Sasha Kolpakov

Sasha Kolpakov

Sasha (Alexandre) Kolpakov ( _ru. Саша Колпаков) (born 1943 in Orenburg district, Russia). Coming from a "Servo" family, a group of Roma found mostly in Russia and Ukraine, he started playing a seven string guitar at an early age while living in the region of Saratov. Having moved twenty years ago to Moscow, he played in several groups but worked mostly in the Theater "Romen", the only Roma theatre in existence in the world.

Kolpakov also engages in independent projects, such as playing with the Kolpakov Trio, the first Russian Roma ensemble to tour North America in the postcommunist period. His nephew, Vadim Kolpakov has mastered the seven-string guitar and has been a member of the Kolpakov Trio since 1997.

As a soloist and composer, Rodava Tut is Sasha's first record, published by Opre, a Swiss label dedicated to the promotion of Roma music. His music is typical of what one could listen to while spending an evening at home with Rroma. Some of the songs are several hundred years old.

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/~patrin/theatre-romen.htm Romen Theater]
* [http://abc-guitar.narod.ru/pages/kolpakov_alexander.htm Sasha Kolpakov's bio in Guitarists and Compositors Illustrated Encyclopaedia] (in Russian)
* [http://people.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1344259.php/Madonnas_medieval_birthday Madonna's medieval birthday]

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