Yakov Kazyansky is a Russia

Russia

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n musician. He has been named an Honoured Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation (Заслуженный работник культуры Российской Федерации).

Trained as a jazz pianist and composer, he currently works in Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historical part of the city, a World Heritage Site, is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl Rivers. It is one of the Golden Ring cities, a group of historic cities...

, where he is musical director of the Yaroslavl Puppet Theatre and head of the music section of the Yaroslavl State Theatre. Both of his daughters live in the United States

United States

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with their husbands, but Kazyansky himself has stated he prefers to remain in Russia.

Audio samples

• Ballad from the television movie New Year’s Adventures
• Composition Monkey from the television movie New Year’s Adventures
• Dedicated to Billy Taylor jazz composition by Ya.Kazyansky (piano part - Ya.Kazyansky)

External links

• The official web-site of Yakov Kazyansky