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Misha Alperin
Misha Alperin
	Mikhail Alperin at Sentralen, Oslo Jazzfestival 2017.
Background information
Birth name	Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin
Also known as	Misha Alperin
Born	7 November 1956; Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	11 May 2018 (aged 61); Oslo, Norway
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument	Piano
Website	www.alperin.no

Michail Jefimowitsch Alperin (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Юхи́мович Альпе́рін; 7 November 1956 – 11 May 2018), usually credited as Misha Alperin, was a Soviet-Norwegian jazz pianist, known as a key member of the Moscow Art Trio.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Alperin was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR to a Jewish family. He was educated in Khmelnytskyi, Bălți and Chișinău. In 1980, he formed one of the first jazz ensembles in Moldavian SSR.^[3] He moved to Moscow in the 1980s and founded the Moscow Art Trio with Arkady Shilkloper and folk singer Sergey Nikolaevich Starostin.^[2] He has also worked with Huun Huur Tu. From 1993 to 2018 he lived in Oslo, Norway; he was professor of music at the Norwegian Academy of Music and he supervised pianist Helge Lien and Morten Qvenild among others. He released several works on ECM Records.^[1]^[4] He died on 11 May 2018 at the age of 61.

Discography

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

Year recorded	Title	Label	Personnel/Notes
1989	Wave of Sorrow	ECM	Duo, co-led with Arkady Shilkloper (French horn, jagdhorn, fluegelhorn, vocals)
1992	Folk Dreams	Jaro Medien
1993	The Blue Fjords	RDM	Solo piano; reissued as Blue Fjord by Jaro Medien
1996*	Hamburg Concert	Jaro Medien Moscow Art Trio
1996*	Prayer	Jaro Medien Moscow Art Trio
1997	First Impression	ECM	With John Surman (soprano sax, baritone sax), Arkady Shilkloper (French horn, flugelhorn), Terje Gewelt (bass), Jon Christensen (drums), Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen (percussion)
1998	North Story	ECM	Quintet, with Arkady Shilkloper (French horn, fluegelhorn), Tore Brunborg (tenor sax), Terje Gewelt (bass), Jon Christensen (drums)
1998	At Home	ECM	Solo piano
1998	Night	ECM	Trio, with Anja Lechner (cello), Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen (percussion, marimba, vocals); in concert
2000*	Overture/Etude	Boheme
2000*	Piano	Boheme	In concert
2000*	Portrait	Jaro Medien
2006	Her First Dance	ECM	Trio, with Arkady Shilkloper (French horn, fluegelhorn), Anja Lechner (cello)