music. Volume 1
- 2003 - Russian Classical Guitar music. Volume 2
- 2003 - Cafe Flamenco
- 2003 - Jazz Pictures From Guitar Exhibition
- 2003 - Jazz Christmas
- 2004 - Gypsy' Fortune
- 2004 - Summer Palace. Classical Guitar Music
- 2004 - Meditation about Enigma of Crimson Moon
- 2004 - Peaceful and Gentle Meditation Music for Classical Guitar
- 2005 - Songs for Svetlana
- 2005 - Winter Palace
- 2005 - Mountains, Water and Sky
- 2006 - New Meditation Relaxation Yoga Music
- 2006 - Ottawa concert
- 2007 - Zen of the Moon Lake
- 2007 - Russian Classical Guitar Music. 7 & 6 String Guitar.
- 2007 - Gypsy Caravan. Russian and Tzygane Folk Guitar Music.
- 2008 - American Road Sketches. 7 String Fingerstyle Guitar Music.
- 2008 - New Flamenco Meditation Music for Spanish Gypsy Guitar
- 2008 - Yin and Yang in Flowers of Moment and Eternity
- 2009 - Dragon from the Dark Side of the Moon
- 2009 - Scheherazade Music Tales for Acoustic and Electric Guitar
- 2009 - New Classical Guitar Arrangements of Chorales, Sonatas, Toccatas and Fugas By Johann Sebastian Bach
- 2010 - Requiem, Solemn Classical Guitar Music
- 2010 - Miracle of Escape: Hypnotic Chill Out
- 2011 - Gypsy Romance in Cafe Flamenco
- 2011 - Dreams of Sky Lake
- 2011 - Meditation, Sunrise Music of Island of Peace
- 2011 - Prayers, Mantras, Meditations for Classical Guitar
- 2012 - Russian Classical Guitar, Vol.6
- 2012 - Russian Classical Guitar, Romances, Etudes, Variations
- 2012 - Bridge to the Temple of Peace - Escape to Relaxing Meditation Music
- 2013 - Fantasy On Gothic & Medieval Folk Music Lute and Classical Guitar